Month: September 2019

Marilyn Nieves/iStock(NEW YORK) — A heartbroken mother pleaded for a New York City judge on Friday to give leniency to her Ivy League educated son, who was convicted for the execution-style murder of her husband. [Read More…]

KXTV(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two police officers in Sacramento, California, are back on duty after federal authorities cleared them of federal criminal civil rights charges in the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark. U.S. Attorney McGregor [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) —  A Texas sheriff’s officer died Friday after he was shot from behind during a traffic stop, officials said. The officer, identified as Sandeep Dhaliwal, who worked with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, appeared [Read More…]

aijohn784/iStock(ODESSA, TX) — All of the shootings involved a suspect targeting broken down cars, Gary Duesler, a spokesman for the Ector County Sheriff’s Office, told ABC News. The suspect is believed to be driving a [Read More…]

The transition to the 2020 mural theme at the World’s Only Corn Palace is underway. Decorating crews have already removed the Iwo Jima mural that was part of the 2019 Salute to Military in preparation [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University will celebrate the groundbreaking of its new School of Business Innovation and Leadership building with a special ceremony during Blue & White Days on Friday, Oct. 4 at noon. The groundbreaking ceremony [Read More…]

aijohn784/iStock(ODESSA, TX) — Texas authorities are on the lookout for a “possible serial gunman” in the Odessa area after four similar shootings, one of which was fatal, occurred over two days, officials said Friday. The [Read More…]

Facebook(NEW YORK) — Facebook is testing hiding how many “likes” a post gets on its platform, a move some experts say will help alleviate social media-related anxiety, while others argue it will ruin the influencer [Read More…]

DisobeyArt/iStock(NEW YORK) — For the second consecutive week, climate change demonstrators took to the streets across the globe to highlight the growing climate crisis. The Climate Strike protests were largely inspired by Swedish 16-year-old Greta [Read More…]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is denying that President Donald Trump offered to lift sanctions on Iran in order to secure a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly — [Read More…]

weerapatkiatdumrong/iStock(NEW YORK) — A data breach involving the food delivery app DoorDash impacted nearly five million users, the company said on Thursday. In a press release, DoorDash says an unauthorized third party accessed some user [Read More…]