Month: July 2019

iStock(SOUTH BEND, Ind.) — An Indiana toddler had a fatal fall from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship after her grandfather put her up on a railing, thinking the glass window was closed, according to the [Read More…]

ilbusca/iStock(MIAMI) — Burger King has added one of the nation’s favorite handheld meals to its menu for a limited time. Starting Tuesday, customers will be able to order the crispy taco from participating restaurants for [Read More…]

iStock(DODGE CITY, Ala.) — A woman was allegedly trying to shoot someone in a road rage incident in Alabama when she ended up shooting her husband instead, authorities said. The alleged road rage altercation took [Read More…]

bombuscreative/iStock(NEW YORK) — Two major changes are coming to Instagram meant to address bullying. “While identifying and removing bullying on Instagram is important, we also need to empower our community to stand up to this [Read More…]

RFStock/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service released a new report Tuesday identifying trends and warning signs from 27 mass attacks that took place across the United States in 2018. The report, announced in a news conference [Read More…]

iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — A 13-year-old boy lost parts of both of his hands after trying to set off a firework on Monday, according to police. The boy was at the Edward Houseman Recreation Center in Philadelphia [Read More…]

Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(LONDON) — An American scientist has been found dead in Greece, nearly a week after she vanished. Greek authorities recovered the body of U.S. citizen Suzanne Eaton on Monday evening, [Read More…]

busracavus/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington struck down a Trump administration plan, set to take effect Tuesday, that would have required drugmakers to include pricing information in ads seen on TV. U.S. District Judge [Read More…]

pawel.gaul/iStock(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that a highly contentious extradition bill that sparked weeks of mass protests is “dead,” but she fell short of protesters’ demands to fully withdraw it. [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The nation’s capital saw more than 3.4 inches of rain on Monday — a daily record — with most of it falling in a single hour as nearby regions saw half [Read More…]

Petrovich9/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — After a pair of earthquakes in Southern California, residents are bracing for the worst. By Monday afternoon, the SOS Survival Store in Van Nuys was sold out of earthquake emergency kits, and [Read More…]

Peoria Police Department(PEORIA, Ariz.) — An Arizona man said he fatally stabbed a teenage boy last week because the 17-year-old’s rap music made him feel “unsafe,” according to police. Michael Paul Adams, 27, admitted to [Read More…]

recep-bg/iStock(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A principal was removed from his post at a Florida high school on Monday after he told a parent that he considered the Holocaust to be a belief and not [Read More…]

Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and registered sex offender with a circle of rich and powerful friends, has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy, according [Read More…]