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LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A manhunt involving hundreds of law enforcement officers continued Wednesday for a fugitive prisoner dubbed “The Fly” and accomplices wielding machine guns who facilitated the convicted criminal’s escape by ambushing a prison transport van at a toll booth and gunning down two guards, authorities said. The international police […]
Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 100 years after the nation’s deadliest race massacre, the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill to grant national monument status to Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as “Black Wall Street.” In 1921, Black Wall Street was burned to ashes by white mobs who attacked […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s celebrated ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending racial segregation in America’s public schools, turns 70 this week, and the anniversary is being marked as a major advance for civil rights. But less well-known is that the landmark case had a crippling impact on […]
In this undated file photo, a Red Lobster Restaurant is shown. (Jeff Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Red Lobster has abruptly closed at least 99 locations across the country with restaurants shutting their doors in at least 27 states. Tagex Brands, a company that handles restaurant liquidation auctions, told ABC News that Red […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal data published Wednesday showed. An estimated 107,543 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. This is a 3% decrease […]
RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Wednesday that it plans to sell its own generic version of the overdose reversal drug Narcan. Narcan is given as a nasal spray and the active ingredient in the medication — naloxone — can quickly restore breathing if someone is experiencing an opioid overdose and if […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Consumer prices rose 3.4% in April compared to a year ago, slowing slightly from the previous month and offering a welcome sign for the Federal Reserve in its yearslong inflation fight. The fresh data matched economists’ expectations. After falling dramatically over the course of last year, inflation had accelerated in […]
Mercedes-Benz logo see on a Mercedes-Benz vehicle in Edmonton, on October 26, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama are voting on a union this week, marking a major test for the United Auto Workers just one month after a watershed victory in […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House and Wall Street will closely watch Wednesday’s inflation report for any signs that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive cooldown efforts are working. After falling dramatically over the course of last year, inflation has accelerated in recent months. Recalcitrant prices have forced the Fed to postpone highly anticipated interest […]
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian territory on May 12, 2024. – Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the […]
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