Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Constant Méheut, Catherine Porter, Selam Gebrekidan and Matt Apuzzo The shock came midway through the speech. “Reparation!” boomed Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s firebrand president, to the cheers of the farmers, workers and students in […]
A sixth child has now died from hepatitis in the US, as public health officials investigate nearly 200 mysterious cases of the illness nationally. The latest death was reported a day after the agency updated its case count, which now sits at 180 across 36 states, according to Dr Jay Butler, the deputy director for […]
Convicted fraudster Anna Delvey was able to attend an exhibition of her art collection ‘worth £400,935’ from behind bars. The infamous con-artist has become known all over the world, after the Netflix series Inventing Anna depicted how she posed as a German heiress to steal hundreds of thousands from socialites, banks and hotels. Delvey, whose […]
The fire on the state’s central coast two years ago killed 12 of the endangered birds. It started at an illegal marijuana farm. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Mike Ives A man who the authorities said […]
An Alaska Airlines passenger died during a four-hour flight from Seattle to Nashville. The unidentified person’s body was removed once the plane landed at Nashville International Airport around 3pm on Monday, video footage obtained by WKRN showed. In the clip, recorded by a person inside the terminal, airport staff and medical examiner’s office officials carry a […]
A homeowner woke up to find a nearly 11-foot-long, more than 550-pound alligator taking a dip in his swimming pool. The family in Deep Creek, Florida, were awakened to loud noises. The gator first ripped through a screen in order to plunge into the pool for a cool swim, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s […]
Two children in Tennessee with specific dietary requirements were hospitalized this month due to the nationwide shortage of baby formula. The two children were hospitalized mid-May at Le Bonehur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, said Dr Mark Corkins, division chief of pediatric gastroenterology at the hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. ‘These are young […]
An assistant manager at the Tops Friendly Market who called emergency services as Saturday’s racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo unfolded had the phone hung up on her. Latisha Rogers, 33, was behind the customer service desk at the supermarket when she first heard gunshots being fired. Rogers, an assistant manager, quietly dialed 911 to discreetly […]
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty on Wednesday to aiding and abetting manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing in 2020. As part of Wednesday’s plea deal, Lane agreed to a sentence of three years that will be served concurrently with his federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. His federal sentence has not yet […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus booster vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. Children in that age group are eligible for a booster at least five months after receiving the two-dose Pfizer series, the FDA stated on Tuesday morning. The booster is 10 micrograms, which is the same amount […]