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For Mary Raley, May 22, 2011 was the beginning of a new start. She had been living in Joplin, Missouri at the time, and on May 22, a tornado swept through the town, destroying her home and leaving her severely injured. After she recovered from her injuries, she decided it was time to move on to something new. When she moved to Ottawa, she noticed something was missing: growing up in Pittsburg, Kansas, her parents owned a traveling nut and popcorn stand that they brought to festivals, colleges, and carnivals all over Kansas and Missouri. Mary saw how happy her parents’ handmade treats made people, and she decided to bring some of that joy to her new home. So in May of 2017, she and her husband opened a store they called Maggie’s Popcorn and Nuts, named after Mary’s mother. Maggie’s sold five different kinds of freshly-popped popcorn as well as roasted nuts, old-fashioned candies, and homemade fudge. But Mary still wanted to do more, and she knew she could.

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A 26-year-old New Zealand man has died from myocarditis linked to the Pfizer vaccine, but health officials there said Monday that the benefits of the vaccine continue to “greatly outweigh” the risks.

Cruise lines will be the first to tell you that COVID-19 isn’t going away, but they have safety protocols in place to weather the storm when cases appear on board. With the rise of the omicron variant throughout the U.S., nearly 1/3 of ships currently sailing from U.S.

Some of the people confined to their homes while awaiting trial on charges tied to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump have been freed to travel for the holidays.

BOULDER, Colo. – Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say DNA hasn’t been ruled out to help solve the case.

The suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright has said she mistakenly used her gun when she was trying to grab a Taser during a chaotic attempt to arrest the Black motorist.

LOS ANGELES – Minors accused of a wide array of crimes, including robbery, sexual battery and arson, will be eligible for a new diversion program launched by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón that spares offenders from criminal charges and requires them to make amends in other ways.

In recent weeks, researchers in Australia discovered “the first true millipede” – a 3-inch-long creature with 1,306 legs. But that bug doesn’t come close to a recently discovered ancestor from over 300 million years ago, one that scientists in England say was a giant millipede “as big as a car” at nearly 9 feet long.