Month: September 2019

U.S. Coast Guard(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — One of the rescuers who helped get four crew members out of the Golden Ray, the cargo ship that capsized and caught fire off the coast of Georgia on Sunday, [Read More…]

NASDA members are meeting with their counterparts in New Mexico this week and sharing insights on top priority issues impacting their states.    Thom Petersen, the Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Agriculture, says it has been [Read More…]

Eplisterra/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Some Russian media outlets said Tuesday they believed they had identified the CIA spy who American news reports this week alleged had been at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s government, setting off frantic [Read More…]

benstevens/iStock(NEW YORK) — The number of people suing the Catholic dioceses in New York over abuse they allegedly suffered as children continues to grow. Ten new lawsuits were filed on Monday, adding to the list [Read More…]

jetcityimage/iStock(NEW YORK) — Lyft has announced changes in its safety policies following a lawsuit filed by 14 women saying that the company did not do enough to protect them from sexual assault by drivers. The [Read More…]

Nikada/iStock(CUPERTINO, Calif.) — Apple is taking aim at the streaming giants, announcing pricing on its streaming service that is lower than Netflix and Hulu, along with details of their new iPhone, iPad and watch at [Read More…]

CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Newly released transcripts provide insight into the final moments of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi before he was killed by Saudi agents inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The [Read More…]

Michael Ver Sprill/iStock(NEW YORK) — The “Tribute in Light,” New York City’s annual homage to the victims who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, endangers an estimated 160,000 migrating birds a year, drawing [Read More…]

U.S. Air Force(BAGHDAD) — The U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes against an Islamic State “infested” island in Iraq on Tuesday in order to deny what had become a safe haven for the terror group, according to [Read More…]

diegograndi/iStock(NEW YORK) — An upstate New York art foundry has been hired to repair the “Charging Bull” sculpture in Lower Manhattan after it was smashed and cut open by a man with a metal banjo. [Read More…]

Peter Topp Enge Jonasen/iStock(NEW YORK) — A rare type of full Moon will soon grace the sky that coincides with a spooky date: Friday the 13th. The so-called “harvest moon,” which is the full moon [Read More…]

malerapaso/iStock(BOSTON) — The city of Boston is investing in education by providing $50 to every kindergartner enrolled in public school to jump-start college savings funds. In the new initiative, called Boston Saves, incoming kindergartners are [Read More…]

Iranian women wait behind the gates of Tehran’s Azadi Stadium trying to convince security officers to let them in, Nov. 10, 2018. (Somaye Malekian/ABC News)(TEHRAN, Iran) — A female Iranian soccer fan who had been [Read More…]

Nikada/iStock(CUPERTINO, Calif.) — Apple made an announcement Tuesday at the tech company’s annual September event at the Steve Jobs Theater. The event, which is being live-streamed from Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, is expected to [Read More…]