Year: 2024
US Coast Guard rescues 33 people from sinking vessel in deep water
U.S. Coast Guard (NEW YORK) — The United States Coast Guard rescued 33 people from a sinking vessel in deep water when their boat began taking on water and sinking. The incident occurred on Monday [Read More…]
Floods threaten South and East as extremely dense fog affects millions across US
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Communities in the southern and eastern United States are grappling with dangerous floods from heavy rainfall, while dense fog envelops a swath of the country. Major flash flooding on Wednesday [Read More…]
FAA releases instructions for airlines to begin inspecting Boeing 737 Max 9 planes
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration released final instructions to airlines to begin conducting inspections of their 737 Max 9 planes Wednesday — a move that will eventually allow them to fly [Read More…]
Joliet Police arrest girlfriend of shooting suspect, alleging obstruction of justice
Joliet Police Department (JOLIET, Ill.) — Police in Joliet, Illinois, arrested Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, 21, who they identified as the girlfriend of shooting suspect Romeo Nance, for obstructing justice. Police said she made statements to detectives [Read More…]
Teenage murder suspect who escaped from Philadelphia hospital ‘considered dangerous,’ police say
Philadelphia Police Department (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia police are on a manhunt for a teenage murder suspect who escaped from a hospital Wednesday and is “considered dangerous,” the department announced. Authorities identified the escaped prisoner as [Read More…]
Florida Board of Governors prohibits state funding toward DEI initiatives
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Florida Board of Governors voted Wednesday to prohibit state funding to be used toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including “political or social activism” activities on campus [Read More…]
Nikki Haley pitches ‘better choice’ for Republicans, claiming momentum after primary losses
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center, Jan. 23, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki [Read More…]
Maine’s top court refuses to rule before Supreme Court on whether Trump will stay off ballot
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who requested last week for the high court to consider her earlier decision to bar former President Donald [Read More…]
Former Trump DHS officials interviewed in Mayorkas impeachment inquiry
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee has conducted two closed-door interviews with two former Trump Homeland Security officials, as the committee prepares to move forward with [Read More…]
House Republicans accuse Penn of ‘failure to address antisemitism on its campus’
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Education Committee kicked off its formal antisemitism probe of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, which the committee called for after an explosive December hearing where three university [Read More…]
Bidens invite Kate Cox, woman denied abortion in Texas, to attend State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — President [Read More…]
New long COVID study uncovers high inflammation in patients as Senate calls for more research on ‘crisis’
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, with research revealing further and continuing health concerns for some of the 16 million [Read More…]
Children with genetic deafness have hearing restored with gene therapy: Study
A still image taken from video of a study on gene therapy restoring hearing in children with hereditary deafness. (Mass General Brigham) (NEW YORK) — Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a [Read More…]
Alabama to perform first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for [Read More…]
Dunkin’ faces potential class-action lawsuit for alleged discriminatory upcharge on nondairy milks
An exterior view of the Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in Muncy, Pennsylvania, June 10, 2023. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Lactose intolerant coffee drinkers who opt for nondairy alternatives like soy, almond [Read More…]
Zach Woods on satirizing public radio in new animated series ‘In the Know’
Peacock The world of public radio gets animated in Zach Woods’ new Peacock series In the Know. Woods stars in, executive produces and serves as the showrunner of the stop-motion animated series that he created, which he [Read More…]
Olympic champion shares a message of inclusion and diversity at the Corn Palace
1964 Olympic Gold medalist Billy Mills got a first-hand look on Wednesday at the Corn Palace mural bearing his likeness…. He says the reason why, is you see the diversity that’s displayed at the [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 25 at 2:19AM MST until January 25 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and central, east [Read More…]
36 cold-stunned sea turtles saved in North Carolina
Mark Chivers/Getty Images (MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.) — Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued by researchers off the coast of North Carolina this week. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology said [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 24 at 8:15PM MST until January 25 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northeast Nebraska and central, east central, south central, and southeast South [Read More…]