Author Archives: Syndicated Content
International flight turns around after passenger refuses to wear mask: Officials
Alicia Llop/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to...
Jan 20, 2022
US presses criminal charges against Belarusians involved in alleged state-sponsored hijacking of flight with activist on board
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Belarus fabricated a bomb scare aboard a Ryanair passenger plane last year to force it to land so it could arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, fe...
Jan 20, 2022
Family of teen killed by police file $150M lawsuit against county
Courtesy Truitt Family(COBB COUNTY, Ga.) -- The family of a Georgia teenager who was fatally shot by police in July 2020 has filed a lawsuit against Cobb County for $150 million over the teen's death....
Jan 20, 2022
1 police department loses 2 officers to COVID-19 within days
amphotora/Getty Images(AURORA, Ill.) -- Two officers with the Aurora Police Department in Illinois -- both 51 years old -- have died of COVID-19 within days of each other. Aurora police officer Brian ...
Jan 20, 2022
Suspect armed with 2 guns by San Francisco airport's BART station is 'neutralized' by police
Stephen Lam/ The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- An individual with two guns was "neutralized" near the San Francisco International Airport's Bay Area Rapid Transit entrance...
Jan 20, 2022
Black immigrant population in US could more than double by 2060: Study
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- About 4.6 million Black people in the U.S. -- roughly 1 in 10 -- are immigrants, and that figure could more than double to 9.5 million by 2060, according to a stud...
Jan 20, 2022
Eleven-month-old baby girl shot in face in the Bronx
kali9/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An 11-month-old girl has been shot in the face in the Bronx, prompting a search for the gunman and outcry from New York City's new mayor. The baby is in the hospital in...
Jan 20, 2022
Derek Chauvin's presence to loom large in fed trial of former cops charged in George Floyd's death: Experts
Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- The federal trial of three former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd is set to begin Thursday with jury selection,...
Jan 20, 2022
2 cold case homicides tied to convicted murderer, police say
Prince George's County Police Department(FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) -- A Virginia man convicted of murder has been charged in connection with two decades-old cold case homicides, authorities said. Charles H...
Jan 19, 2022
Prosecutors lay out 'missed opportunities' in Robert Durst murder investigation
Myung J. Chun-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A series of "missed opportunities" and an overreliance on false statements made by Robert Durst delayed his prosecution for the murder of his then-wife, Ka...
Jan 19, 2022