Family seeks answers in 7-month search for woman who went missing in Wyoming
Courtesy of Kennedy Wainaina(NEW YORK) — Family members of Irene Gakwa, a 32-year-old Black woman who went missing in Wyoming, are still seeking answers to what happened to her over 7 months into the search.
“It gets harder and harder each day,” Chri…
Lindsey Graham ordered to appear before Georgia grand jury probing 2020 election
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images(FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) — A federal appeals court on Thursday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s request to block a subpoena from the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The ruling …
EPA launches civil rights investigation into Mississippi over Jackson water
The Washington Post via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will open a federal civil rights investigation looking at Mississippi’s use of federal funds in Jackson and if the majority Black res…
Child dies from brain-eating amoeba in ‘rare’ infection, health officials say
ilbusca/Getty Images(CLARK COUNTY, Nev.) — A Nevada child died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba in an “extremely rare” occurrence, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Wednesday.
The district said that the Clark County, Nevad…
Former official indicted for allegedly murdering journalist who investigated him
Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE(LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada county official accused of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas journalist who was investigating his office has been indicted by a grand jury o…
Biden makes rare appearance with Democrat for Fetterman’s Senate race against Oz
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(PITTSBURGH, Penn.) — With the clock ticking toward next month’s midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Thursday traveled to battleground Pennsylvania to tout his infrastructure law and stump for Democratic Senate no…
Raleigh mass shooting motive remains mystery, no known connection between victims: Police
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) — The motive remains unknown for the mass shooting along a Raleigh, North Carolina, nature trail that killed five people and injured two others even as police released a five-day report on the incident T…
Missouri elementary school to close after report finds radioactive contamination
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(HAZELWOOD, Mo.) — A Missouri elementary school located near a contaminated creek in St. Louis County has closed after a private study found high levels of radioactive waste inside the building and its playground area.
T…
Steven Mnuchin testifies in trial of Trump ally Tom Barrack
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Longtime Trump confidant charged with acting as agent of foreign government
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified Thursday in the trial of former Trump inaugural chair Tom Barrack, who is accused…
Missing Princeton student Misrach Ewunetie found dead, death doesn’t appear suspicious
Princeton University(PRINCETON, N.J.) — Princeton student Misrach Ewunetie was found dead on campus Thursday nearly one week after she went missing, officials said.
The 20-year-old’s body was found around 1 p.m. “outside on the Facilities grounds beh…