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Month: July 2021

Two women arrested after stealing French bulldog puppy worth $10,000 from pet store

Two women arrested after stealing French bulldog puppy worth $10,000 from pet store

Shenandoah Police Department/Facebook (HOUSTON) — Two women have been arrested for allegedly stealing a 14-week-old French bulldog puppy worth thousands of dollars from a Texas pet store. The alleged theft occurred at approximately 12:25 p.m. at the Petland Woodlands store in Shenandoah, about 30 miles north of Houston. Local police […]

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Child drowning risk continues to increase, new report warns

Child drowning risk continues to increase, new report warns

Oks_Mit/iStock (NEW YORK) — Child drownings are on the rise, according to a new report, and experts warn that the pandemic has also put kids at an increased drowning risk this year. “It was really hard for people to access swimming lessons last year,” Dr. Ben Hoffman, chair of the […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 7/5/21

Scoreboard roundup — 7/5/21

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 6, Kansas City 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 8, Chi White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 8 Detroit 7, Texas 3 Boston 5, LA Angels 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 5, San Francisco […]

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Four additional bodies found after remaining building demolished in Surfside, Florida

Four additional bodies found after remaining building demolished in Surfside, Florida

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Search and rescue teams have recovered four additional bodies in the pile of rubble from a collapsed building in Surfside, Florida, following the demolition of the remaining building, according to officials. First responders were able to search in areas previously inaccessible due to the […]

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11-year-old boy dead, 3 injured after raft overturns on water ride at amusement park

11-year-old boy dead, 3 injured after raft overturns on water ride at amusement park

Adventureland Park (ALTOONA, Iowa) — A boy is dead and another child is in critical condition after a raft overturned on a water ride at an amusement park. The accident occurred at 7:35 p.m. local time on Saturday at Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa, when a boat on the Raging […]

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Columbus Blue Jackets’ Matiss Kivlenieks dies in fireworks accident

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Matiss Kivlenieks dies in fireworks accident

iStock/PeopleImages (NEW YORK) — A mishap involving fireworks on the Fourth of July took the life of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, investigators said. First responders in Oakland County, Michigan, rushed to the scene of the incident Sunday night where they found the 24-year-old injured, the Blue Jackets said […]

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Evacuations ordered as Tumbleweed Fire spreads in Southern California

Evacuations ordered as Tumbleweed Fire spreads in Southern California

iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A quick-moving brush fire in Southern California has prompted evacuations for those living along Interstate 5. The Tumbleweed Fire sparked shortly before 2 p.m. near Gorman, California, about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. By 8 p.m., the […]

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Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba, edges toward US

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba, edges toward US

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Elsa has made landfall in Cuba, bringing torrential rain and strong winds to the island after it wreaked havoc on the Caribbean. The system, which was downgraded to a tropical storm over the weekend after becoming the first hurricane in the 2021 Atlantic […]

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Pinterest bans weight loss ads, promotes ‘body acceptance’

Pinterest bans weight loss ads, promotes ‘body acceptance’

iStock/seewhatmitchsee (NEW YORK) — Pinterest has made a powerful decision to no longer display weight loss ads, language or imagery. The decision to ban such ads falls under the popular image-sharing platform’s aim to continually expand its current policies that prohibit body shaming, the company said. Pinterest’s policies were already […]

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David Monson- 4th Of July/ President Dallin H. Oaks- Our Divinely Inspired Constitution

07-04 David Monson-President Dallin H. Oaks