Last Updated Apr 12, 2018 3:45 PM EDT CINCINNATI — An Ohio county prosecutor has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a teenage boy who became trapped by a minivan bench seat. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters told reporters Thursday his office is seeking experts to […]
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Antarctic expedition hopes to discover famous lost ship
An expedition to Antarctica seeks to uncover the lost ship of famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Researchers with Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute will lead the expedition to Larsen C Ice Shelf in the spring of next year. That’s the same area where the Endurance, Shackleton’s ship, was last […]
Elizabeth Warren, Mick Mulvaney spar in Senate testimony
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren grilled Office of Budget and Management Director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday over his numerous votes to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Mulvaney, the Bureau’s interim director, was giving his mandated semi-annual update to Congress about the CFPB, which under his leadership has taken […]
“Everyone was burned”: Firefighter describes grisly scene at crash site
ALGIERS, Algeria — Bodies of the 257 people killed in Algeria’s worst aviation disaster were being identified at a military hospital Thursday and returned to families for burial, while officials provided no new information about the crash. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah gave instructions to speed up […]
Mattis says attack on Syria “is not yet in the offing”
Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress Thursday that he couldn’t talk about military plans for retaliation against Syria because an attack “is not yet in the offing.” While Mattis said that he believes Syrians used chemicals in an attack on Douma last Saturday, chemical weapons inspectors have not yet had […]
Defense chief gives update on Syria military plans
Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress Thursday that he couldn’t talk about military plans for retaliation against Syria because an attack “is not yet in the offing.” While Mattis said that he believes Syrians used chemicals in an attack on Douma last Saturday, chemical weapons inspectors have not yet had […]
Model tells jury Bill Cosby gave her pill and raped her
Last Updated Apr 12, 2018 12:56 PM EDT MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. — Model Janice Dickinson is telling a jury that Bill Cosby raped her after giving her a pill he claimed would help her with menstrual cramps. Dickinson is the fourth accuser to take the witness stand at Cosby’s sex […]
Study: 41% of millennials don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust
NEW YORK — More than one-fifth of millennials in the U.S. — 22 percent — haven’t heard of, or aren’t sure if they’ve heard of, the Holocaust, according to a study published Thursday, on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The study, which was commissioned by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against […]
Pompeo didn’t disclose connection to company owned by Chinese gov’t
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who is testifying Thursday at his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state, did not disclose in 2017 that a Kansas business he owns imported oilfield equipment from a company owned by the Chinese government, McClatchy News Service reported Wednesday. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which […]
UPenn accused of ignoring student’s cries for help before her suicide
PHILADELPHIA — Two years after a University of Pennsylvania student took her own life, her parents are taking legal action to have the school held accountable. Olivia Kong’s parents say the school ignored their daughter’s cries for help. They hope the lawsuit will honor her memory and evoke change, CBS […]