
Mayor, governor want to cancel Osaka legs of Olympic relay
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay ran into big trouble on Thursday when the governor of Osaka prefecture and the mayor of the city of Osaka asked that relay…

Delaware State Trooper surprises boy, 9, with new basketball sneakers after striking up friendship on court
When Delaware State Police Trooper Joshua Morris was out in Wilmington last week, he didn’t hesitate to shoot some hoops with local kids who asked him to join…

MLB to distribute $1.5M in tickets to essential workers
Major League Baseball and its teams said Thursday they will distribute $1.5 million in free tickets this egular season to essential workers of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

NPR under fire for claiming Hunter Biden laptop story was ‘discredited’ by US intelligence, media
NPR is under fire for falsely reporting Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop was “discredited by U.S. intelligence and independent investigations by news organizations.”

New York man accused of rigging hunting camp to explode
A New York man allegedly attempted to rig an explosion at a hunting camp in Hamilton County — but fortunately, the potential targets noticed something was wrong and…

Oklahoma St star freshman Cade Cunningham to enter NBA Draft
Cade Cunningham announced Thursday that he will enter the NBA draft after a dynamic freshman season that saw him named a first-team AP All-American.

Wedding video of ‘flower man’ walking down the aisle wins Reddit’s heart
The unidentified flower man can be seen walking out of a building and down a lightly decorated aisle. While he sashays to Frankie Beverly and Maze’s 1981 hit…

Beijing begins to test venues for 2022 Winter Olympics
The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics started 10 days of testing Thursday for the hockey and other indoor venues.

Yellowstone treasure hunter sentenced to prison for digging up graveyard
Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for “excavating and damaging archeological resources” in the Fort Yellowstone cemetery in 2019 and 2020.

Stillbirths, maternal deaths up by one-third amid pandemic: study
Overwhelmed health systems and less access to care during the coronavirus pandemic worsened birth outcomes for expectant mothers and newborns around the world, an analysis of dozens of…