Idaho college murders strain town financially as investigation expenses mount
David Ryder/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) — A quadruple homicide rocked the quiet Idaho college hamlet of Moscow last year. But the financial repercussions are only now coming into focus.
“It was a tragic and horrible event that no one saw coming,” Mos…
Vigilante violence disproportionately harms marginalized communities: Researchers
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Jordan Neely was killed in a chokehold on the New York City subway by fellow subway passenger Daniel Penny, some conservative politicians declared him a “Good Samaritan” and “Superman” for his actions.
Neel…
‘Fast X’ races to number at the box office with $67.5 million opening weekend
Universal Fast X opened in first place at the weekend box office with an estimated $67.5 million domestic gross. However, the 10th film in the Fast and the franchise failed to match the previous installment, 2021’s F9: The Fast Saga, which opened with …
Meta fined $1.3 billion for violating European data privacy rules
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images(LONDON) — Facebook’s parent company, Meta, was fined €1.2 billion, or about $1.3 billion, for failing to comply with the European Union’s privacy policies.
The Irish Data Protection Commission announced the fi…
Scoreboard roundup — 5/21/23
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
NY Yankees 4, Cincinnati 1
Atlanta 3, Seattle 2
NY Mets 5, Cleveland 4
NY Mets 2, Cleveland 1
Milwaukee 6, Tampa Bay 4
Washington 6, Detroit 4
Texa…
Pete Buttigieg says Transportation Department is working to avoid summer travel disruptions
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Just ahead of what airlines say could be the busiest Memorial Day weekend for travel since before COVID-19, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is sharing how his department is prepping for the potentially …
19 shot, 10 fatally, at car rally less than 100 miles from Mexico-US border
LEREXIS/Getty Images(BAJA, Mexico) — At least 10 people were killed and nine were wounded when an apparent team of gunmen ambushed a car rally in Baja, Mexico, about 73 miles from the U.S. border, authorities said.
The horrific attack unfolded just a…
Large areas of US experiencing poor air quality due to Canadian wildfires
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Several regions in the U.S. are suffering from poor air quality as the smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada make its way south.
A large portion of the of the U.S. has been seeing smoky skies for days, presenting unhealthy c…
Top Republican pushes back on Biden, says new taxes in debt deal are nonstarter
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, on Sunday pushed back on President Joe Biden’s call for tax increases as part of a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit to av…
Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday to negotiate directly on debt ceiling
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet on Monday to directly negotiate on how to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling in the final days before the country defaults on its bills….