ABC News (OCALA, Fla.) — At the funeral Monday for Ajike Owens, the Black mother of four who was shot and killed by a white woman, the Rev. Al Sharpton directed his ire at a judicial system he said laid the path for Owens’ death. “They said, ‘I hope y’all won’t […]
ABC News (SALT LAKE CITY) — A Utah woman who is accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl was denied bail in a court appearance Monday as she awaits trial. Kouri Richins, 33, was arrested in May and charged with aggravated murder and multiple counts of drug […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — One person has died after a tour boat capsized Monday morning at the Lockport Cave, a historical, underground boat ride by the Erie Canal in upstate New York, the local fire chief said. Twenty-nine adults — 28 of whom were Niagara County hospitality employees […]
JPL/NASA (NEW YORK) — A “potentially dangerous” asteroid the size of a bridge is expected to pass by Earth Monday, NASA said. The asteroid — called 1994 XD — has a span of 1,500 feet, comparable to that of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, according to the space agency’s […]
ABC News (HOWELL, Mich.) — A 2-year-old child in Michigan died from an accidental shooting Sunday evening after accessing an unsecured firearm, authorities said. Police initially responded to the report of a shooting at 6 p.m. in the Rolling Oaks subdivision of Howell, Michigan, according to a statement from the Howell […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order Monday protecting gender-affirming health care. In celebration of Pride Month, Executive Order 32 will protect access to transgender care for people by preventing the use of city resources to detain, prosecute or investigate any […]
Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. is nowhere near out of the woods from the dangers of smoke billowing from hundreds of wildfires burning throughout Canada. A grayish haze continued to linger over much of the Northeast on Monday, nearly a week after the air quality emergency in the […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said authorities will install a floating water barrier to prevent migrants from attempting to cross rivers in heavily trafficked areas of the Rio Grande Valley. The barrier will be made up of a string of buoys that can be placed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Elections are now scheduled to replace the lawmaker who represents most of southern Utah. Governor Spencer Cox’s office announced last week there will be primary elections to fill Representative Chris Stewart’s seat on September 5th, which will then be followed by a general election on […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Senator Mitt Romney says Donald Trump “brought these charges upon himself” following Trump’s indictment for his alleged mishandling of classified materials. In a statement Friday, the Republican said Trump refused to return the classified documents when given numerous opportunities to do so. He said it seems […]
