BelVita Breakfast Sandwich biscuits recalled following possible peanut contamination, company says
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A pair of belVita Breakfast Sandwich products have been voluntarily recalled because they have potential “undeclared peanut,” according to the company that makes the biscuits.
Mondelēz Global announced the re…
Four bodies, including infant, pulled from Rio Grande over 3-day span: Official
Mona Makela Photography/Getty Images(TEXAS) — Four bodies, including that of an infant, have been recovered from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, since Saturday, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public S…
Joey Chestnut wins 16th hot dog eating contest after storm delays event
oscar acosta / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 16th time on Tuesday, adding to his record for the most career championships of any eater in the contest’s roughly 50-year history.
Che…
Highland Park gathers to remember parade shooting victims, push for change
larrybraunphotography.com/Getty Images(ILLINOIS) — It was a somber Fourth of July for the residents of Highland Park, Illinois, as they gathered to mark one year since the mass shooting that took the lives of seven revelers and wounded dozens of other…
125 injured after Israeli forces attack hospital
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Israeli forces fired tear gas inside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that injured 125 people as a two-day raid on the city continued, Doctors Without Borders said.
The tear gas fired inside…
Secret Service investigating ‘unknown item’ found inside White House complex
Barry Winiker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Secret Service on Tuesday said it was investigating an “unknown item” found inside the White House complex on Sunday and sources said it was described in radio traffic as a cocaine-like substance.
“O…
Biden bemoans nation’s gun violence 1 year after Highland Park parade mass shooting
kolderal/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday lamented recent shootings and called for stricter gun reforms in a statement marking one year after the holiday parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
In the July 4 statement,…
Black-owned banks, born out of post-slavery economic barriers, seek to address racial wealth gap
ABC News(NORTH CAROLINA) — When Dorian Bolden began expanding his coffee shop, Beyu Caffe, in Durham, North Carolina, he says the most difficult part was securing funding as a Black business owner.
“I recognize how we were not able to get funding the…
4th of July Fireworks Show over Seattle
4th of July Fireworks over Lake Union in Seattle The excitement is building around Lake Union as crews put the finishing touches on the annual Seafair 4th of July Fireworks show. “Starting all the way back in
Two million sign-ups in 2 hours: What to know about newly launched Threads
Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has officially launched Threads, a new “conversation” app that appears to be the firm’s long-awaited counterpart to Twitter.
The app surpassed “2 m…