Month: June 2023

Missing Titanic tourist submersible live updates: Likely deeper than NATO rescue capability
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — A submersible carrying five people has gone missing while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic off [Read More…]

Trump trial date tentatively set for August in classified documents case
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — District Judge Aileen Cannon has set a tentative date of Aug. 14 for the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of obstruction and [Read More…]

Virginia legislative primaries could shape abortion policy and more
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — This year’s legislative elections in Virginia could determine the fate of local abortion rulemaking and gun policy, control of two narrowly divided statehouses and Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legislative agenda. [Read More…]

Bill Barr, Mark Esper blast Trump’s conduct in classified documents case
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents is being denounced by some of the top brass in his administration. Former Attorney General Bill Barr and former Defense Secretary [Read More…]

Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in classified documents case
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Monday approved a protective order sought by special counsel Jack Smith to keep former President Donald Trump from disclosing sensitive information in his classified documents [Read More…]

NBA star Chris Paul reacts to blockbuster trade: ‘I found out on the plane’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Chris Paul made major NBA headlines on Sunday as part of a reported blockbuster trade between the Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards that includes him and Landry Shamet for Bradley [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 6/19/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Miami 11, Toronto 0 NY Mets 11, Houston 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Boston 9, Minnesota [Read More…]

Protect kids from getting hit by cars through road safety policy changes, AAP urges
Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Oct. 8, 2013, 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein was crossing the street outside his home in New York when a car struck him, tragically ending his life. [Read More…]

Nutrient-rich foods that may help with brain health
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — June is national Brain Awareness Month and the start of summer is a great time to consider how our diet can potentially be beneficial for the brain. [Read More…]

Search continues for actor Julian Sands months after disappearance
Courtesy San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department Five months after Julian Sands, who’s appeared on shows including Dexter, and films like Warlock, A Room with a View and Ocean’s Thirteen, the San Bernardino County, California Sheriff’s Department shared an update into the [Read More…]

Paris Olympics office searched by police, committee says
Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images (PARIS) — Police in Paris were searching the Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters on Tuesday, the event’s organizing committee said. “A police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the [Read More…]

Authorities call off search for missing American free diver in Bahamas
East Hartford Police Department (NEW YORK) — The United States Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force called off its search on Sunday for an American free diver who went missing off the coast of [Read More…]

Missing Titanic tourist submersible live updates: Race against clock to rescue those on board
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — A submersible carrying five people has gone missing while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic off [Read More…]

Missing Titanic tour sub: Former Navy sub captain on rescue options
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rescuers racing against the clock to save the five people trapped in a tourist submersible nearly two miles deep in the Atlantic Ocean are facing major obstacles that could make [Read More…]

Dozens of Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall monument in NYC, 3rd time this month: Police
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of Pride flags were vandalized on Sunday at the Stonewall Monument National Park in New York City, according to the New York Police Department. Police discovered 33 Pride [Read More…]

‘Harrowing’: Pennsylvania state police recount gunfight with ambush suspect that left trooper dead
PAcast/Commonwealth Media Services (HARRISBURG, Penn.) — In his nearly 40 years as a member of the Pennsylvania State Police, Lt. Col. George Bivens said he’s never witnessed a gunfight more intense than the one that [Read More…]

Submersible on Titanic tour reported missing off Newfoundland with five people aboard
alxpin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A submersible with five people aboard has gone missing while on a tour of the wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, according to officials. The Coast [Read More…]

Mystery powder letters sent to Kansas Republicans, Trump, Supreme Court Justice Thomas
Rep. Tory Marie Blew/Facebook (WASHINGTON) — A series of threatening letters containing a mysterious white powder is raising concerns that Republican lawmakers in Kansas and across the nation who received them are being targeted by [Read More…]

Thousands line up for rare look at original Emancipation Proclamation
ABC News/ Tiff Rosborough (WASHINGTON) — As the country commemorated Juneteenth, thousands of people lined up outside the National Archives in Washington on Monday to see rarely exhibited original versions of the Emancipation Proclamation and [Read More…]

Trump responds to alleged recording of him showing off ‘secret’ government information
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Despite what prosecutors claim in an unprecedented indictment against him, including an alleged recording of him saying otherwise, Donald Trump insisted on Monday that he hadn’t shown a [Read More…]