Lake Mead, one of the National Park Service’s most visited vacation spots, rests in the shadow of the Hoover Dam. As of June, Lake Mead’s depth is the lowest it’s been since 1937. People who live in the area are not the only ones affected; businesses and to...
Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven took heat from her own colleague after an appearance on Fox News this week in which she asserted that biological sex is real and defended the continued use of terms like "pregnant women" and "male and female." "The ideology se...
Shaun King has built his image on being a champion of the poor and disenfranchised, but the controversial civil rights activist lives like a one-percenter in a sprawling lakefront home, records show. King, 41, moved earlier this year from a luxury two-bedro...
All it took for American theater audiences to be terrified of shark attacks was a score of two ominous notes. And yet, while John Williams' 1975 "Jaws" theme marked one for the history books, shark scientists outside of Hollywood have blamed the movie for u...
A California World War II Army veteran has finally received the Bronze Star Medal 75 years after earning it, according to the California National Guard. Ubaldo "Joseph" Ciniero, 95, was first stationed in France, where he fought in combat in January of 1945...
As wildfires continue to ravage the western U.S., smoke and drought conditions have complicated the lives of Americans far beyond the reach of the flames. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend taking several steps to prepare for an approa...
New York (CNN) The once-tiny cottage industry of van conversion companies has found itself in the center of a distinctively pandemic-era dilemma: ravenous demand and monthslong backorders on virtually all supplies. The #vanlife movement was already in full...
A Kentucky state trooper escorted a woman in labor to the hospital after he pulled her over for speeding. "I went from, you know, thinking that I was in a vehicle pursuit to how am I going to get the lady that’s in labor to the hospital as fast as I can," T...
The father of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a movie theater shooting in California confronted the accused shooter during a court appearance. yelled Dave Goodrich at 20-year-old Joseph Jimenez at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Friday. "That was my...
A 10-year-old Idaho girl was killed when a rock crashed through the windshield of her father’s truck and hit in her in the head, according to local reports. Horsley rushed his daughter to a local hospital, the report said. She was then airlifted to a hospit...
Chicago suffered a violent start to another weekend with sixteen people shot by Saturday morning, with at least four people in serious or critical condition. The latest shooting occurred in Jackson Park, where someone opened fire on a large group at about 1...
(CNN) The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress' highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League. The bipartisan measure to honor Willie O'Ree unanimously passed the chamber...
New York (CNN Business) Like other changes to entertainment distribution through the years, the studio shift toward streaming — hastened by the unforeseen consequences of the pandemic — has Hollywood talent and their representatives demanding a different wa...
Seven Tennessee residents have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Bill Lee for stopping federal unemployment benefits earlier this year. Lee pulled out of the benefits program at the start of July – more than two months before it was set to expire. Tennessee was...
(CNN) A Queens man was arrested and charged on suspicion of dragging an 11-year-old girl into an alleyway, robbing her and cutting her neck with a sharp metal object, a district attorney in the New York City borough said Friday. Jonathan Perez, 34, allegedl...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed an executive order making mask-wearing optional in the state's public schools. The announcement came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued new guidance for K-12 schools recommending...
Two teenage boys were shot after a large fight broke out at a Sweet 16 party on Staten Island late Friday, police said. The 16-year-old victims were attending the bash on Harbor Road in Mariners Harbor when someone opened fire at around 11 p.m., according t...
Houston police identified the suspect in a road rage shooting incident that left a teenager dead more than three weeks ago after a Houston Astros game. "That’s the face of the man who right now police believe killed my son," Paul Castro said of Gerald Wayne...
A collision between two Boston passenger trains Friday evening left at least 25 people with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The Green Line trains crashed near Babcock Street around 6 p.m. Miltch Pierre, who works at a nearby Blaze Pizza, to...
(CNN) A Philadelphia man wrongfully convicted of murder is finally free after spending more than three decades behind bars. "I feel exceedingly joyful, happy, that finally, you know ... after 30 or more years, after constantly knocking on the door for someb...