Why Pennsylvania may not have election night results and why that’s OK
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania is unlikely to have results on election night this November, the state’s top election official said Tuesday, because of a law limiting when mail votes can be processed.
That means voters ma…
Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams charged with misdemeanor assault for pushing photographer after game
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a freelance photographer working for “Monday Night Football” while walking off the field after losing the g…
The homicide rate for trans people has nearly doubled, with gun killings fueling increase: Advocates
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The homicide rate for transgender people nearly doubled between 2017 and 2021, driven primarily by killings with firearms, according to a leading anti-gun violence group.
Known transgender killings incre…
Students in Iran say they will continue to protest the regime despite warnings, threats
KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As nationwide protests in Iran are being violently suppressed by the government, many students across the country are joining the movement — an act of defiance that has come with retaliation.
This week, police and…
Eric André, stand-up Clayton English sue over alleged racial profiling at Atlanta airport
HBO/Ryan GreenActor and stand-up comedian Eric André, along with another Black comedian, U.K. funnyman Clayton English, have filed suit against Clayton County, Georgia over what they claim were “racial profiling and coercive stops” at Hartsfield-Jackso…
‘American Idol’ runner-up Willie Spence dead at 23 following car accident
ABC via Getty Images/Eric McCandlessAccording to a local Tennessee news report, American Idol runner-up Willie Spence died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a car accident there. The singer was 23.
The “tragic news” from outlet Douglas Now was confir…
Hundreds of whales beached on New Zealand islands
PetziProductions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, according to New Zealand’s Department of Conservation.
Officials responded to two mass …
FDA authorizes updated bivalent COVID-19 booster for children aged 5 and older
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster for younger children Wednesday.
The Pfizer booster has been authorized for children aged 5 and older and the Moderna booster …
Khloé Kardashian reveals she had a tumor removed from her face
Disney General Entertainment/Jennifer PotheiserKhloé Kardashian revealed on Tuesday that she recently had a tumor removed from her face.
“I have seen numerous stories going around about the ever-evolving bandage on my face, with some of you wondering …
Adnan Syed case had ‘major red flags,’ prosecutor says
ABC News(BALTIMORE) — Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney for Baltimore City, who made the decision to drop the murder case against Adnan Syed, said on Wednesday that her office’s re-investigation of the case had raised “major red flags.”
“Our review of …