Philip Gould/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — The Mississippi House passed a controversial bill that would form a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the majority-Black city of Jackson. Black residents make up 82.8% of the city’s population, according to the U.S. Census. The bill […]
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK MILLS, Minn.) — Authorities are praising a group of factory employees they say disarmed a 21-year-old colleague who allegedly shot at and chased a co-worker at a boat manufacturing facility in northern Minnesota on Thursday morning. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, […]
Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New York Times (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s not immediately clear what information the subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith […]
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE) — The College Board has addressed the Florida Department of Education’s rejection of AP African American Studies courses and subsequent criticism of the program, as well as the controversy that ensued. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ DOE initially rejected the course on Jan. 12 […]
Courtesy Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (MARQUETTE, Mich.) — Deep in the rough waters of Lake Superior, researchers have discovered a 19th century ship that had actually sank twice before its final demise. The 144-foot barquentine named Nucleus was found under 600 feet of water around 40 miles northwest of […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a “high-value theft” amid Super Bowl festivities in Phoenix, police said Thursday. Officers responded to the report of a theft at a parking garage in downtown Phoenix on Saturday. Approximately $100,000 worth of production equipment had been […]
Billy Schuerman/Newport News Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The teacher shot in class by her 6-year-old student in Newport News, Virginia, claims the shooter had a history of violent behavior at school and accused the school’s assistant principal of failure to act despite being […]
San Francisco Fire Department (SAN FRANCISCO) — At least one civilian and one firefighter were injured in a massive, three-alarm fire that impacted three homes in San Francisco on Thursday, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The civilian is in serious condition and the firefighter is in stable condition, […]
Jason Franson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, Kan.) — A spill of more than 500,000-gallons of crude oil from the Keystone Pipeline in December in Kansas was caused by a combination of a faulty weld and “bending stress fatigue” on the pipe, the conduit’s operator announced Thursday. TC Energy, the pipeline’s […]
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter who carried a Confederate flag, and was among the first people to breach the U.S. Capitol building, to three years in prison. Kevin Seefried of Delaware was part of a mob on the […]
