Month: July 2019

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — The man who is accused of fatally shooting a New York City mob boss in a brazen crime that shocked observers and the law enforcement community allegedly thought he had the protection [Read More…]

Costa Rican Health Ministry (SAN JOSE, Costa Rica) — At least 19 people have died in Costa Rica after consuming alcohol contaminated with toxic levels of methanol, officials said. The victims, who ranged from 32 [Read More…]

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince George, the future King of England, is seen laughing and smiling in new photos released to commemorate his sixth birthday. Three photos were released Sunday by Kensington Palace, all taken [Read More…]

iStock/Foto4440(NEW YORK) — Marine experts are trying to free a right whale tangled in fishing gear off the coast of Canada. The 18-year-old whale, spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Canada’s east coast, [Read More…]

Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Credit reporting agency Equifax will likely pay out a $700 million settlement over the 2017 data breach that exposed the social security numbers of an estimated 147 [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian intelligence authorities said Monday they had arrested 17 spies hired by the U.S. government’s Central Intelligence Agency. All 17 alleged spies were Iranian nationals, the director of the counter-espionage of the [Read More…]

Golden_Brown/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump claimed on Monday he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week, but doesn’t want to “kill 10 million people.” “I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted [Read More…]

vmargineanu/iStock(HARMONTOWN, Miss.) — Authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a 21-year-old Ole Miss student whose body was discovered over the weekend. Deputies were on a routine patrol Saturday around 10:30 a.m. when they found [Read More…]

yesfoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Think of it as Rent the Runway, but for luxury hotel stays. Inspirato has just launched what’s being billed as the world’s first luxury travel subscription service. For $2,500 per month, members [Read More…]

Michael Doosey/Tulane University(NEW ORLEANS) — Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny shark that glows in the dark in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers first happened upon what is now known as Mollisquama mississippiensis, [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Blowing whistles, waving red, white and blue Puerto Rican flags and demanding the immediate resignation of the governor, tens of thousands of protesters Monday morning showed their outrage by shutting down a [Read More…]

iStock(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) — Three dogs died after they were left in a car in Rhode Island during Sunday’s scorching heat wave, authorities said. Officers in Jamestown responded to a report of three dogs unresponsive in [Read More…]

MattGush/iStock(MIAMI) — A Florida sheriff’s department is mourning one of its deputies who was killed in a car crash as he was responding to a domestic dispute, authorities said. The Broward sheriff’s deputy was heading [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian intelligence authorities said Monday they had arrested 17 spies hired by the U.S. government’s Central Intelligence Agency. “All 17 spies are Iranian nationals,” the director of the counter-espionage of the Islamic [Read More…]