Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said the agency “is working vigorously to understand what caused” the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In a rare series of posts on Twitter on Thursday evening, NTSB […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — With crisis after crisis plaguing the water infrastructure in Jackson, Mississippi, the city government has, for months, included a message on its website’s water information page explaining where people can send private donation checks if they want to help. Yet despite issues ranging from […]
Wong Chung Ho/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Mark Totten is a leading federal prosecutor with longstanding ties to Michigan State University — and when he learned this week that the campus was the site of another mass shooting, he immediately got to work. “I spent a decade on the […]
amphotora/Getty Images (SHREVEPORT, La.) — A Louisiana police officer was charged Thursday in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed man earlier this month, police said. Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, was arrested after a review of body camera footage and “other relevant evidence” by the Louisiana State […]
kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police are investigating after two Jewish men were reportedly shot after leaving religious services in Los Angeles within 24 hours. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Thursday night that it believes the suspect, who is now in custody, “is responsible for the […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 112, Chicago 100 Washington 114, Minnesota 106 LA Clippers 116, Phoenix 107 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Florida 6, Washington 3 Columbus 3, Winnipeg 1 Carolina 6, Montreal 2 Boston 5, Nashville 0 Detroit 5, Calgary […]
FILE — mukunda de/Getty Images (SILVER CITY, N.M.) — Feral cows roaming wild around southwest New Mexico will be gunned down by shooters in helicopters beginning next week, according to a plan approved by U.S. officials. About 150 feral cattle, which authorities say “are not domesticated animals and pose a […]
Boys Basketball Region 20 Tournament 1st Round @ Home Sites JUNCTION, Utah-Brooks Dalton led the way with 19 points and the No. 2 Piute Thunderbirds dismantled No. 7 Water Canyon in the first round of the Region 20 tournament at Piute High School Thursday. Piute next faces Bryce Valley in […]
RICHFIELD, Utah-Thursday, the Juab Wasps and the Grantsville Cowboys each won 3A wrestling titles at the Sevier Valley Center, continuing their respective dynastic traditions. This was Juab’s 9th all-time state title in boys wrestling and 7th in a row. The Wasps have now won state titles in boys wrestling in […]
WTVD (RALEIGH, N.C.) — The family of Darryl Tyree Williams calls for manslaughter charges against the six Raleigh police officers involved in the fatal encounter. Williams died after being shocked several times by a Taser used by North Carolina officers on January 17th. William’s mother, Sonya Williams, called for accountability, […]
