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After Dismal Primary Day, Santorum Retreats To Pa.

With little prospect of victory in any of the three primaries held Tuesday, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum went home to Pennsylvania. He vowed to make a last stand in his fight for the Republican presidential nomination.

A view of the drumkit during The Monkees performance live on stage on June 1, 2016 in New York City. The last surviving member of the band, Micky Dolenz, sued the FBI in order to get any files on him or his late bandmates.

The Monkees' drummer wants the FBI to quit monkeying around and hand over files

The last surviving member of The Monkees, a rock band that formed in 1966, is suing the FBI. Micky Dolenz wants the government to hand over any files on him and his deceased bandmates.

Pakistan pins deadly floods on climate change

Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black women crew.

All-Black, all-female American Airlines crew flies from Dallas to honor Bessie Coleman

The airline hosted the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars tour last week to celebrate the anniversary of Coleman earning her international pilot's license in 1921.

Children's Discovery Museum awarded more than $250,000 in grants to expand early childhood STEAM programming

The Children’s Discovery Museum in Uptown Normal will get a significant boost to its early childhood STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) programming thanks to two new grants.

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced a nighttime curfew for the county after gunfire damaged power substations.

Someone shot at substations in North Carolina, knocking out power for thousands

The authorities are investigating the mass power outage across Moore County as a criminal act after power substations were damaged by gunfire. The county implemented a nighttime curfew.

Workers work on equipment Monday at a power substation in West End, N.C., where an attack on critical infrastructure caused a power outage.

Duke Energy says it has completed repairs on N.C. power equipment damaged by shootings

The damage to two substations on Saturday cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes. The utility says it expects power to be fully restored by midnight.

16-year-old Samantha Castañeda is Holtville, California’s, 76th Carrot Queen. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now)

In a town where produce reigns, a new Carrot Queen is crowned

On Sunday, Holtville, Calif., wrapped up its 76th Annual Carrot Festival. The farming community near the U.S.-Mexico border likes to brag that it is the “carrot capital of the world.”

The National Weather Service predicts the ice storm will have wide-ranging impacts across the U.S. South through Thursday morning.

An ice storm is unleashing treacherous conditions across parts of the Southern U.S.

Stretching from Texas to Tennessee, the storm will continue through at least Thursday morning, affecting travel and possibly knocking out power in some areas. Thousands of flights have been disrupted.

The ExxonMobil Baton Rouge complex, pictured in 2016, was the site where five nooses were found, the EEOC alleges.

A U.S. federal agency is suing Exxon after 5 nooses were found at a Louisiana complex

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil saying the company failed to take action to prevent a racially hostile work environment.

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