Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NASA delays International Space Station spacewalk over debris risk
iStock(NEW YORK) -- A spacewalk by two U.S. astronauts was called off on Tuesday morning due to the risk of space debris, NASA announced in a statement. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshbu...
Nov 30, 2021
New Zealand Green MP cycles to hospital in labor, gives birth hour later
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Julie Anne Genter, a Green Party member of the New Zealand Parliament, is a keen cyclist who used her skills to bike to the hospital in the middle of the night while in labor Sunda...
Nov 30, 2021
Wind chills plunging in the South from Raleigh to Tallahassee, Northwest braces for more rain
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A bitter cold is gripping the South with states from Florida to Georgia experiencing wind chills in the 30s. The wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- plunged Tuesday m...
Nov 30, 2021
Former officer Kim Potter set to go on trial in death of Daunte Wright
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Jury selection in the case of the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer charged with killing a Black man during a traffic stop earlier this ...
Nov 30, 2021
Dayton gunman fantasized about mass violence for years: FBI report
Nes/iStock(DAYTON, Ohio) -- The suspect who carried out a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on an early August morning in 2019 had an "enduring fascination with mass violence," the FBI's Behavioral Analy...
Nov 29, 2021
Merriam-Webster chooses 'vaccine' as its 2021 word of the year
Tim Boyle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- "The biggest science event of the year quickly became the biggest political debate in our country, and the word at the center of both stories is vaccine," Peter Sok...
Nov 29, 2021
First lady Jill Biden unveils White House holiday decorations
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House holiday decorations on Monday and announced her theme for the 2021 season as "Gifts from the Heart," intended to ho...
Nov 29, 2021
New York City reinstates mask advisory 'at all times' while indoors ahead of omicron detection
PinkOmelet/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Officials in New York City have reinstated the city's mask advisory while indoors as the omicron variant continues to spread around the globe. City health officials are ...
Nov 29, 2021
New York City chief medical examiner resigning
400tmax/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Barbara Sampson, the first woman to lead the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in its 100-year history, announced her departure Monday for a job in the...
Nov 29, 2021
COVID-19 live updates: Greece to mandate vaccines for people 60 and older
Tempura/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 779,000 Americans, according to real-time da...
Nov 29, 2021