Month: September 2019

Courtesy of Mark Gerardot (NEW YORK) —  Mark Gerardot says he “never” thought his wife of 24 years would be capable of physically harming herself or another person. But on April 23, 2018, she did [Read More…]

Ismailciydem/iStock(LONDON) — British politics reached unprecedented levels of gridlock and constitutional confusion this week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost three key Brexit votes in the House of Commons. If you have been watching any [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — After days of churning up the coastline, Hurricane Dorian made landfall along Cape Hatteras, N.C., Friday morning as a Category 1 storm.Here’s what to expect and when, according to the latest [Read More…]

US Army(WASHINGTON) — “Military family” takes on new meaning for a set of sisters who made history as the first to both attain the general’s rank in U.S. Army. Parents and their children, relatives, spouses [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Dorian made landfall along Cape Hatteras, N.C., Friday as those on the state’s low-lying islands battled ferocious rain and braced for flash flooding and dangerous storm surge. Hundreds may be [Read More…]

NYPD(NEW YORK) — The new NYPD Special Victims Division looks nothing like the grubby precinct on television. There is a brightly lit waiting area, comfortable seating and soothing paint color-s on the walls. Believing design [Read More…]

ABC NewsHurricane Dorian makes landfall over North Carolina, hundreds may be trapped on Ocracoke Island (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Dorian made landfall along Cape Hatteras, N.C., Friday as those on the state’s low-lying islands battled [Read More…]

AngiePhotos/iStock(LONDON) — Sweden’s H&M Group has become the latest retailer to ban leather from Brazil over environmental concerns in the Amazon rainforest. “Due to the severe fires in the Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest, [Read More…]

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Serena Williams will play Saturday in the U.S. Open women’s final with a special guest in the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York, according to a new report. Williams’ [Read More…]

Juha Remes/iStock(MIAMI) — Authorities say an American Airlines mechanic based in Miami, Florida, has been charged with allegedly sabotaging a plane’s navigation system just before take off because he was upset over stalled union negotiations [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Dorian made landfall along Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Friday morning as a Category 1 storm bringing 90 mph winds. North Carolina’s low-lying islands and waterfront communities are bracing for flash [Read More…]

wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs to their payrolls in August, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, falling short of economists’ expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the job gains last [Read More…]

sihuo0860371/iStock(HARARE, Zimbabwe) — Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean liberator who ruled the African country as a dictator for nearly 40 years, died Friday at the age of 95. A former school teacher turned revolutionary, Mugabe served [Read More…]

Courtesy Etnia Barcelona(NEW YORK) — Designer eyewear brand Etnia Barcelona just launched a campaign that we can all get behind. The campaign, titled “I’MPERFECT,” challenges stereotypes by featuring models from around the world who, according [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The core of Hurricane Dorian whipped North Carolina’s coastline with hurricane-force wind gusts early Friday morning, and forecasters say the storm will likely make landfall there soon. Gusts up to 94 [Read More…]