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☆ Noodle, the Pup Who Went Viral for ‘Bones Day,’ Dies at 14
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Noodle the pug, a social-media star for the “Bones” or “No Bones” videos that dictated the daily mood for his many followers, died Friday. He was 14 years old. Owner Jonathan Graziano shared the news Saturday on Noodle’s Tik Tok and other social-media pages.
☆ 18 Whales Have Been Found Dead Along East Coast
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Eighteen whales have been found dead along the East Coast in recent weeks, prompting concern from some local activists and lawmakers. Ten of the mammals washed ashore or were found near beaches around New York and New Jersey since Dec. 1, 2022, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, the federal agency overseeing the nation’s ocean resources and habitats.
☆ Thousands of Bottles and Cups for Toddlers Recalled Over Lead Poisoning Risk
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Green Sprouts is recalling several toddler cups over a risk of lead poisoning, including the stainless-steel straw bottle, top, and the stainless-steel sip-and-straw cups, bottom. A company that makes natural products for babies has recalled about 10,500 bottles and cups after learning children could be exposed to material containing lead if the base breaks off, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Green Sprouts Inc. voluntarily recalled the products after realizing that the base of some of its stainless-steel bottles and cups can break and expose soldering that contains lead, the commission said. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can have adverse health effects.
☆ Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer and Actress, Dies at 63
  + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Oscar-winning singer and actress Irene Cara , known to many for her work on the movies “Fame” and “Flashdance,” has died, her publicist said Saturday. She was 63 years old. Ms. Cara died in her Florida home. The cause of death wasn’t yet known, her publicist said in a statement shared on Twitter.
☆ Who Are the Colorado Springs Shooting Victims?
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Joseph De Avila | Nicole Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Two bartenders working a popular club on a packed night. A woman originally from Tennessee and a young man out celebrating a birthday with friends. These are the five victims killed and 19 injured in Saturday’s shooting inside Club Q, an LGBT venue in Colorado Springs, Colo. The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich , was arrested on murder and hate-crime charges, according to court records. Within minutes of the shooting, people inside the club confronted and restrained Mr. Aldrich, according to police.
☆ In Colorado Springs Shooting, Army Veteran Held Down Gunman Until Police Arrived
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Jess Fierro and her husband, Richard Fierro, went to Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday night to celebrate a friend’s birthday with dancing and a drag show. By around midnight, Mr. Fierro had subdued and pinned down a mass shooter who killed five people at the LGBT club, according to Ms. Fierro and local officials.
☆ Colorado Springs LGBT Nightclub Shooting Leaves Five Dead and 25 Injured
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Nicole Friedman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Five people were killed and 25 injured when a gunman opened fire inside an LGBT nightclub late Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo., police said. The suspect entered the venue, Club Q, just before midnight and immediately began shooting, Colorado Springs Chief of Police Adrian Vasquez said at a press conference Sunday.
☆ New Yorkers Digging Out From Snowfall That Challenged Records
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Megan Barr and Amanda Johnston snowshoe through Buffalo’s snow-covered streets after an intense lake-effect snowstorm in western and northern New York. Residents of western and northern New York began digging out Sunday from snowfall that was among the most intense on record, even as bad weather continued in other parts of the state. Many cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario were buried in as much as 5 feet and in some places 6 feet of snow by two powerful lake-effect storms.
☆ Colorado Springs LGBT Nightclub Shooting Leaves Five Dead and 18 Injured
  + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Nicole Friedman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Five people were killed and 18 injured when a gunman opened fire inside an LGBT nightclub late Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo., police said. The suspect entered the venue, Club Q, just before midnight and immediately began shooting, Colorado Springs Chief of Police Adrian Vasquez said at a press conference Sunday.
☆ Snow Storms Batter Western and Northern New York
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A resident clears waist-high snow in front of his home in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday. Two powerful storms blowing off the Great Lakes have dumped over 5 feet of snow on parts of western and northern New York, with more bad weather to come. Buffalo issued a citywide travel ban Saturday after receiving 17 additional inches of snow overnight, bringing its total to 30 inches since the lake-effect storm began late Thursday.
☆ Powerful Snowstorms Batter Western and Northern New York
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
It was slow going on a Buffalo, N.Y., street on Saturday as western New York braced for more snow. Two powerful storms blowing off the Great Lakes have dumped more than 5 feet of snow on parts of western and northern New York, with more bad weather to come. Towns just south of Buffalo were walloped as a snowstorm blew in from Lake Erie, with one area topping 77 inches as of Saturday morning.
☆ A Lake-Effect Snowstorm in New York Dumps 4 Feet of Snow on Buffalo Area
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A storm in upstate New York led to heavy snowfall in the Buffalo area. A lake-effect snowstorm has dumped 4 feet of snow on parts of western New York on Friday, with more expected through the weekend. The heaviest snowfall hit the southern suburbs of Buffalo, where one area recorded 48 inches as of Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
☆ Singer Roberta Flack Has ALS, Finds It ‘Impossible to Sing’
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Roberta Flack won back-to-back Grammy awards for record of the year in 1973 and 1974. Grammy award-winning artist Roberta Flack has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig ‘s disease, and can no longer sing, her representative said Monday. Ms. Flack, 85, had hoped to attend Thursday’s premiere of “Roberta,” a feature-length documentary about her that’s being screened at DOC NYC, an annual documentary film festival in New York.
☆ Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Give Most of His Money to Charity
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he would donate most of his money to fighting climate change and other causes. Amazon .com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos said he plans to give the bulk of his fortune, estimated at $124 billion, to charity during his lifetime. In an interview with CNN, the billionaire said he would donate most of his net worth to fighting climate change and supporting people who can help unify the fractured political landscape.
☆ Budd Friedman, Founder of The Improv, Has Died at 90
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Budd Friedman , founder of The Improv comedy club franchise that launched some of the biggest careers in Hollywood, died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old. Mr. Friedman was a Broadway producer in 1963 when he and his then-fiancee opened a coffee house for entertainers in New York that became The Improv.
☆ Two World War II-Era Planes Collide and Crash at Texas Airshow, Killing Six
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Kris Maher | Alison Sider | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Debris was scattered across Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday after two planes collided in midair at an airshow. Six people were killed when two vintage warplanes collided in midair Saturday afternoon during an airshow over a Dallas airport, a Texas county official said. “According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there are a total of 6 fatalities from yesterday’s Wings over Dallas Airshow incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins wrote on Twitter Sunday. Authorities are still identifying the victims, he said.
☆ Two World War II-Era Planes Collide and Crash at Texas Airshow
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashed at an airshow in Dallas on Saturday. Two vintage warplanes collided in midair Saturday afternoon over the Dallas Executive Airport in Texas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. local time, the FAA said.
☆ ‘Batman’ Voice Actor Kevin Conroy Dies at 66
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Actor Kevin Conroy , the signature voice of Batman in nearly 60 animated productions, died Thursday. He was 66 years old. Mr. Conroy was ill with cancer, according to a statement from DC.
☆ Shooting in Philadelphia Leaves Nine Wounded, Four Critically
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Philadelphia law enforcement marking part of a crime scene where multiple people were injured in Saturday’s shooting. Multiple shooters opened fire on a Philadelphia street Saturday night, wounding nine people, four of them critically, police officials said. The victims were outside around 10:45 p.m. near Kensington and Allegheny avenues in the city’s Kensington area when the gunfire began, according to Deputy Police Commissioner John Stanford.
☆ Aaron Carter, Singer and Performer, Dies at Age 34
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Aaron Carter, singer and rapper who got his start as an opening act for his big brother before forging a career of his own, was found dead Saturday, according to the Associated Press. He was 34 years old. The AP reported that authorities found Mr. Carter, the younger brother of former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, in his southern California home.
☆ The Powerball Jackpot Just Hit a Record $1.6 Billion
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ When Does Daylight-Saving Time End in 2022? What to Know Before the Clocks Change
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Most Americans will be setting their clocks back one hour early Sunday as daylight-saving time winds down for the year. About 70 countries around the world observe daylight-saving time. But there is a growing movement to end the practice, which first gained widespread usage during World War I.
☆ Gold’s Gym Owner Rainer Schaller, Family Feared Dead in Plane Crash
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Gold’s Gym owner Rainer Schaller and his family were among the six people aboard a private plane that crashed off the coast of Costa Rica, his company said Monday. The private plane was headed toward Limon, Costa Rica, from Mexico on Friday, according to Costa Rican authorities. The German entrepreneur was traveling with his partner, Christiane Schikorsky , and their two children, according to a statement from RSG Group. Two other people, including the pilot, were also on board, the company said.
☆ Beyond Meat Rolls Out a Steak Substitute in Walmart, Kroger Stores
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Hurricane Roslyn Hits Mexico With Heavy Rain and Powerful Winds
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Hurricane Roslyn flooded roads in Jalisco state after making landfall in Mexico. Hurricane Roslyn made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Sunday, bringing a powerful storm surge and damaging winds, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The storm was moving inland with heavy rainfall and winds clocking 70 miles an hour, forecasters said. Flash-flooding warnings were issued for portions of west-central Mexico.
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