Month: August 2019

cmannphoto/iStock(EL PASO, Texas) — The death toll from a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, increased to 22 after two more victims died in the hospital, police said. David Shimp, chief executive officer [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man who mailed more than a dozen pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Earlier this year, Sayoc, 57, [Read More…]

lucky-photographer/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow was down more than 700 points at closing on Monday amid an escalating trade war with China. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2019, [Read More…]

Pezz453/iStock(DAYTON, Ohio) — The family and friends of the victims of the Dayton shooting are grieving their loved ones who were among those shot early Sunday morning. One woman saw her brother just hours before [Read More…]

hansslegers/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is urging Turkey not to undertake an offensive into northeastern Syria against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces that helped to defeat the Islamic State and now maintains prisons with thousands of the terror [Read More…]

bingfengwu/iStock(HONG KONG) — For the first time since its handover to China more than two decades ago, a city-wide strike brought much of Hong Kong to a standstill. In an unusual sight for a city [Read More…]

vmargineanu/iStock(CONVERSE, Texas) — Texas authorities are searching for the gunman responsible for shooting a 15-year-old in the face, killing him. Police were called to the scene of a shooting in progress Monday morning just before [Read More…]

krblokhin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The FBI has underscored the ongoing threat of copycat shootings from domestic violent extremists in the wake of the El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH mass shootings that left at least 31 victims [Read More…]

Muni Yogeshwaran/iStock(LONDON) — The Indian government moved to revoke the special status that granted autonomy to Muslim-majority Kashmir on Monday, with experts describing the move as “undoing seven decades” of constitutional relations. Amit Shah, the [Read More…]

cmannphoto/iStock(EL PASO, Texas) — The death toll from a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, increased to 22 after two more victims died in the hospital, police said. David Shimp, chief executive officer [Read More…]

Niloo138/iStock(NEW YORK) — Walmart is facing pressure to stop selling firearms following several shootings in the past week — two of which happened at Walmart stores. Last Tuesday, two employees at a Walmart in Southaven, [Read More…]

Niloo138/iStock(NEW YORK) — Walmart is facing pressure to stop selling firearms following several shootings in the past week — two of which happened at Walmart stores. Last Tuesday, two employees at a Walmart in Southaven, [Read More…]

YvanDube/iStock(NEW YORK) — Walmart is facing pressure to stop selling firearms following several shootings in the past week — two of which happened at Walmart stores. Last Tuesday, two employees at a Walmart in Southaven, [Read More…]

NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — After an online petition proposed to move Halloween to the last Saturday of October garnered massive support, Snickers doubled down on the effort and upped the excitement by offering 1 million candy [Read More…]

NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — After an online petition proposed to move Halloween to the last Saturday of October garnered massive support, Snickers doubled down on the effort and upped the excitement by offering 1 million candy [Read More…]

LUke1138/iStock(CAIRO) — Tutankhamun’s golden-plated coffin is undergoing a face-lift for the first time since the boy king’s tomb was discovered in 1922 as Egypt nears completion of the Grand Egyptian Museum, a mega project on [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Upper Midwest is bracing for severe weather on Monday as the Southwest expects to get roasted. A cold front should set off showers and thunderstorms from Nebraska to Wisconsin, with [Read More…]