Pandemic Has Lingering Toll on Smaller National Spelling Bee
contact@hellonews.website Dev Shah’s dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a soccer stadium, of all places. On a cool, windy February day with occasional rain showers, Dev…
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Native Americans Confront Racism in South Dakota
WASHINGTON — “No wonder those four great Americans seem so sad as they look down from Mount Rushmore,” Denver Post columnist Roscoe Fleming wrote in 1962. “For they see incongruous…
US Issues Sanctions Targeting North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program, increasing…
US Talking with Ukraine about Delivering More Powerful Rocket Launchers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in this nightly video address Friday that Ukraine will defend “as much as our current defense resources allow.” He sounded a defiant note against Russia’s…
NRA, After Uvalde School Massacre, Says No to New Gun Laws
Separated from the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two of their teachers by just three days and 500 kilometers, the most powerful gun rights organization in the U.S.…
US Gun Lobby Meets in Texas Following Elementary School Shooting
America’s largest gun lobby opened its annual convention Friday in Texas, less than 500 kilometers from an elementary school where 19 children and two adults were killed by a teenage…
Churches, Neighbors, NGOs Comfort Uvalde Residents
People in the Texas town of Uvalde are coping with the aftermath of Tuesday’s mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults. Mike O’Sullivan reports that…
What is the Second Amendment?
What is the Second Amendment? The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to bear arms. It states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security…
Three More Victims of New York Market Shooting Laid to Rest
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A mother and sister known for baking decadent pastries. A restaurant worker buying his 3-year-old’s birthday cake. A father and die-hard Buffalo Bills fan who worked as…
Two US Forest Service Prescribed Burns Became Massive Fire
Santa Fe, New Mexico — Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to prescribed burns set by U.S. forest managers…
The Names: 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed in Uvalde School
Uvalde, Texas — Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were closing out a school year that they…
Surfer Helps Families Honor Loved Ones With 'One Last Wave'
Newport, Rhode Island — Surfing is no longer a solitary pursuit for Dan Fischer. When he catches a wave along the shores of Rhode Island, he looks down at a…
Despite Ample School Security Plan, Texas Shooter Found Gaps
Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students…
UK's Dunblane Grieves for Uvalde, Fears Nothing Will Change
london — When Mick North’s 5-year-old daughter was gunned down at her school, he vowed through his grief that it must never happen again. And it hasn’t — in Britain,…
Calls for Investigation Mount Over Xinjiang Police Files
Washington — Western governments are demanding that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet receive full access to sites and individuals in China’s western Xinjiang region following this week’s…