Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California’s precious trees are receiving a much-needed reprieve from the extreme drought conditions they have been experiencing for several decades. The same atmospheric river storm system that is bringing devastating flooding to communities all over California is providing relief to the state’s […]
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office / Facebook (NEW YORK) — A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at the south end of Jungle Hut beach in Flagler County, Florida — approximately 30 miles north of Daytona Beach […]
amphotora/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has claimed the Los Angeles Police Department is responsible for her cousin’s death during a traffic stop. Cullors said on Instagram on Tuesday that her cousin, Keenan Anderson, was killed in Venice, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, on Jan. […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former Ohio doctor was convicted of overprescribing opioids despite knowing her patients were severely addicted, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Freeda Flynn was found guilty on eight counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, according to the Justice Department. […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 100, Chicago 97 Detroit 135, Minnesota 118 Boston 125, New Orleans 114 Milwaukee 114, Atlanta 105 New York 119, Indiana 113 Memphis 135, San Antonio 129 Sacramento 135, Houston 115 Denver 126, Phoenix 97 […]
Boys Basketball Region 12 RICHFIELD, Utah-Griffin Wayman and Miles Barnett led the way with 16 points apiece and the Richfield Wildcats edged Emery 67-64 Wednesday in Region 12 boys basketball play. Wade Stilson’s game-high 31 points led the Spartans in defeat. Region 14 NEPHI, Utah-Braxton Hooper posted 15 points and […]
US Air Force Academy/Twitter (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Air Force cadet died after experiencing a “medical emergency” on Monday, the Air Force Academy announced. Hunter Brown, 21, an offensive lineman for the Academy’s football team, the Falcons, left his dormitory and was on his way to class when he […]
Southern New Hampshire University (NEW YORK) — Joan Donovan was 84 years old when she finished her college degree, but the great-grandmother said she didn’t want to stop learning just yet. “I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning to go to school. I met the most wonderful, intelligent […]
JazzIRT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ground stop and Federal Aviation Administration systems failures Wednesday morning that impacted thousands of flights across the U.S. appear to have been the result of a mistake that occurred during routine scheduled systems maintenance, according to a senior official briefed on the internal review. […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — There was still active gunfire inside an elementary school in Texas on May 24 when the school district’s police chief arrived and decided not to treat the scene as an active shooter event. Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde schools police chief who has since been […]
