Authorities issue warrants for 4 suspects in Georgia murder investigation
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued murder warrants for four suspects in connection with the death of 37-year-old Rossana Delgado, who was…
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NYPD investigates 6 attacks at 4 synagogues over a two-day span
Six attacks took place at four different Bronx synagogues between Friday and Sunday, and the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task…
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Fredricka Whitfield: What keeps me up at night
I’ve tossed and turned more in the past year than ever before. I’ve cried more, too. On Friday morning, I woke up before my alarm, which…
Continue Reading CDC data shows more Americans are missing their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines
A growing number of Americans have missed their scheduled second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading North Carolina sheriff says he wants footage of Andrew Brown Jr. police shooting made public and may file motion Monday
A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s fatal shooting to be made public, but there will have to be a…
Continue Reading At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Joshes battle it out with pool noodles to defend their name
Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that…
Continue Reading 6 people were killed and several injured in a crash northeast of Atlanta, police say
Six people are dead and several others are injured after a passenger van crashed on I-85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Saturday night, police said.…
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Evacuation orders lifted in central New Mexico wildfire
TORRANCE COUNTY, New Mexico — Officials in central New Mexico’s Torrance County lifted evacuation orders Sunday for residents near the…
Continue Reading ABC News poll finds 52% Biden approval rating for 1st 100 days
WASHINGTON, DC — A slight majority of Americans support President Joe Biden and his initiatives for his first 100 days in office, but are skeptical…
Continue Reading ‘Funky pickles’ seized in Texas by CBP turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
PHARR, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the…
Continue Reading Enron Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was revealed. Its 2001 bankruptcy…
Continue Reading Daytime Emmys Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize television programming from the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 25, 2021 – The…
Continue Reading ‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Patrol turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International…
Continue Reading Two college students chatting on a bus discovered they lived in same Chinese orphanage 15 years ago
When Ally Cole, a sophomore at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, sat next to freshman Ruby Wierzbicki on a bus on April 14, she struck up a…
Continue Reading Mars helicopter achieves fastest, furthest flight yet
The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully flown for the third time on Mars in a week. This time, the helicopter logged a flight that was faster,…
Continue Reading US School Violence Fast Facts
Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides,…
Continue Reading At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire, ministry says
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.…
Continue Reading CIA Leak Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the 2003 CIA leak involving then-operative Valerie Plame and senior members of the George W. Bush administration. After a…
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Iraq says 82 killed, 110 injured in massive Baghdad hospital fire
BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Iraq’s Interior Ministry says 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in a Baghdad hospital.…
Continue Reading 82 people killed in Baghdad hospital fire, including coronavirus patients with severe symptoms
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Interior Ministry says 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in a Baghdad hospital.…
Continue Reading Trial for former officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting pushed to 2022
The trial for a former Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been pushed back to February 1, 2022,…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin’s conviction is progress but not ‘true justice’ for people of color facing police violence, activists say
While the family of George Floyd, supporters and civil rights activists celebrated a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin of…
Continue Reading New Milky Way map reveals a wave of stars in our galaxy’s outer reaches
A new map reveals the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, including a wave of stars disturbed by a small galaxy on a collision course with our own.…
Continue Reading Andrew Brown Jr.’s family met with the sheriff, but were not shown bodycam footage of his death
The family of Andrew Brown Jr. said they met with the Pasquotank County sheriff on Friday but were not shown the body camera footage of his death…
Continue Reading 18-year-old faces murder charge in connection with shooting death of 7-year-old Chicago girl
Chicago police on Saturday announced the filing of than a dozen criminal charges, including first-degree murder, against an 18-year-old in connection…
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Dodgers, other California teams debut fully vaccinated seating section for home games
Fully vaccinated baseball fans won’t have to maintain social distancing this weekend at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers, reigning World…
Continue Reading An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia deputy while on the phone with 911
An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, according to authorities and 911 audio…
Continue Reading What to know about the mass killings of Armenians a century ago
The massacre of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War I — and the question of whether it should be called a…
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A man won $2 million from a scratch off lottery ticket after losing everything in a flood
A year after losing everything in a flood, a Michigan man won $2 million from a scratch off lottery ticket, according to lottery officials. The…
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