Arkansas Department of Education/Facebook (NEW YORK) — When a child on Julie Callison’s bus was having a hard time sitting still, he didn’t get punished. He got a book. Callison asked the child’s sister, who also rides the bus, to read to the preschooler. Callison drives a bus and teaches […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The South and East Coast are expecting rain and snow today as an Arctic front heads east. Trailing this polar front is the coldest air mass seen in the U.S. in decades, and it’s expected to hit the Midwest Tuesday night, into Wednesday. Michigan already has […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Family members of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man fatally shot by police in Sacramento last March, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and two police officers on Monday, citing racial profiling and excessive force. The suit, which names Terrence Mercadal, Jared Robinet […]
kali9/iStock(HONOLULU) — At least three people were killed and several pedestrians were injured in a crash involving two pickup trucks at a busy intersection in Honolulu on Monday night, authorities said. The collision occurred around 6:10 p.m. local time at Ala Moana Boulevard and Kamakee Street in Hawaii’s capital. Three […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(HOUSTON) — Five Houston police officers were injured in an ambush-style attack on Monday night while investigating a suspected drug case. The officers were met with gunfire “immediately upon reaching the door” while serving a search warrant at a home in southeast Houston, according the Houston Police Department. Four officers […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(HOUSTON) — At least five Houston officers were injured in a shooting on Monday night following an encounter with a suspect, according to the the city’s police department. The officers were “struck with gunfire” while responding to a scene at a residence in the southeastern area of the city, the […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(HOUSTON) — Five police officers in Houston, Texas, have been injured in a shooting, according to Houston Police. Houston Police wrote on Twitter that the five officers who were injured have been “transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, Medical Center and Ben Taub General Hospital.” Additional details were not immediately available. […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A snowstorm is pounding the Midwest Monday as the Midwest and Northeast brace for brutally cold temperatures this week. The Midwest may see its coldest air since the mid-1990s early Wednesday. In Minnesota, wind chills could be as low as minus 35 degrees Monday night and […]
Lance King/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Duke University official says she regrets the uproar she sparked by sending an email to international students warning them to “use English 100% of the time” or risk being blacklisted by some faculty members. Megan Neely, an assistant professor of biostatistics, stepped down from […]
Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A woman was rescued Monday morning after spending three nights trapped inside a New York City elevator, according to the New York Fire Department. The woman, a cleaning employee, became stuck between the second and third floors while working in a private townhouse […]
