Google Maps Street View (KEENE, Texas) — A man and a 12-year-old boy were charged with murder after the pre-teen allegedly shot and killed a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, according to authorities. Police responded to 911 calls Saturday night about a shooting at the fast-food restaurant in the 300 block […]
sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly half of all vehicle passengers killed on U.S. roads in 2021 were not wearing a seatbelt — the highest number in 10 years, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data released Tuesday. NHTSA said of the 26,325 passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic […]
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study from the medical journal JAMA Network estimates there were 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans between 1999 and 2020. “Excess deaths” is an estimate of how many people died above and beyond what is expected, according to the study. Put another […]
Courtesy of Rasheem Carter’s family (NEW YORK) — The Smith County district attorney, where three sets of remains that belong to Rasheem Carter were found, disputed that a fourth set were part of his remains but said they were animal bones. Carter’s family’s attorney Ben Crump held a press conference on […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — For some people, a parking spot is a nightmare and for others it’s a status symbol tied to their homes and vehicles. Slate reporter Henry Grabar, who wrote the book “Paved Paradise How Parking Explains the World,” however said that that piece of concrete or a […]
Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images (FARMINGTON, N.M.) — At least 150 rounds were fired by an 18-year-old gunman and responding officers during an apparently random shooting in a neighborhood in northwestern New Mexico on Monday, authorities said. Three people driving through the area were killed shortly after the gunman opened fire at […]
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump “has more than sufficient information to prepare his defense” and is not entitled to a written statement with additional details about the criminal charges he is facing, the Manhattan district attorney’s office argued Tuesday in a new court filing. Trump, […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The early season heat wave in the West is causing complications up and down the coast. The Pacific Northwest is in the midst of a record-breaking streak of high temperatures for this time of year, with Portland seeing multiple days of 90-degree temps. More record highs […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — A girl abducted in Illinois in 2017 when she was 9 has been found safe in North Carolina. Kayla Unbehaun, 15, was located by police in Asheville, North Carolina, after a store employee called the police after recognizing the teen’s mother, who allegedly abducted her […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Southern Utah authorities are looking into the death of a woman in Brian Head. Police said yesterday the 50-year-old was found Sunday morning in a rented condo. The Brian Head Marshal’s Office explained her death listed as unattended and a medical examiner is needed to determine […]
