The Friday night earthquake that lightly rattled southern areas of the Tri-Cities was a bit of an outlier for the area. Earthquakes already are not common in the Tri-Cities area, but most recent ones have been either much shallower or much deeper. At about 9:20 p.m. Friday a 2.8 magnitude earthquake was registered in the […]
Good morning, Chicago. For years, Gerald Reed’s claims of abuse by Chicago detectives were in the spotlight. All eyes were on his tangled case as the justice system, once again, had to grapple with a decades-old legacy of police torture. But last week, as Reed was finally brought to a retrial, the focus shifted in […]
A man in Texas City landed a catch to remember from his backyard creek recently, after he was shocked to see an 5-foot alligator at the end of his line. Ruben Suarez Jr told Storyful he was fishing in his backyard for alligator gar, something he said he enjoys “because they put up quite a […]
In a meadow in Argentina, an “unusual” creature called into the darkness. The small animal’s song wasn’t audible to humans, but it still caught the attention of visiting scientists. Lucas Rubio spotted the unfamiliar-looking cricket in a meadow in Buenos Aires Province in 2023 and captured it, according to a study published April 11 in […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia prosecutor said Thursday that he will pursue the case against a former assistant principal indicted on a felony child neglect charge at the elementary school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher last year, and suggested others could be charged as the investigation continues. A day after a special grand […]
Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Technically, it would not be accurate to say that literally all of the investment money that’s been flowing to Jared Kushner since he left the White House has come from foreign sources, such as the governments he worked with while serving former President Donald Trump. The actual […]
When Harmony Jones was in labor with her son Nash, she opened her makeup bag and started applying foundation, eye makeup and lip liner. Jones explained in a TikTok video that the beauty routine “helped me push through the contractions,” but commenters said she was shallow and preoccupied. “This is another level of insecure if […]
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Earth’s oceans are teeming with a multitude of life — and mysteries. To better understand the ocean floor, enterprising marine scientists decided to affix tags equipped with cameras to tiger sharks […]
A Des Moines man found shot to death in October 2021 was murdered by the man he was meeting to purchase drugs, a Polk County jury found Friday. Kalvyn Kline, 21, was killed early Oct. 22, 2021. Police responding to reports of gunshots outside a Hull Avenue apartment building found him slumped behind the wheel […]
Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal infections that are on the rise in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new health alert that these infections, which are caused by a certain strain of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, […]
PONTIAC, Mich. — The charges prosecutors brought against the mother and father of teenage school shooter Ethan Crumbley were identical and hinged on convincing jurors that while neither parent knew their son was plotting a deadly attack, they both failed in their legal responsibilities to help prevent it. But clinching convictions for involuntary manslaughter in […]
Tiny jellyfish-like creatures with a stiff top sail and a blueberry hue became stranded on some Palm Beach County beaches early this month, driven ashore by the whimsies of wind and the push of ocean currents. Unlike the more common Portuguese men-of-war, with their conspicuous balloon-style float and menacing tentacles, the so-called by-the-wind sailors are […]