At least 11 dead after suspected migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico
Stocktrek Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At least 11 people are dead and dozens were rescued after a boat capsized Thursday off the coast of Puerto Rico, officials said.
The vessel, which was “suspected of taking part in an illegal voyage,” overturn…
Charleena Lyles inquest set for late June
An inquest into the death of Charleena Lyles is scheduled for next month. Lyles was shot and killed by Seattle Police in 2017. Police were responding to a 911 call she made claiming there was a break-in.
Massachusetts reaches $56 million settlement in deadly Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 outbreak
Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)(HOLYOKE, Mass.) — Massachusetts has reached a $56 million settlement with the families of the dozens of veterans who died and were sickened during the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home’s widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the early m…
Pandemic has affected ‘extraordinary’ number of children, researcher tells David Muir
ABC(NEW YORK) — Dr. Susan Hillis, who has spent years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is the lead author of several reports on Covid-related orphanhood and caregiver death, spoke recently about the devastating toll of the pandemi…
Proposed Louisiana bill seeks to criminalize abortion, charge women with murder
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Louisiana’s House of Representatives is debating a bill Thursday which would ban abortions and subject women to criminal prosecution for murder.
The proposed bill seeks to rewrite the state’…
Nurses march on capital demanding reforms to protect themselves and their patients
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Thousands of nurses from around the country marched to the White House and past the U.S. Capitol Thursday demanding reforms to the health care industry they claim has been putting their lives in danger and prio…
Army soldier killed by bear during training in Alaska identified
U.S. Army(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Officials have identified a U.S. Army soldier who died after sustaining injuries in a bear attack Tuesday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, 30, an infantryman from the 3rd Batt…
GOP hits Biden for baby formula shortage as White House looks to boost supply
Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House is moving to deal with yet another crisis with potentially damaging political consequences: a nationwide shortage of baby formula.
President Joe Biden spoke Thursday with retailers a…
Two men arrested in mass shooting at Dallas concert that left one dead, 16 injured
Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images(DALLAS) — Two suspected gunmen were arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a concert in Dallas last month that left one man dead and 16 people injured, including three juveniles, police said Thursday.
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Senate bill would create federal watchdog for Big Tech
Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a federal watchdog for the oversight of Big Tech companies, empowering the new agency to address controversial issues like algorithm bias an…