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Jimmy Buffett cause of death announced by family source

(City Tribune) — "Margaritaville" singer Jimmy Buffett had cancer when he died at 76 Friday, Sept. 1. According to family sources, the Pascagoula, Mississippi, native was diagnosed with melanoma four years ago and had recently been…

Trump claims he saved United States from nuclear war

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump claims that while he was in the White House, he saved the United States from nuclear war, according to testimony in his New York fraud case, in which he's being accused of inflating his business…

Wildfires knock out power at Northern California prison

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — Pelican Bay State Prison is using generators to power the correctional center for the second week after a wildfire knocked out the facility's electricity. According to reports, flames came within a few miles…

Frederick Douglas statue vandalized

ROCHESTER, New York - A statue of famed black American social reformer Frederick Douglass was destroyed over the Fourth of July weekend. The monument sits in Maplewood Park in Rochester, New York. “The base and lower part of the…

Coronavirus: 24-hour lockdown ordered in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – City and county officials in the San Francisco Bay Area, on Monday, ordered citizens in six counties to remain on 24-hour lockdown in their homes to stop the spread of coronavirus. That means 7 million people in Alameda,…