Workers at two Snohomish County Verizon stores vote to unionize
NAACP calls on Justice Department to investigate $90 million Mississippi welfare fraud case
JC Olivera/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The NAACP called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate years of allegations of widespread fraud and misspending in Mississippi totaling a reported $96 million, according to a letter obtained exclusive…
First Muslim religious freedom ambassador lays out US agenda
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Rashad Hussain, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, is the first Muslim-American ever to hold the title, and he told GMA 3 that his appointment sent a powerful signal to the world.
Hussain was confir…
$50,000 reward split between tipsters in NYC subway shooting
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Five tipsters will split a $50,000 reward for providing police with information that led to the arrest of the suspect in Tuesday’s mass shooting on a New York City subway train, officials said.
The alleged gunm…
FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 ‘breathalyzer’ test
InspectIR Systems(NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test that uses breath samples — the first of its kind to get the agency’s green light. The device, called the InspectIR Covid-19 Bre…
Brutality of Ukraine War Comes to Light
Local resident looks at the destroyed building on in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, pounding civilian targets
Debra Messing and Enrico Colantoni light up the stage in ‘Birthday Candles’
John Lamparski/Getty ImagesTwo years and one pandemic later, Birthday Candles, starring Debra Messing, finally makes its Broadway debut — and if it’s good old-fashioned life perspective you’re searching for, bring all the issues and some tissues, too….
‘Burying my son’: Parents of man killed by Grand Rapids police officer speak out
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — The family of a man fatally shot by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month is demanding that the officer be fired and prosecuted.
“It is an unjustifiable use of deadly force be…
Timeline of New York subway shooting and capture of suspect
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured, including 10 by gunfire, in a mass shooting on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday morning, triggering a manhunt for the gunman.
More than 24 hours la…
Two-time cancer survivor Ethan Zohn reflects on re-running the Boston Marathon after living through Boston Bombing
cr: Ethan ZohnOn Monday, former Survivor winner and two-time cancer survivor Ethan Zohn will re-run the Boston Marathon for the first time since 2015, when the Boston Bombing shattered the event.
The attack killed three and injured scores more. Zohn, …