Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Knife-wielding teen pleads guilty to murder of Barnard student Tessa Majors
Courtesy of Conrad MacKethan(NEW YORK) -- The last of the three teens arrested in the murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has pleaded guilty. Majors, 18, was fatally stabbed in Morningside...
Dec 16, 2021
Harvey Weinstein attorneys argue to have sexual assault conviction thrown out
Etienne Laurent/Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A five-judge panel of a New York appellate court seemed skeptical of one argument and open to another Wednesday as an attorney for Harvey Weinstein argue...
Dec 16, 2021
Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Education on Thursday urged districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-re...
Dec 16, 2021
Thirteen-year-old Nyssa Brown is city's only missing person left in wake of tornadoes
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images(BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) -- Of the 244 people reported missing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the deadly tornadoes, officials have now accounted for all except one. Nyss...
Dec 16, 2021
Rare tornadoes strike America's heartland, destroying homes and knocking out power
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A storm system that spawned possibly multiple tornadoes across America's heartland on Wednesday night -- rare for December -- has left a trail of destruct...
Dec 16, 2021
Nation braces for possible omicron-fueled wave
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The nation's top health officials warned Wednesday that the fast-rising omicron variant "undoubtedly" compromises the protection of two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines...
Dec 15, 2021
Benton Harbor, Michigan sees decreasing levels of lead in drinking water
Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images(BENTON, Mich.) -- After seeing elevated levels of lead in its drinking water for three years, the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a majority Black community...
Dec 15, 2021
Strong storm system sparks rare December tornado in Midwest
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A storm system is impacting the Midwest and 29 states are on alert for damaging winds, heavy snow and avalanches. A tornado threat was issued for Iowa, Minnesota ...
Dec 15, 2021
Keechant Sewell becomes first woman NYPD police commissioner
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Keechant Sewell will become the first female police commissioner of the NYPD, the largest police department in the country. "She’s the woman for the j...
Dec 15, 2021
Keechant Sewell becomes 1st woman NYPD police commissioner
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Keechant Sewell will become the first female police commissioner of the NYPD, the largest police department in the country. "She’s the woman for the j...
Dec 15, 2021