1-year-old dies after left in day care van, driver arrested: Police

Omaha Police Department via AP (NEBRASKA) — The driver of a day care van was arrested after a 1-year-old girl who was left in the vehicle for several hours amid sweltering temperatures died, police said. Police responded
New York man found guilty of attack on Black Lives Matter demonstrators, prosecutors say

via Queens County District Attorney (NEW YORK) — A Queens, New York, man was convicted last week on multiple counts of attempted murder for attacking peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators in 2020, according to prosecutors. Frank Cavalluzzi,
Suarez criticizes DeSantis' handling of slavery curriculum, addresses Trump indictments

ABC News (NEW YORK) — In a sit-down interview with ABC News, Miami mayor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez took repeated aim at one of his party’s most prominent White House hopefuls — Florida Gov.
Recent obstruction charges against Trump, others followed cooperation from Mar-a-Lago IT worker: Sources

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Mar-a-Lago Information Technology worker’s decision to cooperate with special counsel Jack Smith and change his previous testimony paved the way for prosecutors to seek new obstruction charges against former President Donald
2 cases of rare mosquito-borne disease EEE detected in Alabama, including 1 death

Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two cases of a rare mosquito-borne disease have been reported in Alabama, including one death, according to officials. The cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) occurred in Spanish Fort, Alabama, —
Biden administration launches new student loan repayment plan application

photo by Bill Koplitz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Biden administration is launching an application for a new student loan repayment plan Tuesday as part of its latest attempt to offer relief to borrowers as payments resume
Trump indictment spotlights Georgia voting rights movement, activists say

Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As the 2024 election draws near, voting rights advocates are taking lessons from the 2020 elections to safeguard the rights of voters in areas like Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald
Sales slumps at Target and Bud Light may fuel more boycotts, experts say

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Target’s sales declined over a three-month period for the first time in six years, the company announced last week, attributing the loss in part to what the company’s Executive Vice President
Sister says her enduring love drove her to find brother lost in Maui wildfire

ABC News (MAUI) — For nearly two agonizing weeks, Dana Condrey said she and her parents lived in horror as they watched the death toll climb from the wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian Island of Maui and
Octavia Spencer remembers “actor's actor” Ron Cephas Jones in 'Variety' guest column

Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Deadline Hollywood In a guest column in Variety, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer remembered Ron Cephas Jones, who died at 66 years old on Saturday, August 19. Spencer called him, “one of the most