ABC News (JACKSON, Miss.) — In recent years, Jackson, Mississippi, has grappled with crisis after crisis with its water infrastructure. Historic flooding in late summer and freezing temperatures in December damaged the city’s water distribution system, leaving many residents without running water or under boil-water notices for weeks at a […]
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A string of deadly shootings across the nation has marred the Presidents Day weekend as law enforcement officers in major cities and rural areas investigated separate violent episodes, many involving children — including a baby killed in Chicago. Gunfire erupted over the holiday at a […]
Gregory Sweeney/Getty Images (PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.) — An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator in Florida on Monday, according to state wildlife officials. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about an alligator bite in St. Lucie County, […]
Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police have identified the suspect in the fatal shooting a long-serving Catholic bishop known as a “peacemaker” in Los Angeles. Sixty-five-year-old Carlos Medina was arrested in connection with the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, officials said at a Monday press […]
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Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A person of interest has been detained for questioning in the fatal shooting in Los Angeles of a long-serving Catholic bishop known as a “peacemaker,” officials said Monday. Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who had been a priest and then a […]
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(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are pushing forward with several ceremonial naming bills. Measures naming the porcini as the state’s official mushroom and the brine shrimp as the state’s official crustacean passed the House on Friday. The brine shrimp bill was suggested to lawmakers by Utah elementary school […]
