Richard Reininger (NEW YORK) — Board games like Monopoly, Clue and The Game of Life are iconic in many Americans’ lives and in pop culture. Now some designers are exploring a wider range of topics, including how to use games to spark discussion about bigger issues. One of those games, Daybreak, […]
Nick Ansell/PA Images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two members of a climate activist group were arrested and charged Friday for allegedly defacing an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during a protest last month. Timothy Martin of North Carolina, and Joanna Smith of New […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The LSU Tigers women’s basketball team’s national championship celebration at the White House on Friday was marked by a scary moment when a player fainted during the event. Sa’Myah Smith, a freshman forward, seemed to signal she was in distress before she collapsed. The event […]
VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The threat to Social Security payments posed by a debt ceiling impasse keeps Linda Stanberry, 76, dwelling on her worst fear: the loss of the home she has lived in for 48 years. Stanberry, who depends entirely on about $1,800 she receives in federal benefits […]
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A South Korean man faces 10 years in prison after he allegedly opened an emergency exit door while the plane was still in the air preparing to land. The incident had flyers on Friday asking: How could that happen? The aircraft […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A South Carolina judge has granted abortion providers’ request to block a newly enacted six-week abortion ban while a legal challenge proceeds, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic confirmed to ABC News. Planned Parenthood, one of the providers involved in the lawsuit, celebrated the decision on Twitter. […]
U.S. Navy (NEW YORK) — A Navy investigation found that the already tough selection course for Navy SEALs had become dangerous with lax oversight and medical care as course instructors pushed SEAL candidates to their physical limits, leaving some injured and hospitalized, and leading some to use performance enhancing drugs […]
UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, FILE (HELENA, Mont.) — The federal government has made a push toward enacting policies addressing climate change in recent years, but state lawmakers in Montana are bucking the trend, recently passing a law curbing climate impact reviews in the state. State Rep. Josh Kassmier […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — This AANHPI Heritage Month, ABC News’ Good Morning America is honoring the 26-year-old hero who disarmed a mass shooter in California earlier this year during Lunar New Year celebrations. Brandon Tsay was at his family’s dance hall, Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra, California, […]
Rawlstock/Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Medical Licensing Board decided late Thursday to reprimand and fine a doctor after ruling that she violated patient privacy laws by talking to a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio. After an hourslong hearing, the board […]
