At least 7 people have died and over 800,000 electrical consumers are without power, as a strong winter storm hits the U.S. According to reports, the storm, referred to as Winter Storm Fern comes with heavy snow, ice, freezing rain, and extreme cold to a large part of the United States. These include locations from […]
Federal authorities have arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnapping, stabbing, and robbery of two women in Washington, D.C., an attack prosecutors say was carefully orchestrated and carried out in October. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 18-year-old Robynn Danielle Bynum of Fort Washington, Maryland, 20-year-old Cierra Charity Lee, […]
Dr. Christine A. Nix, the first Black woman promoted to the Texas Rangers Division, has been inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. Her induction was announced by Gov. Greg Abbott, who named Nix among five women honored this year for their influence across business, public service, science, and other sectors. “The Texas Women’s […]
Aid organizations are pressing the Trump administration to release nearly $9.7 million worth of U.S.-purchased contraceptives that have been warehoused in Belgium for months amid a broad freeze of foreign aid programs, warning the supplies could miss import deadlines and go to waste. The stock, pills, implants, injectables and IUDs bought under USAID contracts during […]
The murder trial of former sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson opened Monday, Oct. 20, more than a year after the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Sonya Massey inside her Springfield home. The case, originally slated for Sangamon County, was moved to Peoria in response to extensive media attention. Grayson faces three counts of first-degree murder, as well […]
