Month: March 2019

the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the latest blow to the world’s biggest commercial airline manufacturer, a flagship carrier in Indonesia is asking Boeing if it can cancel a nearly $5 billion order of 737 MAX 8 [Read More…]

South Korea’s National Police Agency(SEOUL, South Korea) — Police in South Korea are cracking down on the illegal filming and sharing of sex videos amid a widening scandal that uncovered spy cameras in the motel [Read More…]

ogolne/iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — Public schools in Charlottesville, Virginia are shutdown for the second day in a row over an online threat. The threat was “racially charged” though no further specific details about the threat have [Read More…]

NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve already filed your income taxes and weren’t too excited about your refund, there is hope for next year. The tax code changed during 2018, so a lot of people were [Read More…]

Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week’s mosque attacks. [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 12 levees have been breached on the Missouri River in the last week as record flooding continues in the Plains and the Midwest. Thousands of people have had to [Read More…]

Jack Harold Jones (L) and Ronald Henry Stewart (R) in undated photos. (Arkansas Department of Corrections/Florida Department of Corrections) (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Prosecutors in Florida are asking for a dead man’s murder conviction to [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(BERKELEY, W.Va.) — Authorities in West Virginia have released dash-cam video showing police officers allegedly beating a 16-year-old who crashed a car after a high-speed chase. The video, which was taken on Nov. 19, 2018 [Read More…]

wrangel/iStock(NEW YORK) — An illegal shark trafficker was caught in the jaws of law enforcement this week. The New York State Attorney General’s Office, inconjunction with the Department of Environmental Conservation, announced it arrested Joshua [Read More…]

U.S. Department of Agriculture(NEW YORK) — Tyson Foods announced on Thursday it’s recalling more than 69,000 pounds of frozen chicken strips that may have been contaminated with pieces of metal. The ready-to-eat strips were produced [Read More…]

KeithBinns/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Friday, according to military officials. The two were killed “while conducting an operation,” according to a statement from NATO’s Resolute Support. There were [Read More…]