For 1st time, no US singles players in US Open quarterfinals
On the day that the U.S. Open quarterfinals began without any Americans left in singles — the first time that’s ever happened at an event first held in…
COVID-19 surge forcing funeral homes to rely on mobile morgues as body count rises
Morgues have to be able to support COVID-related deaths and everything else including homicides and drug deaths. States including Alabama, Florida and North Carolina now have mobile morgues…
Girl, 6, dies on Colorado amusement park’s mine drop ride
The ride, which opened in 2017, “drops riders 110 feet down inside the mountain as they listen to ghostly mining tales from days gone by,” according to the…
Glenn Greenwald mocks The Intercept for ‘accidentally’ unearthing details on US coronavirus research in China
Journalist Glenn Greenwald took aim at The Intercept on Tuesday, mocking the news site he once co-founded for “accidentally” undermining their own liberal political causes by reporting on…
State Department obstruction of private rescue flights from Afghanistan revealed in leaked email
The State Department refused to grant official approval for private evacuation flights from Afghanistan to land in third countries, even though the department conceded that that approval would…
WNBA playoff seeds up for grabs as teams enter home stretch
The WNBA playoff chase may come down to the final day of the regular season on Sept. 19.
Ida-battered New Orleans cleans up trash as streets begin to stink
The city of New Orleans is on the road to a long and arduous recovery in the wake of the deadly Hurricane Ida, and conditions have reportedly left…
‘Tiger King’ zookeeper Erik Cowie dead at 53
Erik Cowie lived in Oklahoma and was part of the popular Netflix docuseries about Joe Exotic (real name Joe Maldonado-Passage) and his exotic animal zoo.
More college-educated women are having babies before marriage: study
Women are giving birth to their first child later in life and a significant number are doing so while unmarried.
Terrell Owens still wants to ‘knock the Chunky Soup’ out of Donovan McNabb
One of the biggest sports beefs of the 21st century still has not been squashed.