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(EL PASO, Texas) — Officials in the border city of El Paso will unveil a garden Tuesday that is meant to bring healing two years after a gunman targeting Latinos opened fire at a Walmart, killing 23 people in an

Lawrence Handley, 53, a business executive from Lafayette, La., pleaded guilty this week to three criminal charges after a plot to kidnap his estranged wife went badly awry.

Mondo Duplantis has a world record and a good chance at Olympic gold. But he’s endeared himself to Sweden (his mother’s home country) by buying into its culture.

He was peddling his black-and-white photos of New York City’s majesty for $5 each in the 1980s — until a famous photographer came upon them in “astonishment.”

N.Y.C. becomes first major U.S. city to mandate vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms  NBC News New York City will require vaccines for entry to restaurants and gyms  CNN NYC Mayor De Blasio: We Strongly Recommend People Wear Masks Indoors  NBC News Mask

An Afghan I’ll call “Mohammed” saved my life, when he drove me in Afghanistan as Kabul was falling in 2001, after the September 11th attacks. He spirited me through a Taliban checkpoint between Jalalabad and the capital where just an

Despite record COVID-19 hospitalizations, Florida’s governor says ‘admissions have slowed’  WPTV.com Florida and Texas accounted for one-third of all new U.S. coronavirus cases last week, White House says  Yahoo News Legal experts question DeSantis’ ban on schools’ face mask mandates in Florida  WPLG

The president of Activision’s Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down weeks after the maker of video games like “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty,” was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit.

Trump raised millions but spent none of it on audits and GOP candidates  POLITICO Trump’s $100 million threat to democracy  CNN Trump PACs paid lawyers nearly $8 million as he fought election results and impeachment  CNBC Donald Trump takes credit for Rick Scott

The Olympics are in the business of creating indelible moments, and the past 11 days in Tokyo have been no exception. Suni Lee stepped into the void left by Simone Biles, taking home a surprise gold medal in the women’s