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Cars are driven past a billboard urging voters to vote "No" against euthanasia in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. New Zealanders are poised to decide on two crucial social issues during an election on Saturday, Oct. 17, whether to legalize recreational marijuana and whether to legalize euthanasia.

New Zealanders vote to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

October 30, 2020 at 1:58 p.m.

Citizens across New Zealand voted to legalize euthanasia for the terminally ill but collectively opted against allowing recreational marijuana use, according to initial results posted Friday. With nearly all the...

New CDC study highlights threat of coronavirus spread on lengthy flights

September 21, 2020 at 9:15 a.m.

A single airline passenger unknowingly sickened with coronavirus managed to infect 15 other people aboard a 10-hour trip to Vietnam, highlighting the dangers of travel amid the pandemic. The global...

Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos adds record $13 billion to net worth in one day

July 22, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

While the majority of Americans continue to stretch paychecks and unemployment aid amid the coronavirus pandemic, Jeff Bezos added a whopping $13 billion to his net worth in just a...

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: One World Trade Center is seen behind the tombstones at Calvary Cemetery on May 10, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. The Catholic Archdiocese of New York is opening COVID-related cemetery-visitation restrictions for Mothers Day. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

Obituaries for coronavirus victims slam politicians for lack of response to global pandemic

July 22, 2020 at 2:14 p.m.

The obituary for a Texas respiratory therapist, who recently died from coronavirus, blamed her untimely death not only on the fast-spreading disease, but also the politicians who failed to respond...

Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Kanye West deletes overnight tweet about divorcing Kim Kardashian

July 22, 2020 at 1:33 p.m.

Presidential hopeful Kanye West has deleted a series of overnight tweets claiming that he has been trying to divorce his reality star wife, Kim Kardashian, for the past year. The...

In this Jan. 6, 2013 photo, ESPN's Rachel Nichols, right, interviews Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano as he arrives for an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. Nichols is leaving ESPN to work for CNN and Turner Sports. The companies announced Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 that Nichols will anchor a new weekend CNN sports program beginning later this year, and will report on a wide range of sports. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

ESPN host Rachel Nichols secretly recorded in hotel room by another reporter

July 17, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

ESPN said it was "extremely disappointed" after one of it hosts, Rachel Nichols, was secretly recorded inside her hotel room in an apparent bid to sabotage her career and "expose"...

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. With suicides on the rise, the government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help. Currently, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline uses a 10-digit number, 800-273-TALK (8255). Callers are routed to one of 163 crisis centers, where counselors answered 2.2 million calls last year.

National Suicide Prevention lifeline to get new, shorter number

June 24, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

The number for the National Suicide Prevention lifeline is going to be shortened to just three digits in an effort to de-stigmatize mental health issues and to make it more...

Pope Francis leads the Pentecost Mass in the Blessed Sacrament chapel of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican on May 31, 2020, for the first time since lockdown was imposed three months ago to curb the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Remo CASILLI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by REMO CASILLI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis condemns violent response to ‘tragic’ death of George Floyd

June 3, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.

Pope Francis used his weekly prayer from the Vatican Wednesday to directly address Americans and condemn the violent protests that followed the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd at the...

Water rushes through the Edenville Dam, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in Edenville, Mich. People living along two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river have been evacuated following several days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the area. (Katy Kildee/Midland Daily News via AP)

‘Catastrophic’ flooding in Michigan as two dams fail, thousands evacuated

May 21, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

The "catastrophic" failure of two dams in central Michigan unleashed swirling floodwaters that prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 people — with some regions bracing for a record high-water...

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex meets children as she attends the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 on March 09, 2020 in London, England.

Meghan Markle dials in to hearing against British tabloid for publishing private letter to dad

April 27, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

Her own royal Brexit and social distancing couldn't keep Meghan Markle from taking part in a legal hearing in her bitter battle with a trashy tabloid. The Duchess of Sussex,...

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