Month: December 2019

iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration announced a final rule on Wednesday that will limit states’ ability to provide food stamps outside of federal work requirements. The new rule, aimed to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [Read More…]

iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military seized a “cache of weapons and advanced missile components” believed to be of Iranian origin in the northern Arabian Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The small vessel carrying the [Read More…]

iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military seized what appeared to be a large number of sophisticated Iranian missile parts in the northern Arabian Sea, according to two U.S. officials. The small boat carrying the weapons, referred [Read More…]

Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images(LONDON) — A video shot inside Buckingham Palace at the NATO reception on Tuesday has garnered mass attention on social media after people called into question a gesture between the queen and her [Read More…]

Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images(LONDON) — A video shot inside Buckingham Palace at the NATO reception on Tuesday has garnered mass attention on social media after people called into question a gesture between the queen and her [Read More…]

Martin County Sheriffs Office(INDIANTOWN, Ind.) —  A woman and her dog were saved in a “heroic rescue” after she crashed her car into a body of water in Florida, officials said. The woman, whom police [Read More…]

Harry Collins/iStock(NEW YORK) — More than 475,000 people are petitioning for criminal charges to be brought against two young men who were seen assaulting an injured deer. The online petition, which, at the time this [Read More…]

Whiteway/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — More than 475,000 people are petitioning for criminal charges to be brought against two young men who were seen assaulting an injured deer. The online petition, which, at the time this story was [Read More…]

rclassenlayouts/iStock(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Bishop Richard Malone, the scandal-plagued spiritual leader of the Diocese of Buffalo, has resigned in the wake of widespread criticism of his handling of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct by local [Read More…]

peeterv/iStock(BALTIMORE) — More than two dozen Baltimore, Maryland, corrections officers were indicted Tuesday with allegations that they used “illegal and excessive” force against inmates in state jails. “All 25 of these correctional officers have allegedly [Read More…]

SpVVK/iStock(STANFORD, Calif.) — An external investigation commissioned by Stanford University found that the ringleader of the nationwide “Operation Varsity Blues” college admission scam tried to lure seven of the Northern California school’s coaches into the [Read More…]

EyeJoy/iStock(PARIS) —  Hateful tags that were found in the town hall of Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn, France, lead investigators to a Jewish cemetery 12 miles away where 107 graves were sprawled with anti-Semitic symbols, officials said. Officials reported [Read More…]

EyeJoy/iStock(PARIS) —  Hateful tags that were found in the town hall of Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn, France, lead investigators to a Jewish cemetery 12 miles away where 107 graves were sprawled with anti-Semitic symbols, officials said. Officials reported [Read More…]

Stefonlinton/iStock(NEW YORK) — With a shortened shopping window before Christmas, retailers are feeling the pressure to deliver on speedy shipping. The shipping industry has six fewer days than normal between Thanksgiving and Christmas to get [Read More…]