Two 14-year-olds fell to their deaths while subway surfing one week apart in New York, police said. Subway surfing is when an individual rides on top of a train car. The most recent incident happened Thursday evening. Officers with the New York Police Department responded to the 33 Street and …
Read More »Funeral for teen driver fatally shot by police follows fresh violence across France
The teenager, of Algerian descent, was killed by a single shot during a traffic stop in the Paris working-class Paris of Nanterre on Tuesday morning. The police officer who fired said he had feared someone may be hit by the car, including him or his colleague, after Nahel ran a …
Read More »Bobcat attacks camp leader sleeping in hammock in Connecticut
A bobcat was killed after it attacked a camp leader who was sleeping in a hammock during a youth expedition in Connecticut, state officials said Friday. The attack was reported early Friday morning on Selden Neck Island in Selden Neck State Park, and the man and two other adults responded …
Read More »U.S. malaria patient says the disease was initially misdiagnosed
Stationed near the Texas-Mexico border as part of the National Guard, Christopher Shingler first noticed a fever, trouble eating and vomiting in May. Medics gave the 21-year-old tests for Covid-19, and at a hospital the Brazoria County resident was told he likely had a viral infection. In early June, after …
Read More »Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama’s home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van
WASHINGTON — A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol wearing a “Make Space Great Again” hat had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested Thursday near former President Barack Obama’s home, federal authorities said Friday. A federal prosecutor said in court Friday that …
Read More »Supreme Court rules for web designer who refused to work on same-sex weddings
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian web designer from Colorado who refuses to work on same-sex weddings. The justices, divided 6-3, said that Lorie Smith, as a creative professional, has a free speech right under the Constitution’s First Amendment to refuse to …
Read More »Travis Scott won’t be criminally charged in Astroworld concert deaths, officials say
A Texas grand jury determined rapper Travis Scott was not criminally responsible for the crowd crush that killed 10 people and injured thousands more at his 2021 Astroworld music festival, authorities announced Thursday. The Harris County grand jury weighed and declined criminal charges against Scott and five other people related …
Read More »Hunter Biden settles long-running child support case in Arkansas
Hunter Biden has settled a long-running child support dispute with the mother of his four-year-old child, new court documents show. A public filing in Independence County, Arkansas, revealed Thursday that President Joe Biden’s son and the child’s mother, Lunden Roberts, had “reached an agreement as to all pending matters.” As …
Read More »What’s in the California Reparations Task Force’s final report
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s highly anticipated reparations report, released Thursday, outlines how Black Californians can receive monetary compensation for the harms of slavery and systemic racism. The task force proposed more than 100 statewide policies to address generations of discrimination and racial disparities. Still, the report does not issue a …
Read More »Charges dropped against Jordan Williams, NYC man accused in fatal subway stabbing
Jordan Williams, the 20-year-old man who was accused of fatally stabbing a New York City subway rider, will avoid prosecution, city officials said Wednesday. A grand jury declined to indict Williams on manslaughter and weapons charges in connection with the June 13 deadly stabbing of Devictor Quedraogo, 36, on a …
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