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James Cameron compares submersible tragedy to Titanic sinking: ‘I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Renowned Hollywood director and Titanic researcher James Cameron has compared the tragic loss of the submersible Titan to the very thing that may have led the Titanic to its own [Read More…]
Progressives launch their own campaign to flip school board seats nationwide
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A progressive group plans to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars into an effort to elect hundreds of left-leaning school board members across the country — underscoring how those local [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/22/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 6, Boston 0 Cleveland 6, Oakland 1 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 5 Seattle 10, NY Yankees [Read More…]
Doctors face tough decision to leave states with abortion bans
ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux (NEW YORK) — Dr. Nicole Teal, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, had just finished her training in North Carolina, when she was offered a good position in the [Read More…]
‘Asteroid City’ cast dish on Wes Anderson’s new sci-fi comedy
Focus Features Aliens, celebrity, grief, quarantine — just a few of the things explored in the new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City, out this weekend in wide release, which stars huge names, including Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell and Anderson staple Jason [Read More…]
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: Navy detected sound of the implosion Sunday
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while on a tour of the Titanic wreckage [Read More…]
Rise in anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism captured in new reports
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two newly released reports capture the growing anti-LGBTQ+ extremism across the U.S., that has led to protests, threats and violence against the queer community. A new report from the [Read More…]
Former FLDS members fear their children’s disappearance is part of Warren Jeffs’ prophecy
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Lorraine Jessop’s three youngest children – Nathan, Summer, and Benjamin – have been missing since Feb. 4, 2023. According to court documents, they ran away. “I checked on them at [Read More…]
Police department in Georgia apologizes over image of Black man used for target practice
VIlla Rica Police Department (VILLA RICA, Ga.) — A police department in Georgia is apologizing after posting now-deleted footage showed several white participants in a handgun training course shooting a photo of a Black man [Read More…]
Titanic submersible: What a ‘catastrophic implosion’ means and what officials found
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A submersible carrying five people while on a trip to the Titanic wreckage suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said at [Read More…]
FEC says it doesn’t have authority to regulate AI content in political ads
Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Most members of the Federal Election Commission on Thursday said they did not have the authority to act on a petition to impose regulations on content [Read More…]
IRS whistleblowers claimed senior officials stymied efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Thursday released transcripts of their interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who in April accused the Justice Department of granting Hunter Biden “preferential treatment” during its yearslong probe [Read More…]
CDC advisors recommend RSV vaccine approval. What it means for older adults
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine for older adults could soon be available after an advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted [Read More…]
Over 7 million Baby Shark bath toys recalled due to risk of injuries to kids
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — Over seven million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled due to a risk of injuries for kids, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC [Read More…]
Dozens of frozen fruit products sold at Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart and 3 other retailers recalled
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Frozen fruit products distributed to Walmart, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Target, Aldi and AWG stores in over 30 states have been voluntarily recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. SunOpta [Read More…]
James Cameron responds to catastrophic implosion of the Titanic OceanGate submersible
Craig Barritt/Getty Images James Cameron has responded to the news that all lives were lost in the catastrophic implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible. The Titanic director, who has built his own submersible and has made 33 trips [Read More…]
Who were the 5 people on board the OceanGate Titanic submersible
Ralph White/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After days of desperate searches throughout the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that the five passengers aboard the missing submersible vessel were killed when vessel suffered [Read More…]
Company behind lost Titanic sub overstated details of partnerships with Boeing, others
David Ryder/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The company behind the lost Titanic tourist submersible exaggerated the details of the industry partnerships behind the development and engineering of its Titan submersible. The submersible likely suffered a [Read More…]
Trump’s position on the death penalty and other key takeaways from interview
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a lengthy interview this week, Donald Trump was asked to address his past support for criminal justice reform and COVID-19 vaccine development and restrictions, two major areas [Read More…]
DeSantis to launch new policy proposals next week
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is set to start rolling out policy proposals, pivoting from touting his record as Florida’s governor to a more forward-looking vision taking aim at President [Read More…]