Month: May 2019

Bhubeth Bhajanavorakul/iStock(NEW YORK) — Everyone is celebrating the arrival of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s royal baby boy — including the Queen of Dairy. “To celebrate the birth of the newest addition to the British [Read More…]

stevanovicigor/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing new rules to help curb debt collectors’ repeated calls. Under the proposal, debt collectors would only be able to attempt to contact a borrower by [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The 110 reports of severe weather on Monday, mostly from Kansas, included three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and straight-line winds of 80 mph. Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in Kansas, where [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The 110 reports of severe weather on Monday, mostly from Kansas, included three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and straight-line winds of 80 mph. Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in Kansas, where [Read More…]

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images(HARTFORD, Conn.) — Former chief executive officer of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma Richard Sackler wrote an email to a friend in 2001 calling opioid abusers “victimizers” and “criminals” and complained [Read More…]

Honor Flight San Diego(SAN DIEGO) — A 95-year-old World War II veteran died during a flight to San Diego on Monday evening, returning from an “Honor Flight” to Washington, D.C., to vist the WW II [Read More…]

Ben Stansall – WPA Pool / Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince William, a father of three children ages 5 and under, gave a realistic welcome to parenting to his younger brother, Prince Harry, who became a [Read More…]

rainngirl/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — A dead gray whale washed ashore California’s San Francisco Bay Area on Monday — the ninth one this year, scientists said. The dead whale was found on Ocean Beach in San Francisco [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Hours before he was expected to arrive, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a visit to Germany to travel elsewhere because of “pressing issues,” his spokesperson said. It’s unclear where the [Read More…]

tunart/iStock(LONDON) — A new policy document issued by the Netherlands tourism board outlines plans to curb foreign visitors to the country, as new research suggests tourist numbers may increase by 50% over the next decade. [Read More…]

Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — The actress Pamela Anderson told reporters Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “deserves our support” after visiting him at the London prison where he is jailed for breaching bail conditions. Assange [Read More…]

sharrocks/iStock(NEW YORK) — Two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar for more than a year were freed Tuesday. Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were convicted last year of breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act [Read More…]

masterSergeant/iStock(NEW YORK) — There’s arguably no better way to celebrate our beloved educators than BOGO burritos and free pizza on National Teacher Appreciation Day. Here are some deals, discounts and freebies offered by businesses who [Read More…]

STEVE PARSONS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who welcomed a son Monday, are now new parents facing the same question many new parents face: How much maternity leave [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The 110 reports of severe weather on Monday, mostly from Kansas, included three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and straight-line winds of 80 mph. Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in Kansas, where [Read More…]

Terre Haute Police Department(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) — Investigators said they’ve solved a decades-old cold case murder of an Indiana college student thanks to new DNA testing and genealogy technology. Police have identified Jeffrey Lynn Hand [Read More…]