Baby heads home after nearly 700 days in hospital
Francesca Garnetti (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — A Michigan baby is now home with her family after a hospital stay that lasted 694 days. Valentina Garnetti was diagnosed in utero with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — a condition
Off-duty Pentagon police officer charged with murder for allegedly killing two
mbbirdy/iStock (TAKOMA PARK, Md.) — David Hall Dixon, a Pentagon Force Protection Agency police officer who was off duty at the time of a fatal shooting in Maryland, has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing
Capitol riot defendant claims he was attacked by DC jail guards, lawyer says
FILE photo – Dennis Swanson – Studio 101 West Photography/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A Pennsylvania man charged with assaulting officers at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection says he was brutally beaten by two guards at
Medical witnesses clash with defense over George Floyd's death
imaginima/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — Medical personnel from various backgrounds have testified in Derek Chauvin’s trial, often painting a grave picture of George Floyd’s final moments. Paramedics found Floyd had no pulse upon arriving at the scene, and a
Some states work to expand voting rights for people with felony convictions
vesperstock/iStock (NEW YORK) — For Tarra Simmons, a representative in the Washington legislature, Wednesday was a “full-circle moment.” After initially failing in 2020, Gov. Jay Inslee restored voting rights to more than 20,000 people with felony convictions
More than 30 million people on alert for severe weather
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new storm will move into the Gulf Coast states Friday with the second-highest alert risk possible for damaging straight-line winds and tornadoes. States that are in the bullseye Friday are Mississippi,
Civil rights leader Ben Jealous endorses Jennifer Carroll Foy in Virginia governor race
Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Ben Jealous, a prominent civil rights leader who helmed the NAACP for five years, is endorsing Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy in the race to be Virginia’s next
What to know about expected but rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases
RyanKing999/iStock (NEW YORK) — With one in four adults in the United States now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, health departments and scientific studies have documented what’s known as “breakthrough” cases, or people who got infected or sick
Scoreboard roundup — 4/8/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 7, Baltimore 3 Chi White Sox 6, Kansas City 0 Minnesota 10, Seattle 2 LA Angels 7, Toronto 5
Britain's Prince Philip dies at age 99
Tim Graham/Getty Images (LONDON) — Britain’s Prince Philip, a stalwart supporter of his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, for over seven decades, died Friday. He was 99. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces