Home Depot employee fatally shot while confronting alleged shoplifter
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(PLEASANTON, Calif.) — A 26-year-old Home Depot employee was fatally shot after confronting an alleged shoplifter armed with a handgun at a California store, authorities said.
The suspected shooter was detained along with an…
McCarthy unveils long-awaited GOP plan to raise debt limit, cut federal spending
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited GOP proposal to lift the debt limit and enact federal spending cuts.
Speaking on the House floor, McCarthy outlined what…
Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn scheduled to be interviewed by special counsel probing Jan. 6
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Top Trump adviser and lawyer Boris Epshteyn is scheduled to meet Thursday with special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors as part of the probe into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to …
More projects reportedly distance themselves from Jonathan Majors following domestic violence charges
ABCThe career blowback against Jonathan Majors continues, following his arrest for an alleged domestic dispute in New York City on March 25.
A day after his longtime management company, Entertainment 360, dropped him, Deadline reports the Creed III st…
Why some advocates say the water in Puerto Rico is not safe to drink
Jessie DiMartino/ABC News(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Some Puerto Ricans are worried about the safety of their drinking water.
Over the last few decades, some residents and advocates on the island have become skeptical about the water that comes out of …
Lead in the water: How some of America’s water became too dangerous to drink
Sarah Rice/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nearly 60 million Americans may not know they’re drinking from toxic metal in present day, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
The U.S. currently holds approximately 9.2 lead service lines unde…
Here’s what will happen if Colorado River system doesn’t recover from ‘historic drought’
RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — The Colorado River, one of the most important river systems in the country, is drying up at an alarming rate.
The issues surrounding depleting water levels along the Colorado R…
How rising sea levels will affect New York City, America’s most populous city
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City is among the most densely populated coastal communities in the world preparing for an inevitable rise in sea levels, which scientists said will amplify flooding crises from events such as thundersto…
‘No other alternative’: Egypt worries as climate change, dam project threaten Nile water supply
Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(CAIRO) — By 2025, Egypt is projected to be a water-scarce nation as climate change and a major dam threaten its source of survival.
Egypt has long been called the “gift of the Nile” as it has hist…
Hydropanels aim to bring clean water to the most remote deserts
ABC News(HINKLEY, Calif.) — Nearly 30 years after a California desert town successfully sued a utility company over contaminated water, an emerging piece of technology is being installed to bring some relief.
An engineering firm has set up hydropanel…