Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is classifying social media as a “public health hazard” and an “environmental toxin,” saying young people must be protected from “harm” online. “Today, Dr. Ashwin Vasan is issuing a Health Commissioner’s Advisory, […]
Maddie McGarvey/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Senate has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto against Ohio House Bill 68 in a 23-9 vote. This bill would ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care and prevent transgender girls from taking part in […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thirty-five million Americans are under flood watches as states from Texas to the Northeast face heavy rain and potential flooding. In the Northeast, flood watches were prompted Wednesday by the combination of rain and warming temperatures melting the snow […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A search is underway for two murder suspects who escaped from jail in Arkansas, officials said. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, were discovered missing from the Dub Brassell Adult Detention Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on Monday. They are believed to have escaped […]
Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After a barrage of icy storms, strong winds and record-breaking freezes, Americans living in southern states are now battling one of weather’s most dangerous side effects — bursting pipes. Residents in Tennessee and Mississippi were placed under water advisory notices and had […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Amish family had their horse and buggy stolen while they shopped at a Michigan Walmart, police say. The theft took place on Saturday at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the town of Sturgis, Michigan – some 95 miles south of Grand Rapids near the […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Because of the quick response from an Ashland, Ohio, police officer, a 3-year-old girl has a second chance at life after falling and becoming unresponsive after hitting her head. The accident happened on Jan. 8 at approximately 9:10 p.m. in the town of Ashland, […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Parts of a winter storm that brought historic rainfall to Southern California this week is now moving eastward, bringing even more precipitation to the southern and eastern United States. Areas of eastern Texas, where flash flood warnings have been […]
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it will investigate after a tire under the front nose of a Delta Boeing 757 fell off one of the wheels and rolled down a nearby embankment. The incident occurred on Saturday around 11:15 a.m. local time at […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (REDWOOD CITY, Calif.) — A man has been arrested after entering a church and threatening one of the employees with a box cutter, according to authorities. The incident occurred on Monday at approximately 7:31 p.m. when the Redwood City Police Department received a report of a subject […]
