Month: March 2019

gguy44/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Ten years after President Barack Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, House Democrats voted Wednesday to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act, delivering one of the cornerstone pieces of their [Read More…]

LPETTET/iStock(NEW YORK) — Players taking their chances on Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing might be hundreds of millions of dollars richer before the week is through. On Wednesday, the jackpot — the fourth largest in U.S. [Read More…]

Alex Stone/ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — In an effort to protect the delicate flowers, officials at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve have be working hard to keep selfie-seeking guests on the paths and out of the [Read More…]

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After two crashes of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in five months raised questions around the world about the safety of the world’s best selling commercial airplane, Boeing revealed updates to [Read More…]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May told UK lawmakers Wednesday that she was “prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended” in order to deliver Brexit. May told some members of [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/iStock(BARRON, Wis.) —  Jake Patterson, the man who abducted 13-year-old Jayme Closs and held her captive until she escaped months later, has agreed to plead guilty, attorneys announced at his arraignment Wednesday. The shocking [Read More…]

(U.S. Army) Sgt. Travis Atkins stands next to his vehicle after it was damaged by an improvised explosive devise in Iraq during 2007. (WASHINGTON) —  Army Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins will posthumously receive the Medal [Read More…]

alexsl/iStock(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook and Instagram are expanding their ban on white supremacy on their platforms, almost two weeks after a shooter associated with such ideology committed the worst terror attack in New Zealand [Read More…]

alexsl/iStock(MENLO PARK, Calif.) —  Facebook and Instagram are banning white supremacy on their platforms, almost two weeks after a shooter associated with such ideology committed the worst terror attack in New Zealand history and livestreamed [Read More…]

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two Egyptian actors were accused of “high treason” for holding a series of meetings with U.S. lawmakers this week about alleged violations by their current government. On Monday, Amr Waked [Read More…]

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images(MADRID) — Spanish police are calling it a brazen daylight “assault” on North Korea’s embassy in Madrid by a shadowy group of assailants in February. But as more information emerges, the mystery [Read More…]

(London Metropolitan Police) Metropolitan Police are searching for the woman pictured here, who was seen in CCTV footage shoving another woman off a sidewalk and into the path of an oncoming bus in London, May [Read More…]