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Trump weighs in on Biden’s bid for president

(NBC News) President Donald Trump weighed in on Joe Biden’s 2020 bid for president Thursday, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that the former vice president could win the Democratic nomination. “He is not the brightest light bulb in the group, I don’t think, but he has a name that they know,” said Mr. Trump. Biden’s announcement video Thursday morning…

Varsity shift: esports on campus

(NBC News) Yohan Schwartz is treated like a star quarterback at Bradford Preparatory School in Charlotte, North Carolina…but that status was earned at a computer screen, not on the football field. He defeated hundreds of other competitors in the Fall Majors Championship. “We’re not weightlifting or running suicides, we’re constantly here training at computers,” he says, “Hand eye coordination, strategies.”…

“They just ran right over me!”

(WTLV) Florida’s Nassau County Sheriff’s Office has released the 911 calls made by the woman who was reportedly run over while relaxing on the beach in Amelia Island on Wednesday. “I just got ran over,” she told dispatchers. “My legs just got ran over by a white Jeep pulling out right now.” The sheriff’s office says the incident happened around…

Book heist: stolen Bible returned

(WPXI) One of hundreds of rare books stolen from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania library in a 20-year scheme has been recovered in the Netherlands. The FBI returned the 400-year-old Geneva Bible on Thursday. The Bible was among more than 300 rare books, maps, plate books, atlases and more that were discovered missing from the Carnegie Library last year. A former archivist…

Bug’s eye view: massive Yellow Jacket nest removed

(WFLA) A giant nest of yellow jackets has grown for more than two years outside a family’s Hillsborough County home…until professionals arrived on Thursday to remove it. “What we have here is a southern yellow jacket, a tropical yellow jacket are a multi-queen insect that continue on year after year after year,” explained Jonathan Simkins of Insect I.Q. Simkins is…

Improving vision while you sleep

(KPRC) Brother and sister Justin and Aileen Liang are world champion jump rope athletes, and they say they couldn’t compete with glasses on. They also don’t like to jump with contacts in, and even though they have poor eyesight, they jump with no vision correction at all, thanks to special sleeping contacts. “They let me move around especially when I’m…

Clean out that medicine cabinet!

(NBC News) According to a national survey on drug use and health, more than 11 million people misused prescription pain relievers in 2017. Many got them from a friend or relative. Experts say the best thing to do is to get rid of the medication once you no longer need it, but safely. Many pharmacy chains, including Walgreens and CVS,…

Cage The Elephant celebrates new album with public appearance in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The hit band Cage The Elephant was back on their old stomping grounds of Bowling Green, signing autographs and meeting fans at Mellow Matt’s Music & More. The group is celebrating their newest album release, called “Social Cues.” The album features 13 songs. The community came out in full force, as the line to even get in…