Month: July 2022
House votes to guarantee contraception access in federal law
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday passed a The Right to Contraception Act that ensures access to contraception, such as birth control, to anyone who needs it — a move coming less [Read More…]
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane sentenced in George Floyd killing
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ST. PAUL, Minn.) — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in a federal court on Thursday morning for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Lane, 39, [Read More…]
Unrelenting heat wave spreads from South into Northeast: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The unrelenting heat wave pounding the U.S. is still going strong, with 24 states and 103 million Americans on alert for dangerous temperatures Thursday. Triple-digit heat is still hitting the [Read More…]
Two men indicted for 53 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer
Mint Images/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Two men have been indicted in connection with the discovery of 53 people dead in an overheated tractor-trailer in one of the largest mass migrant casualty events in U.S. [Read More…]
Mom opens up about turning her son in to police for mass shooting threat
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It may sound unthinkable, but one mom said reporting her son to the police felt necessary after she found signs her son was planning a killing spree and attack on [Read More…]
Local communities need violence intervention plans to help at-risk people, experts say
Grace Cary/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — In the aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Highland Park, Illinois, experts say there is a lot that communities can do to improve how they [Read More…]
BBC issues apology to royal family for infamous Princess Diana interview
Pool Photograph/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (LONDON) — The BBC has formally apologized to members of the royal family for the bombshell 1995 interview between the late Princess Diana and then-BBC journalist Martin Bashir. A report [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued July 21 at 8:26AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
Mitchell man arrested for aggravated assault
Mitchell Police have arrested a man involved in a shooting incident late Wednesday evening. Officers responded to a report of a gunshot shortly after 11pm in the 1300 block of South Ohlman. A description of [Read More…]
In Brief: Kurt and Wyatt Russell team up for ‘Godzilla’ series, and more
Father and son Kurt and Wyatt Russell have been tapped to star in Apple TV+ and Legendary Television’s Godzilla series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, part of Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise, is set in [Read More…]
Dave Chappelle Minneapolis show canceled hours before performance
Stacy Revere/Getty Images Dave Chappelle‘s Minneapolis show was canceled Wednesday just hours before he was set to perform. Chappelle was set to take the stage at the city’s First Avenue venue in front of a sold-out [Read More…]
DC to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Students over the age of 12 will be required to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall in Washington, D.C., the district’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 7/20/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Chicago 78, Seattle 74 Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
What is witness tampering, and could Trump possibly be charged?
Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 is holding its second prime-time hearing on Thursday, which will focus on the Trump White House’s reaction to the insurrection as it [Read More…]
Prime-time Jan. 6 hearing to focus on Trump’s riot response, with new testimony and evidence
Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold the eighth in its latest string of hearings on Thursday starting at 8 p.m. [Read More…]
World’s oldest giant panda in captivity dies at 35
Paul Souders/Getty Images, FILE (HONG KONG) — An An, the world’s oldest giant male panda in captivity and under human care, has died at the age of 35 in Hong Kong. According to officials at [Read More…]
Judge, Yanks on top as baseball returns from All-Star break
CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros — they’re all just looking for more of the same. The Atlanta [Read More…]
All-Star trip for Buxton a big step for Twins center fielder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The soaring home run Byron Buxton hit in the All-Star game served as the winning run for the AL team and another signature moment in an uneven career for Minnesota’s multi-skilled center fielder. Just being there [Read More…]
State-licensed medical marijuana store opens next week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility next week. It has been a year and a-half since [Read More…]
Expert predicts Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe Met Gala moment has “put the kibosh” on similar stunts
NDZ/Star Max/GC Images While there are conflicting reports as to whether Kim Kardashian‘s famous “assets” may have damaged the dress, one fashion expert says Kim wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress on the Met Gala red carpet [Read More…]
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