5 children, 1 woman injured in shooting at schoolyard in Philadelphia
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Six people were shot, five of them children, in a shooting that took place at a schoolyard in Philadelphia Thursday evening, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.
Police found multiple shooting vi…
Gun safety training, 10-day wait bill passes another vote
State House Appropriations Committee hears HB 1143 (Image courtesy of TVW) A bill to require gun safety training and a 10-day waiting period to buy a gun got another vote at the State Capitol. Supporters of House
Bill to change Jackson judges looks ‘like Jim Crow,’ Mississippi lawmaker says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led Mississippi state House of Representatives passed a bill on Feb. 7 that would form a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the capital city of Jackson and expand the Capitol …
About 116 people died from gun violence per day in the US this year: Gun Violence Archive
skaman306/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Shootings have continuously made headlines in just the first two months of the year.
So far, 6,278 people have been died from gun violence this year in the U.S, as of Feb. 23, according to the Gun Violence Archive –…
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for rape conviction in LA
Etienne Laurent-Pool/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for rape in his Los Angeles sexual assault trial.
The sentence will be served consecutively after a 23-year pr…
Soccer star Alex Morgan makes history as a mom
Omar Vega/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Alex Morgan is a superstar soccer player and now a history-making mom on the field too.
In Wednesday night’s final of the SheBelieves Cup, Morgan scored her 14th goal for the U.S. Women’s National Team since giving …
2 million air fryers recalled due to fire and burn hazards
US CPSC(NEW YORK) — Two million Cosori Air Fryers have been recalled due to fire and burn hazards, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety and Commission announced in a press release Thursday.
About 250,000 air fryers in Canada and 21,000 air fryers in Mexi…
Alex Murdaugh says he lied to investigators during testimony in double murder trial
Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and youngest son, began testifying in his own defense in his double murder trial on Thursday — adm…
Prison inmate sexual harassment of female officers ‘widespread,’ watchdog finds
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons “has not been able to identify the prevalence and scope of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment,” a new report released by the Justice Department’s inspector general found, adding tha…
Precious: “Multiple” ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies are on the way, says Warner Bros. Discovery CEO
New Line/WireImageWarner Bros. Discovery is hoping to mine more box office gold from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Variety reports that during an earnings call with CEO David Zaslav on Thursday, the executive announced that subsidiary New Line Cinema …