After three shootings in 30 minutes, Kansas City’ suffers another violent weekend
kali9/Getty Images(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Kansas City suffered a violent weekend as three separate shootings impacted the city’s downtown over 30 minutes late Sunday.
The shootings come as Kansas City, Missouri, has already faced a violent year, with 59…
FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of allowing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Medical and scientific experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription.
The vote could sway the FDA, which…
FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded.
Bankman-Fried filed a motion to dismiss 10 of the 13 counts he faces, inc…
Officials blast New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their counties
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Officials representing some New York suburbs have rebuked New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their towns for shelter.
Rockland County’s top official declared a state of emergency on S…
Angelina Jolie urges women to ‘go for mammograms and blood tests’
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie paid tribute to her late mother this week, 15 years after her death from cancer, and encouraged other women to “go for mammograms and blood tests or ultrasounds.”
Mammograms are the recommended…
Blinken facing contempt of Congress threat over cable tied to Afghanistan withdrawal
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain(WASHINGTON) — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt if he doesn’t turn over subpoenaed documents tied …
Man allegedly hid secret camera in Royal Caribbean cruise ship bathroom: DOJ
David Sacks/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Justice Department recently unsealed charges against a man who allegedly put a camera inside a bathroom onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and filmed 150 people, including 40 minors.
Jeremy Froias boarded a…
Angelina Jolie honors late mother’s ovarian and breast cancer battle
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesAngelina Jolie took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of breast and ovarian cancer in 2007, at age 56.
“Tomorrow would have been my mother’s 73rd …
Scoreboard roundup — 5/8/23
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LA Angels 6, Houston 4
Texas 2, Seattle 1
Detroit 6, Cleveland 2
Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 0
NY Yankees 7, Oakland 2
Kansas City 12, Chi White Sox…