Month: May 2022
Scoreboard roundup — 5/12/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Baltimore 3, St. Louis 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 5, Detroit 3 Houston 11, Minnesota 3 Houston 5, Minnesota 0 [Read More…]
Justice Department opens grand jury probe into Trump’s handling of documents
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has opened a grand jury investigation related to former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, following the revelation in February that he [Read More…]
Biden to announce $10 billion from American Rescue Plan for policing, public safety
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will announce Friday that $10 billion from the American Rescue Plan has been committed to police departments and public safety across the U.S. “A very big amount [Read More…]
Family to sue Kenosha police after accusing officer of kneeling on 12-year-old girl’s neck
amphotora/Getty Images (KENOSHA, Wis.) — The family of a 12-year-old girl has taken the first steps towards suing a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who they say kneeled on the girl’s neck while trying to [Read More…]
An active weather pattern to continue for most across the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the nation’s northern [Read More…]
A total blood moon eclipse is happening this weekend. How to watch
Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stargazers all over the world will have an opportunity to see a blood moon over the weekend as a lunar eclipse moves into Earth’s orbit. The penumbral [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian troops suffer ‘significant’ loss in Donbas
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they’re in limbo in Pakistan
Afghan journalists in Pakistan. – Courtesy Fawzia Saidzada (LONDON) — After eight months of living in hiding and moving between three safe houses in different cities in her native Afghanistan, 32-year-old journalist Fawzia Sayedzada said [Read More…]
COVID-19 nurse reflects on 1 million American virus deaths: ‘We are still mourning losses’
Willis-Knighton Medical Center (NEW YORK) — Last July, a tearful Felicia Croft sat in her car after a long shift in the COVID-19 intensive care unit, and expressed her deep despair about watching young patients die [Read More…]
At least 11 dead after suspected migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico
Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 11 people are dead and dozens were rescued after a boat capsized Thursday off the coast of Puerto Rico, officials said. The vessel, which was “suspected of taking [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Finland, Sweden possible target for strike if they join NATO, Russia says
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Heavy Duty Rock and Roll: ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ sequel set for March 19, 2024
L-R – Guest as Tufnel, McKean as St. Hubbins in 1992 — Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc They’ve toured the world and elsewhere, but apparently David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls — better known as [Read More…]
Senate bill would create federal watchdog for Big Tech
Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a federal watchdog for the oversight of Big Tech companies, empowering the new agency to address controversial issues like algorithm [Read More…]
Proposed Louisiana bill seeks to criminalize abortion, charge women with murder
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Louisiana’s House of Representatives is debating a bill Thursday which would ban abortions and subject women to criminal prosecution for murder. The proposed bill seeks to [Read More…]
Nurses march on capital demanding reforms to protect themselves and their patients
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of nurses from around the country marched to the White House and past the U.S. Capitol Thursday demanding reforms to the health care industry they claim has been putting their [Read More…]
GOP hits Biden for baby formula shortage as White House looks to boost supply
Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is moving to deal with yet another crisis with potentially damaging political consequences: a nationwide shortage of baby formula. President Joe Biden spoke Thursday with retailers [Read More…]
Massachusetts reaches $56 million settlement in deadly Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 outbreak
Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images) (HOLYOKE, Mass.) — Massachusetts has reached a $56 million settlement with the families of the dozens of veterans who died and were sickened during the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home’s widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the [Read More…]
Pandemic has affected ‘extraordinary’ number of children, researcher tells David Muir
ABC (NEW YORK) — Dr. Susan Hillis, who has spent years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is the lead author of several reports on Covid-related orphanhood and caregiver death, spoke recently about [Read More…]
Army soldier killed by bear during training in Alaska identified
U.S. Army (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Officials have identified a U.S. Army soldier who died after sustaining injuries in a bear attack Tuesday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, 30, an infantryman [Read More…]
Two men arrested in mass shooting at Dallas concert that left one dead, 16 injured
Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Two suspected gunmen were arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a concert in Dallas last month that left one man dead and 16 people injured, including three juveniles, [Read More…]