Loved ones, community members continue search for missing Arkansas teen Tanvi Marupally
Conway Police Department(CONWAY, Ark.) — It’s been more than 45 days since 14-year-old Tanvi Marupally went missing near the bus pickup area at her school in Conway, Arkansas, and there are still no publicly known leads as to where she went.
Tanvi’s …
Women land top economic policy posts as profession faces wider reckoning
Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a graduate student studying economics and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, who is Black, said she never would have entered the field if she hadn’t met Lisa Cook….
Lawmakers renew push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment 100 years later
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its guarantees of gender equality in th…
Buttigieg pushes back on East Palestine criticism, calls Trump’s trip there ‘somewhat maddening’
Michael Swensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February.
In an interview …
Newer drug may be an alternative to help lower heart disease risk, study finds
Tashi-Delek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Statins, drugs that are used to lower one’s cholesterol, can save lives – but come with steep side effects for up to a third of people who need them. Now, a new study shows an alternative drug can also dramatically…
Violent protests erupt over train collision in Greece that killed 57
Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ATHENS, Greece) — Anger over a same-track collision between two trains in Greece that killed nearly 60 people spilled onto the streets of Athens Sunday as a massive protest devolved into chaos when some de…
2 dead, 6 injured in shooting at suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — At least two people were killed and six others were injured when gunfire erupted late Saturday night at a suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers, according to law enforcement officials.
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Former Gov. Larry Hogan not running for president in 2024
Brian Stukes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC.
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination for …
East Palestine toxic train derailment shows urgency of passing new safety law, Sen. Brown says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar over existing regulations and precautions for rail companies…
‘It shouldn’t take a disaster’ for Congress to ensure rail, aviation safety: Sen. Sullivan
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Sunday shared his concerns about recent headline-making safety issues for America’s rail and aviation systems, which he said underscored the need for congressional oversight.
“We need to be proactive…