Supreme Court’s looming mifepristone decision leaves abortion rights in spotlight
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this summer on whether to restrict access to medication abortion, with the issue promising to be at the center of the 2024 election. The justices will hear a case considering federal approval of the popular abortion drug mifepristone, with a ruling likely in June. Five months before voters […]
Iowa school shooting leaves sixth grader dead, 5 injured
At least five people were shot and one child was killed in a school shooting Thursday morning in a small Iowa town. Police responded to a report of a shooting at Perry High School at 7:37 a.m., before classes started on the first day of school after winter break. Officers arrived on the scene less […]
Passengers of Japanese plane speak out after fiery collision leaves 5 dead: ‘It was hell’
A Japan Airlines passenger has described the harrowing moment when the plane burst into flames after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. Swede Anton Deibe, 17, told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that when Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 landed on the runway and the cabin quickly […]
Queens bar brawl stabbing leaves man dead, friend clinging to life in NYC’s first murder of 2024
The new year got off to a violent start after a man was killed in a knife fight outside a Queens bar early Monday morning and his friend walked away alive. This is the first homicide of 2024 in the Big Apple. Tsering Wangdu, 29, died Monday night, more than 12 hours after a scuffle […]
Los Angeles shooting leaves 1 dead, 4 injured on New Year’s Day
Just after the new year began, a mass shooting occurred in Los Angeles, leaving one woman dead and four others injured. The Hawthorne Police Department received a report of a shooting near a shopping mall around 12:30 a.m. One of the victims was said to be in critical condition, while the other three were listed […]