Month: July 2022
Miranda, Twins rally again in bottom of 9th, beat Orioles
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a tying homer and Jose Miranda delivered a game-ending single as the Minnesota Twins again rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and beat the [Read More…]
Period-tracking apps may help prosecute users, advocates fear
Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving it up to individual states to decide whether to allow abortion procedures, has prompted abortion-rights advocates to [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 7/01/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Final Chicago Cubs 6 Boston 5 Final N.Y. Mets [Read More…]
Supreme Court marshal asks Maryland officials to prohibit picketing outside justices’ homes
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Supreme Court marshal Gail Curley is asking Maryland officials to enforce state and local laws that prohibit picketing outside the homes of justices. Curley sent the requests to Maryland Gov. [Read More…]
Kamala Harris to speak at Essence Festival, expected to discuss Roe overturn
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to New Orleans on Saturday to take part in the Essence Festival of Culture. According to White House officials, Harris will speak in “a fireside [Read More…]
Military struggling to find new troops as fewer young Americans willing or able to serve
U.S. Army Reserve (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has a recruiting problem, with a former senior military official telling ABC News the viability of the all-volunteer force could be at stake. Pentagon data show a simple, [Read More…]
World UFO Day observed by believers seeking the truth
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — World UFO Day is an annual affair that has captured the interest of many enthusiastic alien believers and recognized globally with parades, scientific discussion, and occasionally [Read More…]
Officials identify 19 of 53 killed in migrant smuggling case, victim released from hospital
National Institute Of Migration (NEW YORK) — A 23-year-old victim onboard a tractor-trailer involved in an alleged smuggling incident in San Antonio was released from the hospital, according to University Health Hospital. Another adolescent male remains [Read More…]
Severe weather hits East Coast this holiday weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The East Coast is getting hit with severe weather this holiday weekend. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Carolinas as a storm moves through the region, while millions of [Read More…]
Thousands of anchovies fall from sky, wash ashore in the Bay Area
Marin Country Parks via Instagram (SAN FRANCISCO) — Thousands of dead anchovies washed ashore on the Bolinas Lagoon shore in Marin County, California, and fell from the sky earlier this week, according to photos and video [Read More…]
Three Kentucky officers killed, several hurt by gunman who opened fire at his home
Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images/Stock (ALLEN, Ky.) –Three Kentucky police officers were shot and killed after a 49-year-old man, who is in custody, allegedly gunned them down and wounded several others in a mass shooting at [Read More…]
Family demanding answers after Black man killed by police during traffic stop in Ohio
Sheila Paras/Getty Images/Stock (AKRON, Ohio) — A grieving Ohio family is waiting for answers after a 25-year-old Black man was fatally shot by Akron police officers during a traffic stop earlier this week. Jayland Walker was [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian strikes near Odesa after Snake Island withdrawal
GENYA SAVILOV/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…]
Flood Warning issued July 02 at 9:32AM MDT until July 04 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. …The Flood Warning continues for the following [Read More…]
First probable case of monkeypox reported in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An adult from north-central Iowa is infected with the state’s first probable case of monkeypox, the Iowa Department of Public Health said. The patient, who was not identified, was likely [Read More…]
Will Apple see a wave of unionization like Starbucks?
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent surge of U.S. labor organizing has spotlighted, above all, union campaigns at two high-profile corporations: Amazon and Starbucks. But a watershed union victory last month at an Apple [Read More…]
Uvalde DA makes rare comments on investigation
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — The district attorney investigating the May 24 massacre that killed two teachers and 19 students in Uvalde, Texas, revealed Friday that she has been meeting with the families of victims [Read More…]
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s trial begins in Russia as US works to secure her release
Mike Mattina/Getty Images (NEW YORK) – Brittney Griner appeared in a courtroom in Khimki, a suburb of Moscow, on Friday morning for the first day of the WNBA star’s trial in Russia, where she has been [Read More…]
Corn tar spot confirmed in central Iowa
The corn disease tar spot has been confirmed in central Iowa. Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist Alison Robertson says the detection occurred June 29th in a seed company plot in Marshall County. “And it [Read More…]
Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years
Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attached affidavit from Moses Wright, and [Read More…]
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