Rescuers find missing hiker on California’s Mount Baldy, but no sign of actor Julian Sands
Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A hiker who had been reported missing in the mountains of Southern California was found alive on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Jin Chung, a 75-year-old resident of Los Angeles, disappeared on Sunday …
Gun was used as a weapon in majority of recent mass attacks: US Secret Service
makenoodle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A gun was used for nearly three-quarters of the mass attacks carried out in the United States from 2016 to 2020, and often acquired illegally to carry out the attack, a newly released U.S. Secret Service report foun…
Suspect in hate crime stabbing of Indiana University student set to appear in court
amphotora/Getty Images(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — A white woman charged with stabbing an Asian Indiana University student seven times in the head on a public bus in Bloomington, Indiana, is scheduled to appear in court this week.
The suspect, Billie R. Dav…
Pack of dogs attack and kill young boy, injures mother
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images(FORT HALL, Idaho) — A young boy has died and his mother has been hospitalized after being attacked by a pack of dogs over the weekend.
The incident occurred late Saturday afternoon at approximately 5:51 p.m. when officer…
Mike Pompeo’s memoir stirs controversy with passages on Nikki Haley, Jamal Khashoggi
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new memoir, released on Tuesday, is drawing fire over sections about his Trump administration colleague Nikki Haley and the slain journalist Jamal Kh…
Two charged by DOJ for targeting anti-abortion clinics in Florida
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two people were charged on Tuesday with threatening reproductive health service facilities clinics in Florida, the Justice Department announced.
Caleb Freestone, 27, and Amber Smith-Stewart, 23, were indicted by …
Actions of ex-agent Charles McGonigal do not represent the FBI, Wray tells bureau employees
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The alleged criminal behavior of former FBI agent Charles McGonigal does not represent the actions of the rest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Director Christopher Wray told employees in an inte…
Howard University becomes first HBCU to partner with the Pentagon
Digital Vision./Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Howard University has become the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to partner with the Pentagon for military technology research featuring a five-year, $90 million contract.
The research …
Texas senator proposes gun laws allowing school shooting victims to sue state, impose firearms tax
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) — After multiple mass shootings across the country this week, Uvalde families gathered Tuesday as Texas legislators introduced four new bills that would tighten gun laws in the wake of the Robb Element…
Former Proud Boy testifies in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy trial
ftwitty/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In federal court this week, a former Proud Boy who flipped on his alleged co-conspirators testified to increasingly violent conversations among the far-right group’s members leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S…