Month: August 2019

tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — An NYPD departmental judge has recommended that Officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired for his involvement in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, multiple officials told ABC News. The verdict, which is non-binding, [Read More…]

DNY59/iStock(KIRKSVILLE, Mo.) — Between August 2016 and April 2017, five young people in Kirksville, Mo., died by suicide. Now, a lawsuit filed by the parents of two of the victims alleges all of the victims [Read More…]

Beboy_ltd/iStock(NEW YORK) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City lawmakers are calling for tighter oversight of lending in the taxi medallion industry, following a series of reports from the New York Times highlighted lending [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — The last controversy to rock the guac world was peas, but now it seems there’s a new ingredient in town that could squash the competition. At some Los Angeles eateries, the popular [Read More…]

iStock(SEOUL) — Tensions heightened between Seoul and Tokyo after Japan imposed broad new trade restrictions on South Korea on Friday morning. South Korean President Moon Jae-in immediately struck back with strong words. “It is truly [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Kristy Epperson, now a 23-year-old nurse, was $20,000 in debt when she graduated from college in 2017. “I am a first-generation college student, so my parents weren’t really able to offer me [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — A stalled system in the central and southern Plains led to more thunderstorms early Friday after parts of Kansas on Thursday saw more than 9 inches of rain, leading to flooding, closed [Read More…]

Charday Penn/iStock(NEW YORK) — Using the word “aggressive” in a job listing discourages almost half of potential female applicants from throwing their hats in the ring, a new study from LinkedIn revealed. LinkedIn released its [Read More…]

iStock(MOSCOW) — The United States will withdraw from a landmark Cold War arms-control pact on Friday, six months after the Trump administration declared Russia in material breach of the treaty and said Moscow hadn’t made [Read More…]

iStock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi Arabia is touting new relaxed laws for women — including traveling without consent from their husband or male relative, equal pay and the ability to open and run independent businesses [Read More…]

iStock(ARLINGTON, Texas) — A woman in Texas died on Thursday after a police officer shot her while firing his weapon at an unrestrained dog. Police officers, the fire department and emergency medical services all were [Read More…]

iStock(MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.) — A Michigan man was sentenced on Thursday to 60 weekend days in jail for poisoning his ex-wife’s coffee, outraging prosecutors who called for a harsher penalty. Brian Kozlowski, 46, of Macomb [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(POPE COUNTY, Ark.) — A pair of inmates, who escaped from an Arkansas jail and then used padding to make it look like they were sleeping in their beds, were back in police custody as [Read More…]

bensib/iStock(PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla.) — The family of a 50-year-old Tesla driver who died when his car collided with a semitrailer in Florida, is suing the automaker for its allegedly “defective” Autopilot and safety features. [Read More…]

alacatr/iStock(NEW YORK) — Target is releasing a 20th Anniversary Collection featuring limited-edition items from past designer collaborations on Sept. 14. Joining in on this nostalgic release includes popular designers such as Jason Wu, Zac Posen, [Read More…]

wingedwolf/iStock(DALLAS) — An American citizen captured in Syria has been charged by federal prosecutors in Dallas, Texas, for allegedly joining the terrorist group ISIS. A criminal complaint unsealed in Texas’ Northern District Court Thursday alleged [Read More…]

vmargineanu/iStock(GILROY, Calif.) — Citing “erroneous reporting,” the FBI special agent in charge of the FBI San Francisco’s office said there’s been no determination yet on any ideology of the suspect who killed three and wounded [Read More…]