Why extreme heat endangers more Black, Hispanic and Indigenous people
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Across the United States, millions are facing extreme heat as temperatures hold steady in the triple digits. For communities of color, underlying systemic inequities increase the chances of heat-related i…
Billy Porter says Anything’s Possible is a rom-com for the modern era
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda PerezBilly Porter makes his directorial debut with the groundbreaking new romantic comedy Anything’s Possible, out Friday on Prime Video.
The film follows confident teen Kelsa, who is a transgender girl, as she navigates…
Dramatic details you may have missed from Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 select committee used its second prime-time hearing Thursday to make the case that President Donald Trump not only did nothing to stop the assault on the U.S. Capitol but did so …
Two police officers shot, one in life-threatening condition: Report
kali9/Getty Images(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Two police officers have been shot in Rochester, New York, and one is in life-threatening condition Thursday night.
The two officers were conducting a detail around 9:15 p.m. when “at least one male approached th…
Southern entrance of Yosemite National Park to reopen as containment of Washburn Fire increases
Eloi_Omella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The southern entrance of Yosemite National Park is scheduled to reopen now that firefighters have made headway with containing the wildfire that was threatening the park’s iconic sequoia trees.
The Washburn Fire, …
Louisiana attorney general wants funding withheld for cities that reject abortion laws
Fotosearch/Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Louisiana’s attorney general said he wants cities that don’t enforce the state’s abortion laws to have their funding withheld.
Louisiana was one of several states that had a trigger law banning abortion tha…
Woman dies after falling out of police car while in custody
avid_creative/Getty Images(SPARTA, Ga.) — A woman in Georgia has died after she was taken into custody but somehow managed to fall out of a police patrol car while authorities were taking her to the Sheriff’s Office, police say.
The incident occurred…
Scoreboard roundup — 7/21/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Texas 8, Miami 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Houston 3, NY Yankees 2
Houston 7, NY Yankees 5
Detroit 7, Oakland 2
Oakland 5, Detroit 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
LA D…
Sex trafficking survivor advocates for victims
Thanks to the Internet, it is easier than ever for sex traffickers to take advantage of their victims, mostly girls and young women. Carleen Johnson talked with a woman who was trafficked for 17 years, and has