Tiger Woods is recovering at home after car wreck
Tiger Woods is recovering at home after several weeks in the hospital following his February car crash. “Happy to report that I am back home…
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8 dead in shootings at three spas in metro Atlanta
Authorities in metro Atlanta are investigating whether shootings at three massage parlors that left eight people dead and one wounded are connected.…
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7 dead in shootings at three spas in metro Atlanta
Authorities in metro Atlanta are investigating whether shootings at three massage parlors that left seven people dead and two wounded are connected.…
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Three people killed in massage parlor shooting in Atlanta suburb
At least three people were killed and two were wounded after a shooting Tuesday at a massage parlor in an Atlanta suburb, authorities…
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Houston police shoot a 1-year-old child in the head while pursuing a robbery suspect
A 1-year-old boy is “fighting for his life” and struggling to breathe on his own after being shot in the head by Houston police, the…
Continue Reading New York City buys a historic home believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad
New York City has purchased a historic Brooklyn home, believed to have once harbored those fleeing slavery. City officials announced the purchase of…
Continue Reading A Houston baby is ‘fighting for his life’ after police shot him while pursuing an armed robbery suspect
A 1-year-old boy is “fighting for his life” and struggling to breathe on his own after being shot in the head by Houston police, the…
Continue Reading A small plane crashes into a car on a Florida road leaving three dead, including a child
Three people died, including a child who passed away at a hospital, after a single-engine plane crashed into a car on a Florida road, officials said…
Continue Reading A man with autism asks future employers to ‘take a chance on me’ in a heartfelt, handwritten viral letter
A soon-to-be high school graduate started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. Ryan Lowry…
Continue Reading Loyola’s good luck charm Sister Jean gets her March Madness ticket after being vaccinated
In a sign that one small part of March Madness is inching back to normalcy, Chicago’s favorite basketball-loving nun will soon be in the…
Continue Reading Jesuits commit $100 million to the descendants of people the order once enslaved
In 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to pay off the university’s debts. Many of them baptized Catholic,…
Continue Reading After a stranger helped her dad score a vaccine, here’s how she’s paying it forward
Vivi Zayas remembers how relieved she felt when a woman she’d never met helped her dad sign up for a coronavirus vaccine. That moment marked…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama says it ‘wasn’t a complete surprise’ to hear Meghan talk of racism in the royal family
For many people of color, hearing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly…
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College applications in pandemic year show deepening inequities in access to higher education
Applying to college is stressful in normal times, but this year, students felt the extra stress of having to deal with pandemic-related restrictions…
Continue Reading Anyone in Oklahoma can now get the Covid-19 vaccine, thanks to several Native tribes
Any resident of Oklahoma can now get the Covid-19 vaccine — but it’s not because of the state’s health department. Instead,…
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Michelle Obama says it ‘wasn’t a complete surprise’ to hear Meghan Markle talk of racism in the royal family
For many people of color, hearing Meghan Markle speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly surprising. And one of…
Continue Reading Previously unknown bacteria discovered on the space station could help grow plants
After serving as a home away from home for astronauts over the last 20 years, the International Space Station has become the host for unique…
Continue Reading Hometown hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg honored with bronze statue in Brooklyn
A larger-than-life bronze statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on display in her hometown of Brooklyn. The 7-foot-tall,…
Continue Reading New climate pledges ‘far short’ of meeting Paris Agreement goals, UN warns
The planet is on “red alert” because governments are failing to meet their climate change goals, the United Nations Secretary-General…
Continue Reading The slowing down of ocean currents could have a devastating effect on our climate
Remember the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which a catastrophic series of global disasters strike after climate change causes the…
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