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Heat waves currently happening in North America, Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change: Report
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The dangerous heat waves currently plaguing North America and Europe would be “virtually impossible” without anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change, according to a new report. Intense weeks-long heat [Read More…]
Human remains found in three separate suitcases in Florida, police say
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Human remains were found inside three separate suitcases on Friday in Florida, according to law enforcement officials seeking information related to the gruesome discovery. The Delray Beach Police Department [Read More…]
Seaside North Carolina town overrun with hundreds of non-native ducks
Chef Cue / 500px/Getty Images (SWANSBORO, N.C.) — Make way for the ducks of Swansboro, North Carolina. The town’s population of Muscovy ducks has “exponentially multiplied” since last year, and hundreds have taken up residence [Read More…]
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff makes historic visit to Samoa
Harold Cunningham/FIFA via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff became the highest-profile U.S. official to visit Samoa Monday, looking to underscore the Biden administration’s commitment to Pacific island nations in an effort to [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 7/24/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 6, LA Dodgers 3 (11) Detroit 5, San Francisco 1 Baltimore 3, Philadelphia 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City [Read More…]
White House to push private insurance companies to cover mental health care
xijian/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration plans to try to force private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a [Read More…]
School supply sales tax holidays starting in several states
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school [Read More…]
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less than [Read More…]
Why did “Barbie” set records at the box office? Experts weigh in.
Hanna Lassen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Greta Gerwig’s Barbie defied a sluggish pandemic recovery at movie theaters to rake in $155 million domestically over its opening weekend. The haul made it the highest-grossing debut of [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Charity picks the four men whose families she’ll meet
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was a week of fun dates and tough eliminations on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, as Charity tried to gain some clarity before deciding on which four of her six remaining suitors’ families she’ll meet [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Charity picks the four men whose families she’ll meet
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was a week of fun dates and tough eliminations on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, as Charity tried to gain some clarity before deciding on which four of her six remaining suitors’ families she’ll meet [Read More…]
Former Columbia University OB-GYN to be sentenced for sexual abuse conviction
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert Hadden, the former Columbia University gynecologist who prosecutors said “abused his position of power to assault patient after patient, year after year,” is slated to be sentenced to [Read More…]
Love endures for soldier who lost both arms, sight during war
Alina and Andriy Smolensky (KYIV, Ukraine) — EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers may find some images disturbing. Andriy and Alina Smolensky were just 22 years old when they were introduced by a mutual friend at a party [Read More…]
NASA’s mission to collide with asteroid sent ‘swarm of boulders’ into space
Space Telescope Science Institut/ESA/NASA (NEW YORK) — A “swarm of boulders” was sent careening into space after NASA successfully disrupted the orbit of an asteroid last year, according to the space agency. The Double Asteroid [Read More…]
K-9 officer put on leave after police dog attacks surrendering suspect
Ohio State Highway Police (CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio) — An Ohio K-9 officer has been put on administrative leave, and his dog placed in a kennel, following an incident this month in which the animal was captured [Read More…]
Obamas’ family chef found dead in pond on Martha’s Vineyard, police say
Google Maps (MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass.) — The body of a missing paddleboarder recovered from a pond in Martha’s Vineyard on Monday morning was an employee of former President Barack Obama, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) [Read More…]
Carlee Russell’s disappearance was ‘hoax’; charges possible, police say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOOVER, Ala.) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on July 15 after she was reportedly missing for two days, was never missing, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told [Read More…]
Former reverend arrested for allegedly killing 8-year-old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office (MARIETTA, Ga.) — An 83-year-old former reverend has been arrested for allegedly killing an 8-year-old girl in 1975 while she was on her way to his Bible camp, authorities said. [Read More…]
DOJ sues Texas, Abbott over ‘unauthorized’ anti-migration barriers in Rio Grande
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice on Monday sued the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over the installation of a barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande River [Read More…]
Elon Musk’s Twitter rebranded as X. Here’s why
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The signature blue bird perched atop social media platform Twitter vanished on Sunday as part of a company rebrand under a new name: X. The revamp [Read More…]