Month: October 2019

wsfurlan/iStock(TAMPA, Fla.) — A child died after being left inside a hot car for hours on Monday in central Florida, marking the fifth such death in the Sunshine State this year and the 50th nationwide. [Read More…]

gradyreese/iStock(NEW YORK) — A sweeping new study that looked at 329 companies employing 13 million people found that women in the workplace have come a long way in recent years — but it’s not a [Read More…]

ABC News(LONDON) — The family of Harry Dunn, a British teenager who was killed when the wife of an American diplomat crashed into his motorcycle in August , said they learned about the woman’s written [Read More…]

KeithBinns/iStock(LONDON) — Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived in Pakistan Monday for the start of their five-day official royal tour. Kate stepped off the plane in Islamabad in an aqua [Read More…]

Lays(NEW YORK) — Comfort foodies rejoice! One of America’s favorite homemade meals is headed to a chip bag near you. Lay’s is releasing a brand new flavor just in time for fall: grilled cheese and [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/iStock(FORT WORTH, TX.) — The police officer who fatally shot a Fort Worth, Texas, woman in her home while answering a call for a welfare check has been arrested on murder charges. The charge [Read More…]

feradz/iStock(MADRID) — Catalunya took to the streets of Barcelona on Monday after nine separatist leaders were sentenced to between nine and 13 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Madrid. The highest court’s stiff [Read More…]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — For over four years, the U.S. armed and fought with Syrian Kurdish forces who served as America’s foot soldiers against the Islamic State terror group. But with President Donald Trump pulling American [Read More…]

aicragarual/iStock(NEW YORK) — Statues of Christopher Columbus were vandalized amid continued calls to change the name of the federal holiday honoring the Italian explorer. Red paint, along with messages about genocide, were sprayed on landmarks [Read More…]

apichon_tee/iStock(BEIJING) — A wildly-popular app touted as an educational tool by the Chinese authorities may actually be used to digitally monitor its citizens, a new report from the Open Technology Fund and a German cybersecurity [Read More…]

NYPD via Twitter(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating the abduction of a New York boy who was abducted on Monday when his family’s car was stolen. Six-year-old Ronald Mowatt was sitting in the back of [Read More…]

ABC News(FORT WORTH, TX.) — The police officer who fatally shot a Fort Worth, Texas, woman in her home while answering a call for a welfare check abruptly resigned on Monday just before he was [Read More…]

urfinguss/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — California became the first state in the nation to require later start times at most schools. Senate Bill 328, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday, requires most middle schools to begin [Read More…]

golibtolibov/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Washington has joined the list of cities and states to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of Columbus Day, after the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation on Tuesday to rename the federal holiday. [Read More…]