via Facebook A newborn boy was found abandoned in a cardboard box in freezing weather in Alaska on New Year’s Eve—with a heartbreaking note saying the parents did not have food or money. The temperature was just 1 degree when a Fairbanks woman spotted the blanket-filled box near her home. Alaska police said the child […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, the White House’s top medical adviser said Sunday. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Screenshot of GoFundMe created to support the family of Alvaro and Sylvia Fernandez who died from complications from COVID-19 in December.GoFundMe/Alma Hernandez/Screenshot A married couple reportedly died due to complications from COVID-19 on the same day last month. Sylvia and Alvaro Fernandez died on December 19, NBC Los Angeles reported. Family members told local news […]
An NYPD officer catching a nap in his car between two New Year’s shifts took a random bullet to the head outside a Harlem precinct house early Saturday, authorities said. The officer awoke in the parking lot outside the 25th Precinct stationhouse to find the window of his personal vehicle shattered and blood dripping from […]
Millions of Americans watched the events in Washington last Jan. 6 unfold on live television. Police officers testified to the violence and mayhem. Criminal proceedings in open court detailed what happened. Yet the hoaxes, conspiracy theories and attempts to rewrite history persist, muddying the public’s understanding of what actually occurred during the most sustained attack […]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tweeted a photograph from the No Time To Die premiere in September – TWITTER The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a candid, unseen photograph of themselves on Friday night as they wished their Twitter followers a Happy New Year. The affectionate image, taken by London-based photographer Alex […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) addresses reporters during a press conference on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 about a resolution condemning Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) use of Islamaphobic rhetoric and removing her from her committee assignments. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday shot back at criticisms from right-wing figures after a photo of her on vacation with […]
SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan (AP) — In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter. Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed his family of five […]
Twitter/LAPD/William Jones Jr. The Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot a 14-year-old girl as she tried on Christmas dresses has been identified as a veteran Black cop who, before killing the unarmed teenager, tried to build his brand as a community advocate and reformer. He also launched an apparel line called “Use of Force […]
People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on October 25, 2018.Yasin Akgul/Getty Images Members of the Saudi hit squad that killed Jamal Khashoggi are reportedly living it up. The Guardian reported that at least three were spotted in luxury villas in […]