Month: April 2019

JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a wave of coordinated bombings at churches and high-end hotels across Sri Lanka. The terrorist organization made the claim Tuesday in a statement published [Read More…]

LPETTET/iStock (NEW YORK) — The winner of last month’s $768.4 million Powerball jackpot is set to come forward on Tuesday. The winning ticket was sold in March at a Speedway in New Berlin, about 15 [Read More…]

PSNI via Getty Images(DUBLIN) — The paramilitary organization New Irish Republican Army (New IRA) apologized for the murder of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, as a third person was arrested in connection with the death. McKee [Read More…]

WLDavies/iStock(MEDECINE LODGE, Kansas) — A vulture has been blamed for a motorcycle crash that killed a couple on a rural road in southern Kansas, authorities said. Brandon Husband, 42, was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle [Read More…]

liveslow/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before the 2020 census questionnaire goes to print, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship. Oral arguments in the case Tuesday will center on [Read More…]

Niall_Majury/iStock(WASHINGTON) — United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz thinks airlines are reaching a breaking point with shrinking seat sizes. “I think we are nearing a point certainly that we can’t do that anymore,” he told ABC [Read More…]

Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has received death threats since her office’s decision to drop charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. Her office did not offer specific details [Read More…]

Florida Department of Corrections(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A Florida father may have saved his son’s life when he chased down a man who allegedly stole his vehicle while the child was in the back [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(PARADISE, Calif.) — In the wake of the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history, the residents of Paradise are slowly returning and rebuilding. But even though one Paradise resident’s home survived [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The company announced it would be delaying the rollout of the Galaxy Fold after initial reviews highlighted flaws in display screens. “Initial findings from the inspection of reported issues on [Read More…]

Moussa81/iStock(NEW YORK) — The embattled maker of OxyContin is attempting to “cry poverty” to avoid accountability for the company’s role in the nation’s opioid epidemic, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Monday, as the state [Read More…]

BackyardProduction/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The nation’s Social Security program is running out of money with benefits on track to be reduced by around 2035 unless Congress steps in, according to a report released Monday by the Trump [Read More…]