Protesters take to the streets against so-called ‘Cop City’ police training facility
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Protesters in Atlanta say they are hoping to reignite the energy from the 2020 racial reckoning during a rally they are calling their National Day of Action Against Police Terror on Thursday.
Acr…
Mexican cartel allegedly takes responsibility for kidnapping of 4 Americans
Courtesy of Laquonda Green, Tay McGee, and Michele Williams, and ABC News(NEW YORK) — A powerful Mexican cartel has allegedly taken responsibility for the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens, and killing of two of them, in the Mexican border city of Mata…
Republican senators optimistic Mitch McConnell is ‘gonna be fine’ after concussion
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There’s optimism in the Republican conference about the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after lawmakers were briefed on McConnell’s condition by his longtime aide and current chief of staff, Sha…
Gun used in ‘Rust’ shooting destroyed: Source
Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors in New Mexico told Alec Baldwin’s defense team the gun used in the October 2021 shooting on the set of “Rust” broke during testing, a source close to the defense told ABC News.
The source called it “ver…
Third of officers in an Ohio police department hit with civil rights and abuse charges
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office(EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio) — More than a third of the East Cleveland, Ohio, police department is now under indictment after prosecutors charged 11 more current and former members of the troubled law enforcement agency wi…
Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys file notice of appeal in double murder case
Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have filed a notice of appeal for the former lawyer’s convictions and sentences, a week after he was found guilty of murdering his wife and younger so…
FDA says mammogram facilities must notify women if they have dense breast tissue to reduce cancer risk
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In a major effort to improve breast cancer prevention, the FDA will now require mammogram facilities to inform women if they have dense breast tissue.
About half of women have dense breast tissue, and many do…
James Gunn fires back at troll upset about ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ star Chukwudi Iwuji’s race
Warner Bros. Discovery(NOTE LANGUAGE) Once again, James Gunn has clapped back against a troll who took issue with one of his Instagram posts.
On Monday, Gunn happily touted his Peacemaker star Chukwudi Iwuji’s role as the High Evolutionary in Gunn’s u…
UN leader Amina Mohamed: Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women ‘have to be reversed’
H.Bilbao/Europa Press via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — The Afghan Taliban began reversing women’s rights soon after returning to power in 2021, imposing bans on education, work and the ability to travel without a male guardian. Women who have protes…
Money isn’t everything: How this year’s Best Picture nominees fared at the box office
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – 20th Century StudiosWhile the Academy Awards sometime gets poo-pooed for featuring movies most people haven’t seen — even during Chris Rock’s first hosting stint at the 77th annual awards — this year’s event features some b…