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MONTERREY, Mexico—It took Luis Salgado years of manual labor to save enough money to open a small fresh produce store, so when torrential floods swept away $1,500 worth of apples, bananas and other fruits, he decided there was no longer Read more
A 9/11 hero NYPD officer, scammed out of a $1 million compensation fund check by a friend and fellow cop, received a welcome bit of holiday payback from a state lawyers’ group. Cancer survivor John Ferreyra, who fell ill after Read more
Many graduation ceremonies look different in the time of COVID-19. But for Melody Ormond, it looked different because of the classmate who graduated alongside her: Her grandmother, 75-year-old Pat Ormond. They both went to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Read more
On Wednesday and Thursday, over 1,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, North Carolina took part in the second annual All-American Presents from Paratroopers toy drive (A2P2), donating anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 toys to local children Read more
A pit bull named Dude learned through personal experience that good things really do come in small packages. Dude has lived up to his name since being rescued as a parvo puppy from a Caribbean island by Florida resident Julie Read more
Look up at the night sky on winter solstice this year, and you’ll be able to catch a rare sight. On December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to one another than they have in eight centuries. Alignments between Read more
It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that any headline that begins with the words “Florida Man” is likely to wind up with a twisted punchline straight out of a Carl Hiaasen novel. The meme’s been floating around since 2013. You Read more