Month: June 2019

Geovien So/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Thousands of protesters besieged police headquarters in Hong Kong Friday to demand the release of fellow protesters still in custody after last week’s violent skirmish. Protesters, many [Read More…]

wsfurlan/iStock(GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C.) — A 2-year-old boy died after he took a gun from his grandmother’s purse and accidentally shot himself, authorities said. Kayden Stuber, a 2-year-old from South Carolina, died Thursday afternoon from a [Read More…]

Newport News Police Department(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) –A Virginia community is in mourning after a local dentist was mysteriously gunned down outside his practice. Newport News dentist William Trolenberg, 65, was found shot in a parking [Read More…]

Nilvarda/iStock(INDIANAPOLIS) — A religious school in Indiana broke with the archdiocese after refusing to fire a teacher who was in a same-sex marriage. Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School announced in a statement Thursday that they had [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(MISSION, Texas) — A 13-year veteran police corporal died Thursday night after being shot in the line of duty in Mission, Texas. It was the first time the town saw the loss of a police [Read More…]

SondraP/iStock(NYACK, N.Y.) — Fans of the 1998 film Stepmom can now live in the Victorian home from the movie that made us all ugly cry. Listed at $3.75 million by Christie’s International Real Estate, the [Read More…]

DNY59/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In a remarkable case, the Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction of a Mississippi man on death row who had alleged deep-seated racial bias in jury selection cost him a [Read More…]

Columbia Police Department(ROBBINSVILLE, N.J.) — New Jersey’s governor on Thursday signed a law to improve rideshare safety in honor of Robbinsville, N.J., native Samantha “Sami” Josephson, a college student who was kidnapped and killed after [Read More…]

jessicaphoto/iStock(LONDON) — The conservation charity English Heritage has set up a virtual live stream from inside the monument of Stonehenge to mark the start of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. An [Read More…]

Richard Stonehouse – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Happy birthday Prince William! The royal dad of three and second-in-line to the British throne is celebrating his 37th birthday Friday. William is celebrating his birthday privately but [Read More…]

fstop123/iStock(NEW YORK) — The art of the side hustle may not always be as easy as it seems, but some moms are finding flexible jobs that offer a little financial boost and allow them to [Read More…]

Nastasic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The New York state legislature voted overnight to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and expunge the records of low-level pot offenders across the state. The bill now goes to the [Read More…]

PeopleImages/iStock(NEW YORK) — Women are working more and sleeping less than they were a year ago, while men are going in the opposite direction, new data suggests. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual American Time [Read More…]

MattGush/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — Authorities in Philadelphia are urging residents near a refinery fire in south Philadelphia to shelter in place until notified otherwise. “A large amount of first responders are on scene. Avoid area. Further updates [Read More…]

amphotora/iStock(MISSION, Texas) — A police officer died Thursday night after being shot in the line of duty in Mission, Texas. The unnamed officer, a member of the Mission Police Department, was shot when he was [Read More…]

stellalevi/iStock(PHOENIX) — Authorities have released surveillance footage of an incident earlier this week in which a man attacked multiple Transportation Security Administration agents at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The brief video, released Thursday night [Read More…]