Ryan Binkley, CEO and co-founder of Generational Group and senior pastor of Create Church in Dallas, has dropped out of the race for president of the United States, opting to support Donald Trump’s...
American Airlines Plane Grounded after Passenger Damages Cockpit
On Tuesday, January 11, an American Airlines flight, bound for Miami, Florida, was grounded at the Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport in Honduras after a passenger damaged the plane. The...
Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church While Transporting Child
On Tuesday afternoon, a medical helicopter crashed as it was en route to transport a child to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The accident occurred just before 1 p.m., near a church in the...
Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman Honored on New Quarter
The United States Mint issued a new quarter on Monday featuring American poet Maya Angelou. Angelou is the first Black woman to be featured on the quarter as a part of the American Women Quarters...
By Amy Jones | Jan 11, 2022
Police Pull Man from Plane Crash on Train Tracks Before Train Strikes
Around 2:09 p.m. on Sunday, Los Angeles Police rushed to rescue a man from a plane that had crashed onto train tracks, just before it was hit by an oncoming train. According to the Los Angeles Fire...
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. First established in January 2010, the goal of Human Trafficking Prevention Month is "to raise awareness about human trafficking and to educate the...
Apartment Fire Leaves 19 People Dead
A blazing fire broke out at a 120-unit apartment building Sunday in the Bronx due to a malfunctioning space heater. Around 11 a.m. on January 9, approximately 200 firefighters arrived at the complex...
Bob Saget Found Dead in Hotel Room at Age 65
Well-known comedian and actor Bob Saget was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida on Sunday. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, he was pronounced dead at the scene....
‘Latinx’ is Not Popular Among Hispanics, According to Polls
Recently, the word Latinx (pronounced luh-TEE-neks) has become increasingly prominent. The term began gaining traction after academics and activists began to use the term in the last decade. In...
Unrest Peaks in Kazakhstan with “Fire Without Warning” Order
Violence and political turmoil have reached a breaking point in Kazakhstan, as Russian forces joined Kazakh authorities in Almaty. The unrest allegedly began with a protest over skyrocketing gas...
Bandits on Motorcycles in Nigeria Killing Indiscriminately
The death toll continues to grow in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara following attacks by bandits with firearms over the last week, BBC reports. Survivors told the news network that gangsters on...
Falling Rocks Kill Two Boaters, Injure Several Others
At least two people are dead, and several others are injured after a massive rock formation fell on three boats in Brazil on Saturday, WFVX reports. Officials said a massive rock formation fell on...
Indiana Man Detained at Mexican Border for Alleged Child Molestation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers detained a man at the Laredo Port of Entry along the United States and Mexican border on Wednesday, January 5, after discovering that he held an...
By Tracy Moseley | Jan 9, 2022
Sidney Poitier, First Black Actor to Win an Oscar, Dies at 94
The legendary Sidney Poitier passed away at 94 at his home in Los Angeles, Calif. Poitier was an iconic movie star with over 50 film and television appearances and won the Best Actor Oscar for his...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 9, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison
On Friday, Travis McMichael, his son Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor William Bryan were all sentenced to life in prison. In November, the three men were convicted of murder by a Glynn County...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 8, 2022
Five Nuclear Powers Support Reagan Era Declaration on No Nuclear War
On January 3, 2022, the Russian government helped to initiate a joint statement from the five most prominent nuclear powers, vowing to prevent nuclear conflict. The Russian government issued a...
By Jose Nino | Jan 7, 2022
Slain Officer’s Sister Sues Facebook Over His Death
The sister of a federal security officer who was fatally shot is suing Facebook for its alleged role in his death. The officer was shot while guarding a courthouse during protests related to the...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 7, 2022
Scientists Begin Mission to Study “Doomsday Glacier”
On Thursday, thirty-two scientists embarked on a journey to "the place in the world that's hardest to get to" in Antarctica. The team's two-month-long mission, taking place on board an American...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 7, 2022
Actor, Writer, Director Peter Bogdanovich Dies at 82
Peter Bogdanovich, perhaps best known for directing the films The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon in black-and-white in the 1970s, died on Thursday, January 6. According to his daughter, Antonia,...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 7, 2022
Michigan Mom Slashes Throats of Her Two Children
Fox 2 Detroit News reported that a 36-year-old woman is accused of cutting the throats of her two children and choking one of them. On New Year's Day, Inkster police responded to the home of Sara...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Deploys Sunshield
The recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope has completed a key milestone in preparing it for future science operations: deploying its 70-foot sunshield. The sunshield was folded to fit inside...
By Manny Legrand | Jan 6, 2022