Month: October 2018

Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images(JERUSALEM, Israel) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara’s trail for alleged fraug and breach of trust has begun. Sara Netanyahu appeared before the Jerusalem Magistrates Court on Sunday. She’s been charged for [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — The mayors of San Francisco and Osaka are battling over whether to maintain their “sister city” relationship after a fallout over a “comfort women” statue. Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura of Osaka, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SCHOHARIE, N.Y.) — Two newlyweds and a young upstate New York couple were among the victims of a deadly limousine crash over the weekend, according to their families. Newlyweds Erin Vertucci, 34, and Shane McGowan, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Scientists with the United Nations issued an alarming report on Monday, warning that global temperatures could reach an irreversible tipping point as soon as 2030. The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Scientists with the United Nations issued an alarming report on Monday, warning that global temperatures could reach an irreversible tipping point as soon as 2030. The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Michael has strengthened overnight and is nearing hurricane-force winds on Monday morning as it sets its sights on the Florida Panhandle. Florida Gov. Rick Scott already declared a state of [Read More…]

SpaceX Twitter(SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.) — SpaceX lit up the night sky in Southern California on Sunday, and sent gawkers from across the region craning their necks to the sight. Officially, the rocket company owned [Read More…]

Duolingo.com(NEW YORK) — A foreign language app with more than 300 million users is marking Columbus Day, which is alternatively recognized as Indigenous Peoples Day, by launching classes in two native languages. The Duolingo app, [Read More…]

WTEN(SCHOHARIE, N.Y.) — Twenty people were killed in a “horrific” limousine crash in upstate New York in what investigators are calling one of the “most deadly” transportation accidents in years. Eighteen of the victims were [Read More…]

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office(NORTH YARMOUTH, Maine) — The death of a Maine teacher who was reported missing on Monday has been ruled a suicide, according to local authorities. A body found Friday morning in a [Read More…]

Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) — The reward for the capture of a masked gunman who allegedly killed two people in Chicago is up to $16,000, authorities said. The city’s office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, [Read More…]

Franco Origlia/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) — The prelate of the congregation of bishops at the Vatican has written a letter denying accusations that Pope Francis and his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, were aware of sexual misconduct [Read More…]

iStock/Thnkstock(ALBANY, N.Y.) — Twenty people were killed in a limousine accident in upstate New York, police said Sunday. The deadly crash happened Saturday afternoon in Schoharie, which is about 40 miles from Albany, and led [Read More…]

iStock/Thnkstock(ALBANY, N.Y.) — A two-vehicle accident in upstate New York has led to “multiple fatalities,” authorities said. The deadly crash happened Saturday afternoon in Schoharie, which is about 40 miles from Albany, and led to [Read More…]

Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images(JERUSALEM, Israel) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara’s trail for alleged fraug and breach of trust has begun. Sara Netanyahu appeared before the Jerusalem Magistrates Court on Sunday. She’s been charged for [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new tropical depression formed approximately 90 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico, early Sunday and it could develop into a hurricane with a direct impact to the Gulf Coast later [Read More…]

WABC(RIDGE, N.Y.) — Police arrested a Long Island man on Saturday after four driving students asked their instructor to pull over and they called 911 suspecting he was driving drunk. Russell Cohen, an instructor for [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — The mayors of San Francisco and Osaka are battling over whether to maintain their “sister city” relationship after a fallout over a “comfort women” statue. Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura of Osaka, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A million-dollar piece of artwork by mysterious street artist Banksy was left in shreds before an aghast audience seconds after it was auctioned off for a record $1.4 million on Friday. The British [Read More…]