High-yield savings accounts surge amid shaky stock market, experts say
IronHeart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tech giant Apple last week announced a buzzy product release — but it wasn’t a new version of its iPhone or virtual reality headset. Rather, the company offered its first ever high-yield savings account.
The move r…
Higher breast cancer risk among Black women shows need for earlier screening: Study
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week has shed some new light on how breast cancer rates have been disproportionately affecting Black female patients and pres…
Jury selection set to get underway in Trump defamation, battery case over E. Jean Carroll allegations
Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the defamation and battery case brought by former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump.
Carroll sued Trump in November, alleging that he de…
Major flooding along the Mississippi River, severe storms possible in Florida and Texas
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Significant flooding is happening along the Mississippi River this week, from Minneapolis to Davenport, Iowa.
Several river gauges are in major flood stages and are under floo…
Three arrested after protest groups clash outside Texas drag show, police say
amphotora/Getty Images(FORT WORTH, Texas) — Three people were arrested in Texas after one of them pepper-sprayed protesters outside a restaurant hosting a drag show, police said.
The incident unfolded in Fort Worth on Sunday afternoon when a small gr…
Man arrested over murder of homeless man living in drainage canal
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department(LAS VEGAS) — An arrest has been made over the murder of a homeless man living in a Las Vegas drainage canal that happened two months ago.
The incident occurred on Feb. 20 at approximately 2:40 a.m. when the La…
Man who attacked church with Molotov cocktails over drag show events federally charged
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A man who allegedly attempted to burn down a church with Molotov cocktails after it planned to hold a series of drag show events has been charged with federal crimes.
The incident occurred on March 25 when the 20…
Los Angeles DA seeks victims of man accused of impersonating doctor
ATU Images/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is asking for victims of a man accused of impersonating a doctor to come forward.
Stephan Gevorkian, 44, was charged with five felony counts of practicing medicine with…
DOJ joins investigation of Southwest’s holiday flight meltdown: Was schedule ‘unrealistic’?
E4C/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has joined an investigation led by the Department of Transportation into Southwest Airlines’ meltdown in December — when the company canceled more than 16,000 flights over an 11-day period — a…
Fulton County DA says charging decisions to come this summer in 2020 election probe
Creativeye99/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who has been probing possible criminal interference in the 2020 election will announce her charging decisions “in the near future,” the DA alerted law enforcement in a …