Explorer’s camera from 1930s found on glacier in Yukon territory
Stefan Wackerhagen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In 1937, American explorer Bradford Washburn abandoned a cache of heavy equipment, including cameras, while attempting to climb Mount Lucania in the Saint Elias Mountains of northwestern Canada.
Washburn an…
A look at Missouri’s gun laws in wake of St. Louis school shooting
Steve Prezant/Getty Images(ST. LOUIS) — A shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, performing arts school on Monday that left two people dead and seven others injured has put a new focus on gun laws in the state.
The suspect, 19, who graduated from Central…
Does Fetterman’s rough debate against Oz matter in Pennsylvania?
KRISTON JAE BETHEL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republicans and Democrats are sifting through the aftermath of the first and only debate in Pennsylvania’s marquee Senate race to determine if Democrat John Fetterman’s performance — on his bigges…
Fetterman and Oz debate highlights ableism in politics, advocates say
BRANDEN EASTWOOD/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the Pennsylvania race for a seat in the U.S. Senate, Democratic candidate John Fetterman has had to continuously defend his ability to serve as he recovers from a life-threatening stroke.
“Again,…
Texas man charged for allegedly smuggling 84 undocumented immigrants across US border
Texas Department of Public Safety(NEW YORK) — A Texas man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. border hidden in a dump truck, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Robert…
No federal charges over in-custody death of Jamal Sutherland, DOJ says
Charleston County Sheriff’s Office(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice will not pursue any federal charges in the in-custody death of a mentally ill Black man at a South Carolina jail last year, officials said Wednesday.
Jamal Sutherland, 31, die…
Sales slump at Facebook parent Meta, stock tumbles
Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, reported a second consecutive quarter of declining sales on Wednesday, as the company contends with a widespread drop in online ad spending and r…
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to murdering Google employee Vanessa Marcotte
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Angelo Colon-Ortiz pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and unarmed robbery charges in connection with the 2016 killing of Vanessa Marcotte, a Google employee in New York City who was killed while jo…
Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Georgia election probe
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A judge has ordered former President Donald Trump’s last chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to travel to Georgia to appear before the grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election there, according…
George Floyd mural vandalized in Milwaukee, police seek answers
Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — A George Floyd mural was vandalized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to ABC affiliate WISN 12. It’s unclear when the mural was vandalized.
Paint was splattered over the face of t…