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Manhunt underway for Oregon man accused of torturing woman: Police

Manhunt underway for Oregon man accused of torturing woman: Police

Grants Pass Police Department (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — A manhunt is underway in Oregon for a man accused of torturing a woman who authorities believe uses dating apps to find victims or people to help him evade police. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is wanted by the Grants Pass Police Department […]

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11 people hurt in mass shooting in Florida: Police

11 people hurt in mass shooting in Florida: Police

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (LAKELAND, Fla.) — A mass shooting in Lakeland, Florida on Monday has left 11 people wounded, the Lakeland Police Department announced. According to police, two victims are critically injured and nine face non-life-threatening injuries. “One is in surgery and the other is either in surgery or headed to […]

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Involuntary manslaughter charges formally filed against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting

Involuntary manslaughter charges formally filed against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Involuntary manslaughter charges were formally filed Tuesday against actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” Both Baldwin and the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, have […]

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Vice President Kamala Harris to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral

Vice President Kamala Harris to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral

Allison Dinner/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Memphis, Tennessee, to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral on Wednesday. Nichols family attorney Ben Crump said Nichols’ parents spoke with Harris on the phone for over 30 minutes. Harris and Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, “spoke exclusively, and […]

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Providence establishes reparations program to praise and criticism

Providence establishes reparations program to praise and criticism

Yiming Chen/Getty Images (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — Many U.S. cities are attempting to establish a reparations program in an effort to rectify economic disparity borne of slavery, and Providence, Rhode Island, is among the places moving forward with a plan. But the city’s plan has drawn criticism over the extent to […]

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EPA vetoes controversial Alaska mining project in effort to protect salmon population

EPA vetoes controversial Alaska mining project in effort to protect salmon population

File photo – mit4711/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska. Pebble Limited Partnership, the company that would control the mine commonly known as Pebble Mine, argues it would bring economic opportunity to the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. […]

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoes Grieving Families Act, angering some loved ones of Buffalo massacre

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoes Grieving Families Act, angering some loved ones of Buffalo massacre

Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery story, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 6, 2022, urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Grieving Families Act. – ABC News (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. […]

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Man who fatally shot 13-year-old for allegedly breaking into cars arrested for murder

Man who fatally shot 13-year-old for allegedly breaking into cars arrested for murder

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jason Lewis, the man accused of shooting 13-year-old Karon Blake outside his home earlier this month, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed, according to Washington, D.C., police. Blake was shot and killed after an alleged interaction with Lewis, who said he saw Blake […]

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Drug dealer convicted in deaths of three New Yorkers on same day

Drug dealer convicted in deaths of three New Yorkers on same day

Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — Amanda Scher, Ross Mtangi and Julia Ghahramani were three working professionals in New York City who did not know each other but shared a deadly commonality: on the same day in March 2021, they each ordered cocaine from Billy Ortega that killed them. […]

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Pair of monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo less than a month after leopard escaped

Pair of monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo less than a month after leopard escaped

Dallas police released an image of a person they are looking to interview in relation to two missing tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo. – Dallas Police Department (DALLAS) — Two monkeys were reported missing from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, the latest in a series of animal incidents to […]

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