ATF’s first Senate-confirmed chief in 7 years is sworn in: ‘Mission has never been more urgent’
Samuel Corum/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the first time in seven years, the country’s lead agency on protecting the public from crimes involving firearms, explosives and arson has a Senate-confirmed director.
Steve Dettelbach was sworn in on Tuesd…
‘Aftershock’ explores the high mortality rate among Black expectant mothers
Onyx Collective(NEW YORK) — Expectant mothers Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac both died from preventable childbirth complications, their families say, and the women’s deaths have had a devastating effect on their loved ones.
Gibson, 30, died just…
Suspect arrested in 1975 murder after genetic genealogist turns to new approach
Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office(NEW YORK) — A suspect was arrested this week in a young woman’s 1975 murder after a genetic genealogist — who called the cold case extremely difficult to solve — turned to a brand new investigative approac…
Geranium in Copenhagen wins No. 1 spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for 50 Best(LONDON) — Chefs, restaurant owners, sommeliers and diners woke up to exciting culinary news on Tuesday as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list crowned the Copenhagen-based Geranium its new winner.
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Philadelphia reaches a ‘devastating’ 300 homicides for the year
WPVI-TV(PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia, which is battling an epidemic of gun violence, has reached 300 homicides for the year, police said.
The 300th victim was an 18-year-old man shot multiple times Monday night, according to ABC Philadelphia station …
Shark sightings shut down swimming at New York City beaches
Noam Galai/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two shark sightings off Rockaway Beach have closed the entire stretch of some of New York City’s most famous beaches for swimming on Tuesday, according to the city’s parks department.
Rockaway Beach in Queens was c…
Dad with rare cancer fights to get lifesaving treatment
Courtesy of Anthony Di Laura and Jackie Cucullo(NEW YORK) — A New York man is determined not to give up when it comes to fighting the rare disease he’s been living with the last two years.
Anthony Di Laura first noticed something was unusual back in …
Gas prices dip below $4.50 for 1st time since May
Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The national average price for a gallon of gas fell below $4.50 on Tuesday for the first time since the middle of May, according to AAA data. The price crossed the milestone amid a sustained fall in gas prices over …
In-clinic ‘surgical’ abortion procedures: What are they, who needs them?
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Kate Coleman found out she was pregnant, she was overjoyed, she said. She and her husband shared the happy news with family and friends.
But three months later — a heartbreaking ultrasound. The fetus had a fa…
House passes bill codifying same-sex marriage right, with some Republicans joining Democrats
uschools/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to codify the right to same-sex and interracial marriage in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade — with one justice writing that the right to…