Yiming Chen/Getty Images (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — Many U.S. cities are attempting to establish a reparations program in an effort to rectify economic disparity borne of slavery, and Providence, Rhode Island, is among the places moving forward with a plan. But the city’s plan has drawn criticism over the extent to […]
File photo – mit4711/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska. Pebble Limited Partnership, the company that would control the mine commonly known as Pebble Mine, argues it would bring economic opportunity to the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. […]
Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery story, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 6, 2022, urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Grieving Families Act. – ABC News (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jason Lewis, the man accused of shooting 13-year-old Karon Blake outside his home earlier this month, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed, according to Washington, D.C., police. Blake was shot and killed after an alleged interaction with Lewis, who said he saw Blake […]
Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — Amanda Scher, Ross Mtangi and Julia Ghahramani were three working professionals in New York City who did not know each other but shared a deadly commonality: on the same day in March 2021, they each ordered cocaine from Billy Ortega that killed them. […]
Dallas police released an image of a person they are looking to interview in relation to two missing tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo. – Dallas Police Department (DALLAS) — Two monkeys were reported missing from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, the latest in a series of animal incidents to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — An ice storm slamming Texas this week is crippling roads, closing schools and canceling flights. The freezing rain began Monday and is expected to last through Wednesday morning. The ice will stretch from Texas through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and into Kentucky. Some areas have already […]
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Now that the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs are officially set to face-off in Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12, one mom faces the ultimate dilemma: Who should she root for? Donna Kelce is the first mother to […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A California man who prosecutors say intentionally drove his Tesla off a cliff with his family inside is facing attempted murder charges. Dharmesh Arvind Patel, 41, of Pasadena, was arraigned on three felony counts of attempted murder at the San Mateo County Superior Court […]
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (LAKELAND, Fla.) — A mass shooting in a Florida city has left 10 people wounded, the Lakeland Police Department announced on Monday. According to police, two victims are critically injured and eight face non-life-threatening injuries. “One is in surgery and the other is either in surgery or […]
