Law enforcement frustration along border ‘earned,’ Mayorkas says
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the apparent worst human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history, and amid migrants crossing the border at record levels, frustration among border patrol agents and other law enforcement on the ground …
Woman wanted in murder of professional cyclist arrested in Costa Rica
U.S. Marshals Service(NEW YORK) — Kaitlin Armstrong, a fugitive wanted in the murder of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, has been captured in Costa Rica after a 43-day search, authorities announced Thursday.
Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednes…
Government nearly exhausts monoclonal COVID treatment funding with new purchase
GlaxoSmithKline(WASHINGTON) — Eli Lilly has announced the U.S. government is buying an additional 150,000 courses of the only monoclonal antibody therapy left that still holds up against all COVID-19 variants of concern, including BA.2.
The new purch…
4th of July travel: What to know before hitting the skies or the road
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — This Fourth of July is expected to be the second-busiest for travel since 2000, with 47.9 million Americans taking trips, according to AAA.
Here’s what to know before you head to the airport or hit the high…
Netflix responds as ‘Stranger Things’ fans rally to “Protect Steve!”
NetflixWith Volume 2 of Stranger Things’ fourth season dropping on Netflix Friday, some fans are trying to save their favorite character.
In a move reminiscent of Walking Dead fans declaring, “If Daryl dies, we riot,” #Protect Steve! has been popping …
Images of person of interest released in DC mass shooting that killed 15-year-old
DC Police Department Twitter(WASHINGTON) — Police have released images of a person of interest wanted in connection to a mass shooting in Washington, D.C., that killed a 15-year-old boy.
The June 19 shooting took place during a festival called “Moech…
Toxic toad population increases in South Florida due to climate impact: Experts
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Toxic toads are returning to South Florida in growing numbers as the region falls back into its warm, rainy summer season, experts say, and they want people to be aware of the risk to pets.
The bufo toad, also know…
STEM trailblazer, physicist Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson retiring after 50 years
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NEW YORK) — After a remarkable career spanning nearly 50 years, STEM trailblazer, physicist and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is retiring.
In 1973, Jackson graduated from the Massa…
New York sues 10 gun distributors for allegedly flooding streets with ghost guns
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ten gun distributors sold tens of thousands of illegal, unfinished frames and receivers later fashioned into untraceable handguns and assault-style rifles in violation of a New York public nuisance law, a new law…
What lessons the U.S. could learn from Poland’s strict abortion ban
ABC News Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) — Last week, the United States became one of the only Western countries to roll back abortion access in the 21st century after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The ruling means about half of American wom…