(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox says social media companies need to be held accountable for their role in the declining mental health of young people. Cox hosted a symposium on the topic yesterday in Salt Lake City. The governor and other state lawmakers discussed several potential measures such […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Chun “Michael” Deng grew up in Queens, New York, as an only child in a first-generation immigrant family from China. The outgoing teenager excelled in academics and athletics and was very close to his family, said family attorney Doug Fierberg. Deng decided to stay […]
JazzIRT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration said normal operations were “resuming gradually” after ordering a nationwide pause on all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Wednesday following a computer failure that has impacted flights around the country. “The ground stop has been lifted,” officials said at about 8:50 a.m. […]
David Madison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fisk University has made history by becoming the first historically Black university gymnastics team to compete at the NCAA level. The Bulldogs debuted at the Super 16 event in Las Vegas on Jan. 6 against North Carolina, Southern Utah and Washington, ultimately placing fourth, […]
JazzIRT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered a nationwide pause on all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Wednesday following a computer failure that has impacted flights around the country. “The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage,” said […]
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden will undergo an outpatient procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday to remove a small lesion found above her right eye. The lesion was discovered during a routine skin cancer screening and doctors […]
youngvet/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mega Millions players will have another shot at winning one of the largest prizes in the game’s history after no winner was announced Tuesday night. The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing were 7, 13, 14, 15 and 18, and the gold Mega Ball number was […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (SANFORD, Fla.) — Passengers traveling on an Amtrak Auto Train from a Washington, D.C., suburb Monday evening expected to arrive in the Orlando area by Tuesday morning. But their planned 17-hour journey experienced significant delays caused by a freight derailment. The train rolled into the […]
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Illinois on Tuesday became the latest U.S. state to ban the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons. Just hours after the legislation’s passage in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested after multiple dogs were found dead in a dumpster during a period of several weeks at the end of last year. The series of deaths began on Nov. 15 when animal control officers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, were alerted […]
