At least two people are dead and a dozen others wounded or injured after numerous people were shot and some hit by vehicles early Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, reports CBS affiliate WBTV. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it all started with a call about a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. When officers arrived,…
A Northeast Philadelphia native was among three people stabbed to death Saturday evening during an attack at a park in Southern England that is being investigated as a “terrorist incident.” Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, grew up on Brous Avenue in Mayfair but moved to England about 15 years ago, his father, Robert Ritchie, said. Ritchie said…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption It has not been announced what will happen to the statue A bronze statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt is to be removed amid an ongoing backlash against symbols of racial bias and imperialism.The statue outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York shows Roosevelt on…
President Trump and several staff members stood backstage and gazed at the empty Bank of Oklahoma Center in horror.Mr. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had canceled plans at the last minute to speak at an outdoor overflow rally that was almost entirely empty, despite claims of nearly one million people registering for tickets to…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption South Korea seemed to have a grip on the virus Health officials in South Korea believe the country is going through a second wave of coronavirus, despite recording relatively low numbers.The country had been a success story in dealing with Covid-19, but now expects the pandemic to continue for…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…