Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — Just after midnight on Tuesday, the fully loaded container ship Dali lifted anchor and prepared to depart the Port of Baltimore with 23 crew members aboard, destined for Sri Lanka nearly 9,000 miles away. There was no apparent indication of the catastrophe awaiting the vessel. Authorities […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a near-total collapse of the span and halting vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore. Six construction workers believed to have fallen from the collapsing bridge […]
Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — Six construction workers were killed when a cargo ship struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, sending the workers into the water below, officials said. The bodies of two victims were recovered on Wednesday, found by divers trapped in a red pickup truck that was […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ROCKFORD, Ill.) — An adult male allegedly stabbed multiple victims in the Rockford, Illinois area on Wednesday, leaving four people dead, one in critical condition and four others in stable condition, authorities said in a press conference Wednesday. A postal worker is among the four individuals who […]
Anna Moneymaker / Staff / Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s tax case in California heard several defense motions to dismiss the charges Wednesday, and said afterward that he would issue rulings by April 17. After a relatively civil start to the hearing, tensions escalated […]
Via NTSB (BALTIMORE) — The bodies of two construction workers have been recovered while four others remain missing and are presumed dead after a cargo ship struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending the workers into the water. Eight workers were fixing potholes on the span when the ship hit […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating what prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history. He must also forfeit $11 billion that the government can use to compensate victims, Judge Lewis Kaplan […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ROCKFORD, Ill.) — An adult male allegedly stabbed multiple victims in the Rockford, Illinois area on Wednesday, leaving four people dead, one in critical condition and four others in stable condition, authorities said in a press conference Wednesday. Rockford police say the suspect is in custody and […]
Alex Slitz/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis vowed to bring former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case to trial in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arguing that her office has fully complied with a congressional subpoena related to a […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — In the wake of the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineering and infrastructure policy experts explained the critical need for bridge reform in the United States and an international standard for large cargo ships. The Key Bridge partially collapsed early Tuesday morning after […]
