Encore: This Asian food staple is mostly illegal, but Georgia is changing its mind
Georgia officials now allow the sale and soon the cultivation of water spinach. It can be an invasive species if not controlled.
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As MLB's opening day arrives, St. Louis fans are glad to have Albert Pujols back
Albert Pujols is making his return to St. Louis after more than 10 years away. Cardinals fans have given him a warm welcome home despite a bitter breakup after the 2011 World Series.
How the abortion underground is prepping for a post-Roe v. Wade world
Nomadland author and Atlantic journalist Jessica Bruder explains how health advocates and activists are preparing ways to provide abortions if Roe is either overturned or weakened by the SCOTUS.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and received a booster shot. She's the highest-profile U.S. official to contract the virus since former President Donald Trump.
2 men impersonated federal agents to get close to the Secret Service, FBI says
They have been impersonating federal agents since early 2020, the FBI says. They allegedly offered favors to several Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail.
Woman wins $10 million after accidentally pushing the wrong button on lottery machine
LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.
Rapper Kidd Creole is convicted of manslaughter in a 2017 fatal stabbing
The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was on trial over the death of John Jolly, who was stabbed twice in the chest with a steak knife in midtown Manhattan in August 2017.
Puerto Rico is plunged into darkness after a fire at one of its largest power plants
The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.
Zoos across North America are moving birds indoors to protect them from avian flu
Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Judge issues the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged over the Jan. 6 riot
A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct during last year's riot.