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American Jeffery Woodke, who was held hostage in Niger, has been released
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday. Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six [Read More…]
Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, making climate mitigation more challenging: UN report
Alexandros Maragos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, exacerbating the challenge world leaders face in preventing the impacts of climate change from worsening, the United Nations warns in its latest [Read More…]
Suspects caught on camera spray-painting houses with swastikas, other hate messages
Nashville Police (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Police in Nashville, Tennessee, say they’re searching for two suspects who were caught on camera spray-painting houses with swastikas and other hate messages. Nashville police said five homes in the [Read More…]
Police supervisor in Tyre Nichols’ death retired with benefits before getting fired
amphotora/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A high-ranking Memphis, Tennessee police officer on duty at the scene of the beating that would end Tyre Nichols life, retired one day before he was expected to be fired, [Read More…]
Man, 60, bitten by shark while swimming in Hawaii
Philip Waller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 60-year-old man was bitten by shark while swimming in Hawaii on Sunday. The swimmer was in Hawaii Island’s Anaeho’omalu Bay, about 200 yards off shore, when he was [Read More…]
Miami Beach issues curfew after two people killed during spring break festivities
Angelo Cavalli/Getty Images (MIAMI) — For the third year in a row, the City of Miami Beach has imposed a state of emergency and an overnight curfew for South Beach starting 11:59 p.m. Sunday after [Read More…]
Colorado dentist arrested in wife’s ‘complex and calculated’ poisoning death, police say
James Toliver Craig, 45, a dentist in Aurora, Colorado, is seen in an undated booking photo released by the Aurora Police Department. — Aurora Police Department (AURORA, Colo.) — A Colorado dentist has been arrested [Read More…]
NY grand jury investigating Trump will hear from attorney Bob Costello, at Trump’s behest: Sources
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels will hear from an additional witness on Monday, attorney and longtime [Read More…]
Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs hopes incident can bring change
Sydney Benes with head of security Nate Sanders at Sullivan’s Pub. Sanders said Benes is looking to press charges against the two men who pushed her chair down the stairs and damaged it. — Julia [Read More…]
New to electrification? Try a plug-in hybrid first
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Let’s be honest: electric vehicles can get a bad rap. Maybe it’s range anxiety. Or the scarcity — and uncertainty — of public charging stations. Both are valid reasons why [Read More…]
‘Good Burger 2’ officially a go at Paramount+
Frazer Harrison/WireImage Good Burger 2 has officially gotten the green light at Paramount+, original stars Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell confirmed on Friday’s episode of The Tonight Show. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Good Burger, [Read More…]
Gina Rodriguez welcomes first child with husband Joe LoCicero
Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Gina Rodriguez can now add mom to her list of roles. The Jane the Virgin star, 38, and her husband, Joe LoCicero, have welcomed their first child. Neither has announced the birth or the sex of the [Read More…]
Terry Crews jumping into ‘JumpStart’ comic adaptation for CBS, and more
Terry Crews has been tapped to star in a CBS comedy pilot based on the JumpStart comic strip, according to Variety. The pilot, per CBS, follows as “a devoted husband, son, father and Philadelphia police [Read More…]
Emma Heming Willis wishes Bruce Willis happy birthday in sweet post
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center Bruce Willis‘ wife Emma Heming Willis is keeping it real when it comes to how she celebrated her husband’s first birthday since his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. Taking to Instagram Stories [Read More…]
China’s President Xi arrives in Moscow for meeting with Putin amid Ukraine war
Soltan Frédéric/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Monday afternoon in Moscow, he was greeted at Vnukovo airport by a Russian military band, but not by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I [Read More…]
Navajo Nation fight over Colorado River water rights hits Supreme Court
xRyan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the nation’s largest Native American reservation – spanning 16 million-acres across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah – one in three households lacks running water, according to the Navajo Nation. [Read More…]
Texas abortion law means woman has to continue pregnancy despite fatal anomaly
A 28-week ultrasound of the baby’s head shows normal brain structures that should have formed and then separated in the midline are not there. — Courtesy Kylie Overdorf (NEW YORK) — Kylie Beaton was looking [Read More…]
‘Shazam: Fury of the Gods’ tops box office with disappointing $30.5 million
Warner Bros. Shazam: Fury of the Gods topped the North American box office with an estimated $30.5 million, but the DC Comics sequel failed to match its predecessor’s 53.5-million-dollar opening gross four years ago. Overseas, Fury of [Read More…]
5 minors killed in crash after car veers off highway in New York: Officials
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (SCARSDALE, N.Y.) — Five minors have been killed in a crash after a vehicle veered off a highway in Westchester, New York, according to officials. The victims, four boys and a girl, ranged [Read More…]
Mike Pence says voters are ready to move past Trump for a ‘fresh start’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In an exclusive ABC News interview, former Vice President Mike Pence expressed dissatisfaction with the possible arrest of former President Donald Trump and expanded on pointed remarks regarding his former boss and [Read More…]