Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rabbi held hostage by gunman leads prayer service at Texas synagogue
ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images(COLLEYVILLE, Texas) -- The Texas rabbi who threw a chair at a gunman to help himself and two others survive a hostage situation held a prayer service in the wake of...
Jan 18, 2022
$20K reward offered for student who vanished at Michigan State University
iStock/ijoe84(NEW YORK) -- It's been nearly three months since 18-year-old Brendan Santo vanished while visiting friends in East Lansing, Michigan, the weekend of the Michigan-Michigan State football ...
Jan 17, 2022
Timeline of synagogue hostage standoff sheds light on suspect's travel in US
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) -- The British national who allegedly took a rabbi and three other people as hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday arrived in the United States last month and gav...
Jan 17, 2022
Martin Luther King Jr.'s family leads march urging lawmakers to pass federal voting rights
Getty Images/Emma Espejo(NEW YORK) -- As voting rights legislation remains stalled in Congress, Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, and his 13-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda ...
Jan 17, 2022
New Virginia governor signs executive order to end mask mandate in schools
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) --- Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed several executive orders over the weekend, including one removing masking requirements in schools ac...
Jan 17, 2022
SCOTUS blocking of vaccine mandate 'a setback for public health': Vivek Murthy
Oliver Contreras/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test requirement for large private businesses is a "setback...
Jan 17, 2022
COVID-19 live updates: Latest surge has yet to peak for much of US
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 851,000 Americans, accord...
Jan 17, 2022
Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect
Mario Tama/Getty Images(LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo.) -- An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to determine why the t...
Jan 17, 2022
Woman killed after pushed onto NYC subway tracks in unprovoked attack, police say
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A woman died after she was pushed onto the New York City subway tracks and struck by an oncoming train, police said. The incident...
Jan 15, 2022
Texas rabbi 'grateful to be alive' as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID'd
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(COLLEYVILLE, Texas) -- A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on ...
Jan 15, 2022