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Month: June 2023

Missing Titanic submersible live updates: ROV begins search on sea floor

Missing Titanic submersible live updates: ROV begins search on sea floor

File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while heading to tour the Titanic wreckage site off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The 21-foot deep-sea vessel, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost […]

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Tornado strikes tiny Texas town, killing at least four, amid cross-country storms

Tornado strikes tiny Texas town, killing at least four, amid cross-country storms

Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a tornado tore through a tiny town in northern Texas on Wednesday night, officials said. Matador, some 80 miles northeast of Lubbock, and its less than 600 residents were under a tornado warning […]

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NTSB holds two-day hearing on East Palestine toxic train derailment

NTSB holds two-day hearing on East Palestine toxic train derailment

Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The National Transportation Safety Board will start taking sworn testimony Thursday as part of its probe into the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The agency is holding an investigative hearing on Thursday and Friday in East Palestine, where a […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 6/21/23

Scoreboard roundup — 6/21/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 6, Miami 3 Houston 10, NY Mets 8 LA Dodgers 2, LA Angels 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 2 Detroit 9, Kansas City 4 NY Yankees 4, Seattle 2 Cleveland 7, […]

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Postal worker dies in Dallas, woman found dead in Louisiana as temperatures reach record highs

Postal worker dies in Dallas, woman found dead in Louisiana as temperatures reach record highs

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A postal worker died on Tuesday while working his route in a Dallas neighborhood, according to the U.S. Postal Service, as Texas continues to experience record-high temperatures. “The Postal Service is deeply saddened by the loss of life suffered yesterday involving a Lakewood […]

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Postal worker dies while working in Dallas, as temperatures hit triple digits

Postal worker dies while working in Dallas, as temperatures hit triple digits

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Texas continues to experience record-high temperatures, a postal worker died on Tuesday while working his route in a Dallas neighborhood, according to USPS. “The Postal Service is deeply saddened by the loss of life suffered yesterday involving a Lakewood Post Office Letter Carrier,” […]

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Search operations for missing Titanic sub continue

Search operations for missing Titanic sub continue

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nautical experts, the U.S. and Canadian navies and the U.S. Coast Guard are scrambling to get the necessary equipment and personnel to help locate the five people in the tour submersible that left Sunday to view the wreckage of the Titanic. But even with their specialized […]

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New Texas law will get rid of water breaks for outdoor workers amid extreme heat

New Texas law will get rid of water breaks for outdoor workers amid extreme heat

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2127 on June 13, which aims to […]

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Alleged classified documents leaker Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty

Alleged classified documents leaker Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty

Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking classified documents online, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. The 21-year-old Massachusetts native was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month. Teixeira’s […]

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Protesters clash for 2nd time at California school board meeting over Pride month

Protesters clash for 2nd time at California school board meeting over Pride month

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (GLENDALE, Calif.) — Protesters clashed once again outside the Glendale Unified School District’s board meeting on Tuesday in response to the district’s recognition of Pride month. Police said no one was arrested during the protests on Tuesday. Earlier this month, as the board met […]

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