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Scoreboard roundup — 7/9/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Washington 7, Texas 2 Tampa Bay 10, Atlanta 4 Chi Cubs 7, NY Yankees 4 Final St. Louis 4, [Read More…]
‘Insidious: The Red Door’ scares up $32.6 million to top the weekend box office
David Lukacs Insidious: The Red Door opened at no. 1 at the North American box office, beating expectations with an estimated $32.6 million. Overseas, the fifth installment in the Insidious franchise — starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor, Steve Coulter, Whannell, Angus Sampson and Lin [Read More…]
Man charged with kidnapping, killing his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter
FBI Detroit (MICHIGAN) — A Michigan man faces federal charges for allegedly kidnapping his former girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter and then apparently strangling the toddler, whose body was found days later in Detroit. Rashad Trice, 26, [Read More…]
6 dead after business jet crashes into field while approaching California airport
KABC (CALIFORNIA) — Six people were killed when a business jet traveling from Las Vegas to southern California crashed into a field while approaching an airport and then became engulfed in flames, authorities said. The [Read More…]
UNC to offer free tuition to some students whose families make less than $80,000 a year
Wang Yukun/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill announced that it would be providing free tuition and fees to students from North Carolina families making less than $80,000 a year. [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot approaches half a billion after no winner in Friday’s drawing
Capelle.r/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After no ticket was selected on Friday, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $480 million, with a cash option of $240.7 million. The next drawing will be on [Read More…]
15 million Americans across 6 states under heat alerts this weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Across six states on Saturday, 15 million Americans will be under heat alerts from Miami to Phoenix to Washington State. In the Southeast, the heat index will be brutal this [Read More…]
Chicago police officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct with migrant
Bruce Leighty/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The agency that is responsible for Chicago police oversight said Friday it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving police officers and a migrant at a police station. The Civilian [Read More…]
What to know about the potential UPS Teamsters strike
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Negotiations broke down this week between UPS and its Teamster-represented workers, weeks before their contract is set to expire. As a potential strike looms, UPS workers across the country [Read More…]
UPS workers’ union leader explains what’s at stake as strike edges closer
Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Workers for UPS are edging closer to a strike after a breakdown in talks between the delivery giant and the Teamsters union representing its employees. Both [Read More…]
Hospital in Haiti suspends treatment after armed men storm facility, forcibly remove gunshot victim
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly two dozen armed men stormed a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in the Tabarre section of Port-au-Prince Thursday night, forcibly removing a gunshot victim [Read More…]
Two more locally acquired cases of malaria found in Florida, bringing recent US total to seven
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More cases of locally acquired malaria have been detected in the United States, bringing the total up to seven across the country. In a recent report, Florida health officials [Read More…]
Lyft driver shot dead in DC amid surge in violence in the city
Metropolitan Police Department (WASHINGTON) — Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for the suspects who shot and killed a Lyft driver in one of many recent acts of violence in the city. Nasrat Ahmad Yar, [Read More…]
California man arrested in connection with serial murders of Mexican strip club workers
US Department of JUstice (DOWNEY, Calif.) — A California man has been arrested in connection with serial murders targeting strip club workers in Mexico. U.S. Marshals and the FBI on Thursday arrested 30-year-old Bryant Rivera, [Read More…]
Murder suspect escapes from jail weeks after captured following prior manhunt
Jamestown Police Department (JAMESTOWN, N.Y.) — Authorities are searching for a homicide suspect who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail just weeks after he was captured following a dayslong manhunt. Michael Burham, 34, is a suspect [Read More…]
Hiker killed, two others injured in California mountain avalanche
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (BIG PINE, Calif.) — A summer avalanche took the life of a hiker and injured two others in California, investigators said. The unidentified hiking party encountered a wet slide avalanche while descending [Read More…]
Biden slams short term health care plans as ‘a scam,’ touts jobs report as showing Bidenomics is working
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden didn’t mince words when it comes to his efforts to crack down on short-term health plans, calling them “a scam” and saying they can leave Americans “played [Read More…]
What are cluster munitions? Biden defends decision to send controversial weapons to Ukraine
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has decided to send U.S. stocks of cluster munitions to Ukraine amid its fight against Russia, defending the controversial move as urgently needed. The weapons are part of [Read More…]
‘The Wire’ creator David Simon wants mercy for man convicted of selling fatal fentanyl to Michael K. Williams
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua A call for leniency for one of the four men convicted in the fatal fentanyl poisoning of The Wire star Michael K. Williams has come from an unlikely place: the celebrated cop drama’s [Read More…]
Writers Guild of America East suspends picketing activity for high heat in New York City
SimpleImages/Getty Images While the Writers Guild of America’s strike against Hollywood studios continues to simmer, the sweltering heat in New York City this week has caused the guild to cancel any picketing activities on Friday, [Read More…]