Several surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, a group of students who in 1957 integrated Little Rock Central High School under threats of violence from white segregationists, are denouncing the Arkansas Department of Education’s restrictions on an Advanced Placement African American Studies course. The state is not barring students …
Read More »Nurse who wrote she was ‘evil’ found guilty of murdering 7 babies
LONDON — A neonatal nurse who wrote a note describing herself as “evil,” was on Friday found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. Lucy Letby, 33, was accused of poisoning the infants with insulin, physically assaulting them, injecting air into their bloodstreams and stomachs and …
Read More »Hurricane Hilary expected to bring heavy rain to the U.S. Southwest: Live Updates
Heavy rainfall, flash flooding possible across parts of Southwest “Monsoonal moisture” along with tropical moisture connected with Hurricane Hilary are expected to increase thunderstorm coverage across parts of the Southwest today, with the possibility of heavy rainfall and flash flooding, forecasters said. As Hilary continues to move north in the …
Read More »Two Eagles players stretchered off field after neck injuries during game
Two Philadelphia Eagles players were carted off the field after suffering neck injuries during Thursday’s preseason game, but the team said that both had movement in all their extremities. Wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland was stretchered off the field after appearing to come down on his neck or shoulder area after …
Read More »American citizen in Russian custody accused of espionage
An American citizen was charged with espionage in Moscow on Thursday, according to Russia’s state news agency Tass. Gene Spector, a former pharmaceutical executive, was convicted in Russian court last year on a bribery charge, the agency said. He allegedly admitted to bribing former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich …
Read More »Southwest Airlines engine catches fire, prompting Cancun-bound flight’s return to Houston
Flames burst from a Southwest Airlines jet in the sky near Houston, forcing the distressed plane into a hasty retreat and safe landing, officials said Wednesday. Flight 307 took off from Houston, bound for the Mexican resort town of Cancun, before returning to Hobby Airport “on Tuesday night after experiencing …
Read More »Price gouging of chemo drugs hits some hospitals hard
As the cancer drug shortage drags on, some smaller hospitals and cancer centers across the United States say some suppliers are jacking up the prices of the lifesaving medications. Debbie Davis, the director of clinical operations at Pacific Cancer Care in Monterey, California, was in desperate need of more carboplatin, …
Read More »Woman arrested for allegedly threatening federal judge in Trump election case
A Texas woman was ordered detained Wednesday after she was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s election case in Washington, D.C. Abigail Jo Shry, 43, faces a charge of transmitting a threat to injure a person via interstate commerce, according to an …
Read More »Orlando, Florida, debuts self-driving shuttle that will whisk passengers around downtown
There is going to be a new way to get around downtown Orlando, Florida, and it’s not going to require any human drivers. Starting later this month, an electric, self-driving shuttle will whisk passengers around a 1-mile (1.6 km) loop in the downtown area for no charge, Orlando officials said …
Read More »Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell respond to ‘hostile’ comments about being stranded at airport
When Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell’s family got stranded at the airport earlier this summer and documented their entertaining experience, they didn’t realize just how polarizing their posts would be. Now, the couple is speaking out about the negative comments they received afterwards. In case you missed it, Shepard and Bell got …
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