Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reviewing College Board’s Advanced Placement African American studies course, following nationwide debate over the curriculum that erupted after the course was rejected by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “After numerous reports about draft course content, the governor asked the Education […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — In preliminary hearings aimed at determining whether the case is strong enough against Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich to stand trial, an investigator cited evidence she says pointed to links between Aldrich and hateful rhetoric. The suspect accused of killing five […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Six people were shot, five of them children, in a shooting that took place at a schoolyard in Philadelphia Thursday evening, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Police found multiple shooting victims at a schoolyard of the James G. Blaine School, located in Philadelphia’s Strawberry […]
skaman306/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shootings have continuously made headlines in just the first two months of the year. So far, 6,278 people have been died from gun violence this year in the U.S, as of Feb. 23, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is roughly an average […]
Etienne Laurent-Pool/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for rape in his Los Angeles sexual assault trial. The sentence will be served consecutively after a 23-year prison sentence he is currently serving in New York for criminal sexual assault […]
Omar Vega/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alex Morgan is a superstar soccer player and now a history-making mom on the field too. In Wednesday night’s final of the SheBelieves Cup, Morgan scored her 14th goal for the U.S. Women’s National Team since giving birth to her daughter Charlie nearly three […]
Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and youngest son, began testifying in his own defense in his double murder trial on Thursday — admitting to jurors that he lied to investigators but denying […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — A federal judge in Chicago sentenced singer R. Kelly to 20 years in prison for his child pornography and enticement of minors for sex convictions Thursday. However, the sentencing only adds one more year to his prison time as Kelly will serve 19 years concurrently […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly 1 million customers are without power in the U.S. as two monster winter storms bring blizzard conditions, heavy snow, ice and rain to large swaths of the country. The vast majority of the outages are in Michigan, where more than 820,000 customers are without […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal investigators on Thursday released a preliminary report into the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. Detailing the report at a Washington, D.C., news conference, chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said “we know what derailed […]
