ABC News (NEW YORK) — The number of nations where paraquat, an agricultural herbicide, is allowed to be used continues to dwindle, yet paraquat continues to receive stamps of approval from federal regulators in the United States. “Contrary to these dozens of countries, which have looked at the exact same […]
Feldhaar Christian/EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 63 people have died and 116 have been injured after torrential rains triggered deadly flash floods and landslides in northern Tanzania, Tanzania’s prime minister has announced. “We have received the blessing of heavy rain in the Katesh area, Hanang district, Manyara region which […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and […]
slobo/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Va.) — A house in Arlington, Virgina, exploded Monday night, shortly after officers were executing a search warrant at the residence for reports of a person discharging several rounds with a flare gun, officials said during a press conference. Police responded to a residence on the 800 […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LOS ANGELES) — The man accused of killing three unhoused men in Los Angeles and another victim in San Dimas, California, over a four-day span last week was formally charged with murder Monday and set to appear before a judge. Jerrid Powell, 33, was charged […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Indiana 122, Boston 112 New Orleans 127, Sacramento 117 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1 (OT) Tampa Bay 4, Dallas 0 Montreal 4, Seattle 2 Winnipeg 2, Carolina 1 Arizona 6, Washington 0 St. […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After 20 years of operation, a national online recycling directory for plastic bags and plastic films has been taken offline, six months after an ABC News investigation. The Film Drop-Off Directory, once found at BagandFilmRecycling.org, previously directed the public to more than 18,000 store drop-off […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former Connecticut lawmaker is expected to turn himself over to authorities on Monday to begin serving a federal prison sentence for COVID fraud. Michael DiMassa, 32, the former state representative who served West Haven — just outside of New Haven — was sentenced earlier […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — One security guard was killed, and another was injured in a stabbing attack at a Macy’s department store in Philadelphia on Monday morning, authorities said. The incident began at about 10:45 a.m. when a man tried to steal hats from Macy’s in Center City, Philadelphia […]
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (DALLAS) — The search was on Monday for an assailant who killed four people, including a 1-year-old boy, inside a Dallas home and left a teenage girl hospitalized with bullet wounds, police said. The quadruple killing unfolded Sunday afternoon in a southeast Dallas neighborhood. The Dallas Police […]
