More than 50 people were killed in a stampede Tuesday during a massive funeral procession in Iran for a top general assassinated in a US drone strike. As crowds packed the hometown of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem
The estranged husband of a Connecticut woman who has been missing for more than seven months has been arrested and charged with murder, felony murder and kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Jennifer Dulos.
Updated 1/7/20 6:20 a.m.: Island-wide power outage after earthquake hits Puerto Rico. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, the largest in a series of quakes that have struck the U.S. territory in recent
Filmmaker Harvey Weinstein was indicted Monday, January 6 for raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in Los Angeles. This indictment came the same day that his sex assault trial commenced in New York City.Weinstein was charged
Iran abandoned the nuclear deal between itself and world powers Sunday, following the U.S. killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Friday. Iran said it would no longer abide by any and all “operational restrictions” on its enrichment
At least 5 people were killed in a major crash involving a tour bus and three semi-trucks on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday in the western part of the state that left nearly 60 others injured, according
Julián Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race and former Obama housing secretary, ended his campaign on Thursday. Castro said in a video announcing his exit, “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve
Federal health officials said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration is banning a range of flavored e-cigarette products, including fruit and mint, although menthol and tobacco-flavored pods will still be available. The decision comes amid an
Five people are missing after a crabbing vessel sank off the coast of the Alaskan peninsula overnight Tuesday. According to the United States Coast Guard, two other people have been rescued since the F/V (Fishing Vessel) Scandies
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has postponed a five-country trip scheduled to begin this Friday and will remain in Washington, D.C., this following mass protests at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said. Pompeo was
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, arrived in Beirut, having apparently jumped bail. It was not clear how Ghosn, who is of Lebanese origins, left Japan where
Sen. Bernie Sanders is “in good health” and “more than fit enough” to be president, his doctors said in letters made public Monday. Cardiologist Martin LeWinter said in one of the letters released by the Sanders campaign,
Police have arrested a man who stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City. The stabbings on the seventh night of Hanukkah
One person was killed and four others injured when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded Texas church on Sunday morning. The gunman was shot to death by two armed parishioners. Officials say the shooting occurred at
Officials said on Thursday that the 5-year-old Michigan boy who went missing on Christmas Day has been found dead. Beau Brennan Belson was last seen playing with relatives in front of a family member’s home in Six
On Thursday, President Donald Trump issued a warning to Syrian President Bashar al Assad as well as Russia and Iran amid their assault on the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country. Trump has previously urged Assad
North Korea’s ominous threat to deliver a “Christmas gift” to the U.S. appears to have come and gone, with no reports of military action by Pyongyang as of late Wednesday, Christmas Day. This news comes after a
Two children and a woman are dead after being found unconscious outside of the Renaissance Park Garage in Boston on Wednesday afternoon. Boston Police, Transit Police, and Northeastern Police were called to the parking garage at 1:26
A cargo vessel being loaded with fuel containers in the Galápagos Islands overturned, sinking some 600 gallons of oil into the UNESCO World Heritage site. Crews worked immediately in an effort to contain the diesel fuel spill
On Monday, Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg was fired, just one week after the company announced it planned to suspend production of its troubled 737 Max airplanes, which were grounded after two crashes killed 346 people. Muilenburg
Seven people were shot early Sunday morning in downtown Baltimore. Authorities say that 4 victims were brought to the hospital by ambulance: a 20 year old man shot in the shoulder and hip, an 18 year old
Virginia State Police said that thirty-five people were hurt in a chain-reaction, 63-vehicle crash on a foggy and icy stretch of highway early on Sunday. On Twitter, the Virginia state police department said that all westbound lanes
A 66-year-old resident of an assisted-living complex in Rhode Island killed one person and wounded two others before taking his own life Thursday morning, prompting area schools and businesses to lock down, police said. The mid-morning incident
Surveillance footage outside of convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell during his first suicide attempt has gone missing, according to prosecutors. Epstein was imprisoned in July 2019 in Manhattan. The former billionaire shared a cell with Nick
President Donald Trump became the third sitting president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives approved on Wednesday two charges against him: that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine to
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday that Uber has agreed to pay more than $4 million after it was found to have permitted a culture of sexual harassment and retaliation at its workplace. The company will
Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said Tuesday that about $750 million
On Tuesday, the House passed a $1.4 trillion spending package that would fund federal agencies through September 2020 and avoid a government shutdown. The sweeping measure, which is divided into two legislative packages, now heads to the
The U.S. government said on Monday the deadline for signing-up for 2020 insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been extended by three days to December 18, in order to accommodate those who experienced issues
Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Monday that a drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan can be expected by the end of the week. Graham said President Donald Trump could reduce U.S. personnel levels by as many as 4,400 troops, from
