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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 33-year-old Phoenix man has been convicted of murdering four men in a failed attempt to take over the drug business that left three of the men shot to death, their bodies set on fire inside of a burning car left abandoned in a residential neighborhood in Orange in the middle of the day in 2015. The body of a fourth man was found inside of a car in Fontana six days after he was shot to death; his killers recorded his dying moments on a cell phone, according to the OCDA .

Phoenix man convicted of killing and burning four cartel drug dealers in Orange and in Fontana

Kansas City, MO

Cats of Kansas City

While it's just an old superstition that cats will steal your breath, you'll gasp when you see how cute these cats are. All are available from local, Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link to each cat to get in touch with their respective shelter.

Six amazing cats that will take your breath away

Chicago Star Media

(Family Features) Stroke can happen to anyone – it happens to more than 800,000 people every year in the United States. Knowing the signs of stroke and how to prevent it can help protect you or your loved ones from disabilities caused by stroke.

Knowing the Signs of Stroke

Parris Island, SC

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Marine Corps privates Jamil Winston Jr. and JuliMarie Winston are married Marines. The husband and wife have proved that the couple that trains together can stay together. Both graduated on May 17th from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, just in time for their first wedding anniversary coming up in June.

Married Marines graduate from Parris Island together

Saint Johns County, FL

Jacksonville Today

Fourth-grade teacher Maria Fratta lives in New York, but now she has a place to stay in Anastasia Island. Fratta was announced Wednesday as the winner of HGTV’s Dream Home sweepstakes. A new, fully furnished home in St. Johns County is just one of the prizes Fratta receives — she also takes home $100,000 and a new Mercedes Benz.

HGTV’s ‘Dream Home’ sweepstakes has a winner

Denver, CO

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Migrants and their advocates hosted a press conference Friday at an undisclosed homeless encampment and railed against conditions in Denver. Migrants Willy Bastidas and a woman named Mandy shared stories of shelter conditions. They said migrants are being kicked out after three days with nowhere to go.

Migrants defend homeless encampment in Denver ahead of sweep

Do you wonder what that nasty smell that has been cropping up all over Denver is?. I know. Denver has lots of nasty smells, including urine and feces in the alleys. There also is the unmistakable chemical smell of meth that turns some people’s stomachs. And of course, marijuana lingers in the air Denver-wide.

Opinion: The smell of death in Denver

The City and County of Denver is not meeting migrants’ demands despite saying they would do so, according to Housekeys Action Network Denver, or HAND, a homeless advocacy group.

Denver not meeting migrants’ demands, HAND says

With all the crazy news we hear these days, it is understandable that people might feel helpless to make a difference. It's true that you might not be able to cure the ills of the world, but you can, quite easily in fact, make a huge, positive difference in the life of a cat. Best of all--you reap the rewards too.

These cats are looking for a place to call home (and two senior kitties' success stories)

It’s a fair question: Have people experiencing homelessness moved to Denver for a free hotel room?. At least one man did. The mother of a missing man messaged me the other day to tell me she is looking for her son. She said he moved back to Denver from Florida thinking he could get a free hotel room as part of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 plan. Of course, those rooms all are full now. Also, most people who received the rooms were in established encampments that the mayor swept. There never were any rooms for people who might move to Denver one week to be housed the next.

Opinion: Did homeless people move to Denver for a free hotel room?

Fishyrobb

You've probably heard of dyslexia - a common learning disability that affects reading. But just as many, if not more, young people have severe difficulties with basic math - and there's a name for it - dyscalculia.

What is dyscalculia?

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Columbia, SC

Northern Kentucky Tribune

EJ Walker had an impressive list of NCAA Division I college teams recruiting him during his junior year at Lloyd High School. He ended the suspense on Friday when he announced that we will continue his career at the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference.

Four-star basketball recruit AJ Walker of Lloyd decides to continue his career at South Carolina

Is life in the city contributing to psychosis in Denver?. A study published this week in JAMA Psychiatry showed urban settings contributed to more acute cases of psychosis than rural areas. “We found that compared with rural neighborhoods, neighborhoods characterized by urbanicity and environmental exposure (i.e., air and noise pollution) were unilaterally associated with more severe psychotic symptoms, but that more severe depression and anxiety symptoms were specific to individuals residing in urban neighborhoods that also had high area deprivation (i.e., poor housing conditions, health outcomes, and socioeconomic disadvantage),” according to the study. “These findings remained significant after controlling for individual-level characteristics such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, education level, and household income.”

Opinion: City life in Denver causes psychosis

California State

Golden Gate Media

On the morning before Mother’s Day, the BEAR League staff found an unusual and heartwarming surprise on their doorstep: a very young bear cub left in a pet crate in the driveway. The cub, later named 'Moses,' was accompanied by a note explaining that he had no mother.

Orphaned California bear cub found inside a pet crate with a note: ‘Moses’ has no mother

Nebraska State

The Lantern

Buckeye freshman pitcher Christian Pownall runs the bases during a 15-2 blowout of the Nebraska Cornhuskers Tuesday night at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Credit: Courtesy of Ohio State Athletics.

Baseball: Buckeyes surprise Nebraska Cornhuskers with dominating 15-2 victory

Colorado State

A program for quitting meth run by Denver Health that pays users to stay sober is seeing success, according to an online seminar presented in April sponsored by Mental Health Colorado.

Denver Health pays meth users to stay sober

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Springfield, MO

CJ Coombs

If you're from the Ozarks region of Missouri, you might have heard people talk about the old type of medicinal cure known as the madstone. It's hard to tell if it's true or false without personal experience, or at least whether someone in a family's long history line was treated with one of these stones.

Discovering Missouri's madstones: an ancient remedy or Ozark folklore

Kentucky State

In 2023, a Kentucky farmer discovered a cache of more than 800 gold and silver Civil War-era coins buried in a cornfield — a rare find one coin expert said was “hard to comprehend.” The discovery triggered an avalanche of media interest from around the globe, with stories appearing in The New York Times, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine and USA Today, among others.

‘Kentucky Life’ to  explore discovery of Civil War-era gold coins known as The Great Kentucky Hoard

San Francisco, CA

The Harvard Crimson 

By Cam N. Srivastava and Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writers. Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she delivered a keynote speech at the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s 150th anniversary event Monday evening.

Alums Disrupt Nancy Pelosi at Harvard Club of San Francisco Event in Pro-Palestine Protest

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

No two chorizos are the same. Some are long, some chubby, some are pasty, and some are overly greasy. You can find most styles of chorizo around Los Angeles, including chorizo Zacatecano . But one hyper-regional style of chorizo that’s highly sought after and almost impossible to find until now is chorizo estilo Moyahua, Zacatecas.

Meet The Underground Chorizero Making Handmade Zacatecas-Style Chorizo That’s ‘Too Spicy,’ According to Other Mexicans

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