news2shortsThere were two 1s. Three 3s. Three 4s. One 04. Three 6s. Two 06s. Two 7s. Two 07s. 2 9s. And three 12s. No. I wasn’t trying to decipher computer programming code. This wasn’t a routing number for a checking account. Nor was I communicating in hexadecimals. I was staring at these numbers to unravel … Read more
Federal judge says ex-ranger, who sued US government over free speech, must follow process in Civil Service Reform Act A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Yosemite national park ranger who was fired after flying a giant transgender pride flag from a rock wall that looms over the California park’s main … Read more
Two friends found Kathryn Woessner, 68, in wooded area almost entirely submerged in mud puddle A woman has been rescued from a mud pit in Minnesota after becoming trapped for several days. On 6 June, two friends, Adam Sandbeck and Mike Gravalin, were riding their all-terrain vehicles through a wooded area near Backus and Hackensack … Read more
Shelton fights back to win third title of season Grass specialist Fritz was defending champion American top seed Ben Shelton beat countryman and defending champion Taylor Fritz 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to win the Stuttgart Open ATP title on Sunday. Grass court specialist Fritz had never previously lost a final on the surface. Shelton broke the … Read more
Thousand of arrests last summer led to mass protests and some deaths – across the city, communities bear the scars Most people in Brian Gavidia’s life haven’t seemed to notice that a year has passed since armed federal immigration agents descended on their city. In East Los Angeles, in the neighborhood where he was born … Read more
President Donald Trump turned 80 on Sunday, becoming only the second sitting U.S. president to reach octogenarian status in the Oval Office, leaving even his onetime political opponents marveling at his defying the effects of Father Time – even if his critics continue to share concerns they never had with the older former President Joe … Read more
Celebrations filled the streets, subways and bars until well after midnight in the five boroughs after Knicks win Marvita Davis, 70, was a teenager in Harlem the last time the New York Knicks won a championship, in 1973. “I was like, Oh, I like this game. I can get into this game,” recalled Davis, who … Read more
As Democrats seek to reclaim power in November’s midterm elections, some of the party’s long-standing progressives are in danger of losing their seats. The warning signs are flashing red in hotly contested primaries across the country, from a longtime ally of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who is facing a challenger four decades younger, … Read more
The US president has deported far more Cuban nationals during his second term than the entirety of his first There was a time not so long ago when US immigration officials would have rolled out the red carpet for Cuban immigrants like May Díaz. The 36-year-old native of the city of Camaguey joined thousands of … Read more
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday said “it is best” if Congress votes to ratify any potential deal to end the war in Iran, saying that a deal approved by Congress would have a more “lasting effect.”“It is best if it is ratified by Congress; it has a more lasting effect on it,” Lankford told … Read more
