ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Fifteen children aboard a school bus were taken to the hospital and the driver of a car killed after a collision in Las Vegas, Nevada, Thursday morning. A child in the car was also hospitalized.None of the students in the accident, involving a small car and a Clark County School bus with 48 middle schoolers on board, were in critical condition, Clark County School District Police […]
Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The site of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is set to become a permanent, national memorial.Pulse owner Barbara Poma, serving as CEO and executive director of the onePULSE Foundation, which was established to create and maintain the new memorial as well as provide community grants and scholarships, announced plans for the memorial Thursday morning, nearly 11 months after the June 12, […]
Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) -- American planes intercepted two Russian TU-95 bombers accompanied by two SU-35 fighters that flew close to the Alaska coast Tuesday night, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). A U.S. official said the Russian aircraft had flown within 50 nautical miles of the Alaska coastline. American territorial airspace begins 12 nautical miles from shore. The intercept occurred around 5 p.m. local time, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ARLINGTON, Texas) -- Two people died Wednesday night at a popular sports bar in Arlington, Texas, including a suspected gunman who police say was shot to death by an armed customer.Officers from the Arlington Police Department responded to a 911 call of a shooting at Zona Caliente Sports Bar & Grill around 6:17 p.m. local time.Based on multiple witnesses, detectives say they believe the male suspect walked into the restaurant […]
Howard County Police Department(BALTIMORE) -- An escaped inmate convicted of the attempted murder of a Delaware police officer was captured on Wednesday, ending a five-day manhunt that involved the U.S. Marshals Service and at least six other law enforcement teams, police said. Police found David Watson, 28, hiding in a small drainage pipe in a wooded area of Jessup, Maryland, near the hospital he was being transported to when he […]
Team 26(WASHINGTON) -- A team of 26 cyclists will ride off Thursday on a 400-mile trip to honor victims of gun violence, including the 26 people killed in a 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.The volunteer cyclists are also riding in the annual event to raise awareness for common-sense gun legislation as gun control advocates face a Republican-led Congress and a president, Donald Trump, who spoke last week at […]
A Polk County jury has ruled a former University of Iowa athletic administrator was the victim of discrimination, retaliation and unequal pay. The jury awarded Jane Meyer $1.4 million in damages Thursday after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony. Meyer filed the lawsuit in 2015 nearly a year after she was removed from the U-I […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa judge has denied a request to block a new three-day waiting period for abortions from going into effect tomorrow. Governor Terry Branstad is scheduled to sign a bill into law that will immediately require women seeking an abortion to be counseled about other options, be given the chance to see an ultrasound and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s three Republican congressman today voted for the health care bill that cleared the U.S. House. Congressman Steve King invited former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachman onto the House floor. King said that means the two of them were able to press the “yes” button together. King and Bachmann were the first Republicans in congress to […]Powered by WPeMatico
