HSCOTexas/Twitter (HOUSTON) — A Texas inmate sentenced to 25 years for assault was retaken into custody on Wednesday after being let go a day earlier due to a clerical error from the Harris County Jail, authorities said. The Harris County Sheriff’s office asked for the public’s help on Wednesday through […]
Alex Reitter / EyeEm /Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wet winter of 2023 has worked wonders on digging portions of the western U.S. out of exceptional and extreme drought, according to the latest drought monitor. But one good season of precipitation isn’t enough to eradicate the megadrought, which scientists […]
Lucy Garrett/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Less than two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, a California skatepark could be named after the Sacramento native. Nichols, 29, died ten days into the year, three days after he was allegedly beaten by five Memphis police officers after a traffic stop. […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly 24 years ago Nancy Hopkins, a molecular biologist and MIT professor, alerted her colleagues and supervisors about sexism she says she experienced on campus. Her letter and the ensuing movement were highlighted in a Boston Globe article by Kate Zernike and later revealed similar […]
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The families of 24-year-old Dylan Lyons and 9-year-old T’yonna Major, who were gunned down in a series of shootings near Orlando, Florida, came together in grief at a heart-wrenching news conference Thursday, sobbing, hugging and leaning on each other for support. […]
Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images (LANSFORD, Penn.) — An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday, according to a criminal complaint. The passenger, Mark Muffley of Lansford, Pennsylvania, is now in custody, and an FBI agent testified that Muffley confirmed he was […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Weeks after eight students were shot on campus, three fatally, Michigan State University announced plans to install locks on the doors of more than 1,300 classrooms on campus. MSU aims to have all the locks installed by the beginning of the fall semester. A […]
In a post made to the Orlando Pride Instagram account, players Ally Watt and Haley McCutcheon pose in the team’s new dark shorts. — @orlpride/Instagram (ORLANDO, Fla.) — This season, players for the Orlando Pride, part of the National Women’s Soccer League, will take the field in black shorts instead […]
Boys Basketball 1A state Quarterfinals @ Sevier Valley Center RICHFIELD, Utah-Brooks Dalton recorded 17 points and 8 rebounds on 7-11 from the field and the No. 3 Piute Thunderbirds humbled No. 6 Valley 53-40 Thursday in the 1A state quarterfinals at the Sevier Valley Center. Bret Heaton’s 11 points led […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A juror was removed from the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial Thursday morning after the judge learned she had been talking about the case to her friends. Alex Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting his wife and younger son at the family’s estate in […]
