At least four people, including a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, were wounded in a shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, according to local police.The two children are in critical condition, "with one sustaining possible life-threatening injuries," Emily Szink, a spokesperson…
A cruise ship's security services discovered 69.5 pounds of cocaine on board the vessel last week and turned over the haul to US Customs and Border Protection officers upon docking at a Florida port, CBP said in a statement.Cruise officials…
Ramses Escobedo probably wouldn't call himself a hero.But during the pandemic, he was asked to act in some heroic ways.Escobedo, a bilingual Spanish-English librarian, manages a branch of the San Francisco Public Library.For more than a year, however, Escobedo hasn't…
Inmates in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) began receiving tablets this week as part of a plan to supply all state prisoners with secure tablet computers.More than 21,000 inmates at over 20 facilities will receive tablets that will give…
Dallas resident Stephanie Houston was driving from the store with her teenage son one day six years ago when he blurted out words that changed their lives forever."Oh by the way," Pierre, then 17, told his mom. "I'm going to…
Deirdre Lawson was living her best life before the pandemic -- if she wasn't traveling, she was going to concerts, movies or doing other activities with friends -- often at the spur of the moment."Then 2020 hit and the universe…
About 19 million years ago, roughly 90% of the world's open-ocean sharks died off, and scientists don't know why.The recent discovery left researchers stunned, unable to explain the immense loss or the reason behind the deaths of one of the…
A 39-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with three separate shootings in less than 24 hours that wounded five people across the Columbus, Georgia, metro area, according to police."They were able to apprehend the suspect in the downtown area,"…
A Springfield, Illinois, man is suing the city and six of its police officers for opening a small urn containing his daughter's ashes and allegedly "desecrating" it during a traffic stop.In his lawsuit, Dartavius Barnes claims that the officers violated…
Two people -- including a 3-year-old child -- are dead and a third person is missing after being swept out by strong currents at a beach near Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.Janosh Purackal, 37, and Daniel Purackal,…
Barbara Poma, owner of the former Pulse nightclub, woke up on the five-year anniversary one of the worst mass shootings in US history to news of more mass shootings."There is a gun violence problem. There is a hate problem," said…
Workers testing underwater surveying equipment say they found the wreckage of a small airplane deep underwater in California's Folsom Lake -— and they may have solved a 56-year-old aviation mystery.Sonar images show the outline of the plane, covered in a…
While YouTubers and TikTokers are usually in a fight for followers, this Saturday night, the battle gets physical.LiveXLive Media, a global platform for livestream and on-demand content, is putting on "Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms." Stars from YouTube and…
As the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021.So far this year, we have suffered 272 mass shootings, according to…
It may be the saddest yet cutest photo you see all weekend.Firefighters in Michigan rescued a baby raccoon Tuesday after it got its head stuck in a sewer cover.Harrison Township Firefighters Local 1737 posted on Facebook that crews used multiple…
An off-duty Delta Air Lines flight attendant apparently commandeered the intercom on an Atlanta-bound flight Friday night, leading to a scuffle that forced the plane to land in Oklahoma City, an airline spokesman said.Crew members and passengers of Delta Flight…
Police are looking for two gunmen in a shooting in Chicago early Saturday that sent 10 people to the hospital, where one woman died.People were standing on a sidewalk in the city's South Side when two men approached and opened…
Dallas police are investigating a shooting that injured five people Friday, including a 4-year-old girl.Around 4:45 p.m., police responded to reports of shooting among two groups of people "involved in a disturbance regarding an unknown matter," police said in a website post.The…
Soon after the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, it became clear that the pandemic would hit parts of Indian Country hard.But as they emerge from the worst of the crisis, several tribal nations have seen one positive trend…
Campfires and other activities were banned Friday on Arizona federal land as crews battle two massive wildfires that have charred more than 150,000 acres over the past week, officials said.The Telegraph and Mescal Fires, both burning nearly 100 miles east…
