Plans to open a Philadelphia facility that would allow and supervise the injection of illegal drugs have been put on hold. On Thursday, the nonprofit group looking to open the site, Safehouse, delayed the opening to have “community conversations” with concerned neighbors. Then the building owner decided to not move forward with the lease. “The…… MORE
2020 is a leap year, which means we get to enjoy a whole extra day of February, and people born on February 29 finally get some presents. But why do we even have leap years? Our calendar has 365 days in a year, because that’s pretty much how long it takes the Earth to orbit…… MORE
Don’t turn your calendars over just yet! It’s a Leap Year, which means tomorrow is your once-every-four-years bonus day. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus …… MORE
Four children ages 3 and 4 were injured when a woman crashed her car through the window of a day care center, Pennsylvania authorities say. The black BMW on Thursday traveled through a classroom of the Children of America Educational Childcare center before stopping at a back wall, the Bucks County Attorney’s Office said in…… MORE
Sarah Boone called 911 and said her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek, according to court records. The Florida couple had been drinking Chardonnay and doing puzzles Sunday night in their Winter Park apartment, Boone told authorities, when they thought “it would be funny” to hop in a…… MORE
A Mennonite woman who went missing from New Mexico last month was kidnapped and murdered, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said. The body of 27-year-old Sasha Krause was found more than 250 miles away, near Flagstaff, Arizona. “Over the last four weeks, we conducted ground searches, aerial searches, K-9 search and entered Sasha’s information…… MORE
Dale Hudson had planned to go out for an after-work drink at a bar near Milwaukee on Wednesday. His usual Miller High Life Light was waiting on ice — but he never showed up. Bar owner Kim Thompson found out Thursday that her friend and ice fishing partner was one of five people shot dead…… MORE
Parents, have you ever asked your kiddo to do something or behave properly and they’ve ignored you? Yeah, you’re not alone. To combat that behavior, one Texas mom had her son drop down to pushup position in the middle of a shopping trip at a craft store. Molly Wooden was in the restroom at a…… MORE
The US Department of Education is demanding “sweeping changes” at the University of Southern California after an investigation found the school failed for years to protect students after reports alleged sexual abuse by former gynecologist George Tyndall. The department’s Office for Civil Rights’ investigation into the handling of allegations against Tyndall found USC “systemically failed”…… MORE
A man in Oregon was arrested after he allegedly used counterfeit money to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies outside of a Walmart, Salem police said. A mother alerted police February 16 saying her daughter, who had been selling Girl Scout cookies, was given a fake $20 bill to buy a $5 box of…… MORE
