Month: December 2019

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The White House is weighing the possibility of sending thousands more U.S. troops to the Middle East to deter continued Iranian provocations, according to officials familiar with the planning. A U.S. official said [Read More…]

Auburn Police Department (AUBURN, Ala.) — The suspected killer of Alabama college student, Aniah Blanchard, said he shot her after she allegedly “went for the gun,” according to court documents. Blanchard, the 19-year-old stepdaughter of [Read More…]

sphraner/iStock(HONOLULU) — An armed, active-duty sailor opened fire on three civilian employees, killing two, before he fatally shot himself at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard near Honolulu on Wednesday afternoon. Three civilian Department of Defense [Read More…]

DougSchneiderPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Four correction officers, including a captain, at New York City’s Rikers Island jail were suspended and accused of “extremely troubling” behavior after they allegedly stood by for seven minutes watching an 18-year-old [Read More…]

Cineberg/iStock(PARIS) — Mass strikes taking place across the whole of France against proposed pension reforms have severely impacted transportation services and brought Paris to a near standstill on Thursday. Nearly 6,000 police officers have been [Read More…]

Meinzahn/iStock(CHICAGO) — Oscar Munoz will step down from his role as CEO of United Airlines, the company announced Thursday. Munoz will be leaving the position in May 2020 but will stay on with the company [Read More…]

monkeybusinessimages/iStock(NEW YORK) — The technology that connects us has revolutionized the world over the past decade — at times moving faster than we could keep up with, irrevocably changing how people interact and in many [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Wednesday’s storm in Southern California has moved out of California and into the Rockies, with heavy snow this morning. The storm has brought more than 3” of rain from San Bernardino [Read More…]

BCFC/iStock(POLK COUNTY, Fla.) — George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Florida, neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, and his lawyer have filed a $100 million lawsuit against prosecutors, Martin’s [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(WATERTOWN, Conn.) — A dispute between a Connecticut teenager and her mother’s boyfriend over smoking ended in tragedy, after the man shot and killed the girl and her brother, before turning the gun on himself. [Read More…]