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The uncertain future of a historic LGBTQ+ safe space: New York City’s People’s Beach
The historic bathhouse on Jacob Riis Beach is undergoing $50 million renovations that have stoked concerns about gentrification on the working class, queer beach. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The summer season in New [Read More…]
Former Uvalde school police chief among 2 people indicted in Robb Elementary shooting
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas.) — Two people have been indicted in connection with the investigation into the 2022 mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, ABC Austin affiliate KVUE reported Thursday. Former Uvalde School District [Read More…]
What are monoliths? Timeline of ‘mysterious’ columns around the world
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Few modern-day structural mysteries have garnered as much international fascination as the tall, mirrored monolith columns that have appeared in seemingly random locations since 2020. Reminiscent of the [Read More…]
Search for Chicago woman who went missing in the Bahamas expands: Police
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — The search has expanded for a Chicago woman who went missing while on a yoga retreat in the Bahamas last week, police said. Taylor Casey, 41, was last seen [Read More…]
University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger to stand trial on June 2, 2025
Getty Images – STOCK (MOSCOW, Idaho.) — A trial date of June 2, 2025, has been set for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus house. The [Read More…]
Racial justice, civil rights groups join to fight potential TikTok ban
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — A coalition of racial justice and civil rights nonprofit advocacy organizations are formally joining the fight to prevent a ban on TikTok. The Asian American Federation, Asian Americans Advancing [Read More…]
Central Oregon wildfire grows to 3,620 acres, prompting new evacuations
Getty Images – STOCK (BEND, Ore.) — A wind-driven wildfire threatening homes and causing evacuations in Central Oregon has grown to more than 3,614 acres, officials said Thursday. The Darlene 3 Fire, which started around [Read More…]
Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam at risk of ‘failure’ amid severe flooding
High water levels at the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River in Mankato, Minn., June 24, 2024. (Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As southern Minnesota battles an onslaught of rain and [Read More…]
NASA astronauts stuck waiting aboard ISS to return to Earth amid issues with Boeing’s Starliner
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP [Read More…]
Family sues children’s hospital, Texas officials for ‘unlawful’ removal of their children
Courtesy of Lorina Bourne (NEW YORK) — Nearly 10 years ago, Lorina Bourne and Jason Troy say their children were taken from them when a flawed investigation by child protective services led Texas state officials [Read More…]
Families sue over Louisiana Ten Commandments classroom requirement
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A multifaith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools is suing to challenge Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. HB [Read More…]
Prosecutor accuses Trump’s lawyers of ‘hijacking’ hearing in classified docs case
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The third and final day of hearings in Donald Trump’s classified documents case reached a heated conclusion after prosecutor for special counsel Jack Smith accused the former president’s lawyers of [Read More…]
NTSB reveals cause of 2023 toxic train crash in East Palestine, Ohio
US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk [Read More…]
Man at large after sexually assaulting 21-year-old woman sunbathing in Central Park
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A man is at large after committing a sexual attack on a 21-year-old woman sunbathing in New York City’s Central Park, according to police. The young woman was alone and sunbathing [Read More…]
Trump expressed concern that returning classified docs after subpoena could result in criminal charges, according to sealed notes
A police car is seen outside former U.S. President Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida on Aug. 8, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump privately expressed concerns that [Read More…]
Woman arrested after police find dead body in backseat of crashed car
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 32-year-old woman has been arrested after police found a dead woman in the backseat of her car that authorities say was not a result of the single-vehicle accident she [Read More…]
Dangerous record-breaking heat to scorch I-95 corridor this weekend from DC to New York City
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans across 18 states are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast. The I-95 corridor between New York City and Washington, D.C., is scorching this weekend, with an [Read More…]
Teen charged in ‘senseless’ fatal shooting of 7-year-old boy in Chicago: Police
ABC (CHICAGO) — A teenager now faces murder charges after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in a random act of gun violence in Chicago, police announced Friday. The victim, Jai’mani Amir [Read More…]
3 injured after gunmen open fire on building hosting funeral reception in Chicago suburbs: Officials
ABC (BLUE ISLAND, Ill.) — Three people were injured after multiple gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a community center that was hosting a funeral reception in the Chicago suburbs, officials said. The shooting [Read More…]
David DePape found guilty in state trial over Paul Pelosi attack
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (BERKELEY, Calif.) — A California jury has found David DePape guilty on all charges in the state trial over the hammer attack against Paul Pelosi, following his federal conviction for the 2022 [Read More…]