Mobile Police Department(MOBILE, Ala.) — A police officer was shot dead Sunday in Mobile, Alabama, authorities said. Officer Sean Tuder of the Mobile Police Department was killed in the line of duty while executing an arrest warrant late Sunday afternoon, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. A suspect is […]
Mobile Police Department(MOBILE, Ala.) — A police officer was shot dead Sunday in Mobile, Alabama, authorities said. Officer Sean Tuder of the Mobile Police Department was killed in the line of duty while executing an arrest warrant late Sunday afternoon, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The suspect, Marco […]
ABC News(DALLAS) — A group of Texas elementary school students honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by carrying on the work he began, giving speeches inspired by his life and mission. The theme of this year’s Foley Gardere Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory competition for fourth- and fifth-graders from Dallas […]
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(PARK HILLS, Ky.) — A Kentucky high school student spoke out on Sunday after video appeared to show him taunting a group of Native American protesters in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky, was accused […]
Dr. Martin Luther King with his wife Correta Scott. (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, what would have been his 90th birthday, it is also a time to remember the women who helped King propel the […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major winter storm over the weekend delivered widespread snowfall, in many places 1 to 2 feet, from the Midwest to the Northeast. And it’s already even colder. In some areas, temperatures Monday morning are 30 to 40 degrees colder than just a day earlier — […]
Mark Makela/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tony Mendez, the real-life spy behind Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning film Argo, has died at the age of 78. Mendez died early Saturday morning, succumbing to a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease, the former CIA operative’s literary manager, Christy Fletcher, said in a statement. […]
David McNew/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — More than 30,000 teachers on strike in Los Angeles are hoping they’ll soon be back in the classroom as marathon negotiations continue behind closed doors over the holiday weekend to break a contract stalemate. “I hope they get this figured out soon. It’s exhausting,” Melissa […]
liangpv/iStock(NEW YORK) — A young woman is suing a school district in Kansas for discrimination and retaliation, claiming she was told she couldn’t perform with the dance team because her skin was “too dark,” according to a lawsuit. Camille Sturdivant was one of two African-American members on the 14-person “Dazzlers” […]
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — An infant and three adults were killed in a “horrific” incident at an Oregon home in which sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the suspect as he was about to take the life of another child, officials said Sunday. The eruption of domestic violence occurred […]
