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 […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerously stormy weather continues to wallop California, drenching the drought-stricken state with a sudden and near constant onslaught of rain and snow, leaving a trail of destruction. The National Weather Service has warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric […]
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In an effort to crack down on the so-called “iron pipeline” of illegal firearms flooding New York City, four men were arrested Wednesday in a gun trafficking conspiracy case that federal prosecutors said was the first of its kind under a new […]
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden underwent an outpatient procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday to remove a small lesion above her right eye that was found to be cancerous. “All cancerous tissue was successfully removed, and the margins […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California’s deadly storms have devastated the state in recent weeks, claiming at least 17 lives and leaving tens of millions under a flood watch. Since Christmas, parts of the state have received up to three feet of rain and more than 10 feet of […]
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden was undergoing 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 have […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — The five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers charged in the case of Richard “Randy” Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while being transported in custody, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday during an arraignment hearing. The officers — Sgt. Betsy Segui and officers […]
