ABC News (NEW YORK) — A massive ice storm is freezing Texas and the southern United States on Wednesday. Some 60 million people in 22 states — from New Mexico to Maine — are on alert for dangerously cold weather, ice and flooding. Freezing rain and sleet are in the […]
Jetta Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The College Board released its official framework Wednesday for the incoming Advanced Placement African American Studies course after weeks of debate and criticism from conservatives over the course content. The course was first piloted during this 2022-23 school year in just 60 schools and […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols’ family will gather in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday for his funeral, weeks after the 29-year-old died following a violent encounter with Memphis police officers caught on body camera. The graphic footage of Nichols’ traffic stop and beating was released to the public […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao’s attorney is asking a judge to acquit him on a state charge stemming from George Floyd’s death, contending he “never touched” the 46-year-old Black man and was only doing what he was trained to do during the 2020 incident […]
Theo Wargo/WireImage/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are not be together anymore, but the model has nothing but love for her ex-husband. Bündchen, 42, shared well wishes for Brady and for his future in the comment section of his Instagram video announcing his retirement Wednesday. “Wishing […]
Grants Pass Police Department (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — A man accused of torturing a woman who evaded police for a week is dead following an hourslong standoff, Oregon police said. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was wanted for attempted murder, kidnapping and assault, police said. The Grants Pass Police Department announced late […]
kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A young man playing with a gun pointed it at a 12-year-old boy and opened fire, shooting him in the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building, police said. The boy was shot in the left shoulder at the apartment building in the Brownsville neighborhood just […]
FILE, L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A gunman opened fire in several locations in a string of random shootings Wednesday, killing a Washington, D.C., Metro subway employee and injuring three others. The DC Metro worker was fatally shot after trying to intervene when the gunman got into a confrontation […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A massive ice storm is freezing Texas and the southern United States on Wednesday. Some 60 million people in 22 states — from New Mexico to Maine — are on alert for dangerously cold weather, ice and flooding. Freezing rain and sleet are in the […]
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The artificial intelligence-fueled, text-generating chatbot, ChatGPT, has made its way to the halls of Congress. Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss said the technology’s biggest impact could be on the education system. “This is a complement to teachers, not a substitute,” Auchincloss told ABC News. “The single thing […]
