Rare coin minted in Colonial New England sells for $350,000
BOSTON (AP) — One of the first coins minted in Colonial New England has sold at auction for more than $350,000, more than it was expected to get. London-based auctioneer Morton &…
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Hundreds of FedEx packages found in Alabama woods
HAYDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities are trying to figure out how hundreds of FedEx packages ended up dumped in the woods in Alabama. The Blount County Sheriff's Office says 300 to 400 packages of various sizes were found in a…
FDA says Merck's COVID-19 pill is effective
(AP) -- U.S. health officials say Merck's experimental COVID-19 pill is effective but they raised questions about its safety during pregnancy. The Food and Drug Administration posted its review Friday ahead of a public meeting next week where outside experts…
Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns, with all the trimmings
NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons once again wafted through miles of Manhattan, high school and college marching bands from around the country were back, and so were the crowds at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="88f411a225aa7952f45977a124f5319afd915bf7" vtitle="Macy's…
VIDEO: Ahmaud Arbery's mother reacts to guilty verdict
(CBS Newspath) -- A jury has returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants Wednesday afternoon (11/24) in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia. Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal shots, was convicted…
White House: 92% of fed workers under mandate are vaccinated
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for millions of federal workers seems to be working, with no apparent disruption to law enforcement, intelligence-gathering or holiday travel. The White House says 92% of the 3.5 million federal workers covered…
All 3 defendants found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — All three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday. The jury reached its decision after more than 10 hours of deliberations following a trial…
Child is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged
An 8-year-old boy is the sixth person to die as a result of a man driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday alleges that the driver steered side-to-side with the intent of striking…
T-Mobile to pay $20M after outage led to failed 911 calls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls. The FCC said Tuesday that as…
Officials: Brian Laundrie fatally shot himself in the head
MIAMI (AP) — Officials say Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the head. The medical examiner in Sarasota County, where Laundrie’s body was found, said in a news release Tuesday that…
