Month: June 2018
Mexican elections are bloodiest in recent memory
iStock/Thinkstock(MEXICO CITY) — In Mexico, money in politics is a matter of life and death. More than 100 people have been killed in connection with Mexico’s upcoming elections on Sunday, according to a study conducted [Read More…]
Relatives of missing submarine crew chain themselves in protest
Patrick Haar/Getty Images(BUENOS AIRES, Argentina) — Families of the crew of an Argentine submarine that went missing in November chained themselves to the gates of the presidential palace in Buenos Aires in the hope of [Read More…]
Families Belong Together marches around the nation to rebuke ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy
Sarah Morris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Thousands of people marched in cities across the United States protesting the separation migrant at the Mexican border as part of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy on unauthorized immigration. From [Read More…]
Race against time as boys soccer team remains lost in Thailand cave 7 days later
Linh Pham/Getty Images(THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand) — It’s been one week since 12 boys and their soccer coach disappeared inside a flooded cave in the mountains of northern Thailand, and rescuers are in a race [Read More…]
Salvadoran mother is reunited with her son after separation
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Arriving nearly one minute before her 7-year-old son stepped into the terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., Brenda rushed to embrace Kevin, after having been apart for a month and [Read More…]
Police use of Taser on unarmed black man in Pennsylvania spurs protests
ABC News(LANCASTER, Pa.) — A crowd of protesters gathered on the steps of an old courthouse in southern Pennsylvania on Friday evening, one day after a video posted on social media showed a local officer [Read More…]
Amlo, the leftist candidate leading Mexico’s 2018 presidential race
Luis Boza/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — A left-wing nationalist known as “Amlo” is poised to become Mexico’s next president and shake up the status quo with his promises to transform his country, including its [Read More…]
A fake news story helps expose a real crisis
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration last year “lost” nearly 1,500 migrant children whom a government agency placed with U.S. sponsors. Shocking news — but it wasn’t true. But it was enough to [Read More…]
Atlantic City hopes for revival with opening of two new casinos
Craig Barritt/Getty Images/William Hill Sports Book(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — Atlantic City is expected to draw its largest crowds in years as two new, monster resorts opened Thursday with a lineup of A-list entertainers. Hard Rock [Read More…]
Egypt to open new museum in hopes of boosting tourism
iStock/Thinkstock(GIZA, Egypt) — Not too far from the Great Pyramids of Giza is the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum. The new museum will house 100,000 artifacts — from Egypt’s prehistoric times to its Greek and [Read More…]
US Ambassador to Estonia resigns, criticizes Trump over European rhetoric
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Another senior American diplomat is leaving the foreign service because of President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric. U.S. Ambassador to Estonia James Melville posted on his personal Facebook page Friday to condemn Trump’s [Read More…]
Excessive and dangerous heat grips Plains, Midwest and Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Many of the major cities in the Midwest and Northeast — from Chicago to Washington, D.C. — began a heat wave on Friday. New York City, which missed a 90-degree reading [Read More…]
‘This is a very dangerous person,’ says lawyer who represented harassment victim of Maryland gunman
Anne Arundel Police(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The attorney who represented a woman who was harassed by alleged Maryland newsroom shooter Jarrod Ramos from 2009 to 2011 described him as a “dangerous person.” Nearly seven years ago, [Read More…]
Candlelight vigil held for victims of Maryland newsroom shooting
WJLA(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Members of the tight-knit community of Annapolis, Maryland, gathered to mourn the loss of five people who were shot and killed Thursday in the newsroom of its local newspaper, the Capital Gazette. [Read More…]
The heat index accounts for moisture in the air
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The heat index is a calculated temperature value of how hot it really feels when the amount of moisture in the air is factored in with the actual air temperature outside. This [Read More…]
Capital Gazette newspaper where 5 were killed gets outpouring of support
(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Alex Wroblewski/Getty ImagesThe Capital Gazette newspaper, where a gunman killed five people, is receiving an outpouring of support from the journalism community and the public. Capital Gazette’s parent company has set up [Read More…]
Federal program housing nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans post-Maria coming to an end
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Saturday marks the final day that nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans will receive temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s transitional sheltering assistance helps natural disaster victims with [Read More…]
Desperate search for boys’ soccer team lost in Thailand cave hampered by rains
Linh Pham/Getty Images(THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand) — A nation continued to hold its breath Friday and hope for the safe return of 12 young soccer players and their coach who remain trapped in a flooded [Read More…]
Suspect in 44-year-old killing shoots himself to death as police close in with DNA evidence
ABC News(SANTA CLARA COUNTY) — A California man suspected in a decades-old unsolved slaying killed himself when police arrived at his home to serve a search warrant after DNA evidence helped identify him, authorities said. [Read More…]
Several meatpackers accused of jacking up pork prices
Several well-known meatpackers are accused in a class-action lawsuit of artificially jacking up the price of pork products. Hormel Foods and Tyson are among the packers that allegedly conspired with info-sharing service Agri-Stats to exchange [Read More…]