Boy survives shark attack in North Carolina
A 16-year-old boy visiting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with his family is recovering from injuries suffered when he was attacked by a shark on Thursday.
Tennessee lawmakers pass fetal heartbeat abortion bill backed by governor
Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill backed by the state’s Republican governor that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Chrome users may have been impacted by giant spying campaign, report says
Google Chrome extensions downloaded more than 32 million times were used to spy on the popular browser’s users in a massive global surveillance campaign, according to a new report.
As states face critical supply shortages, they find federal help is lacking
Officials in Michigan are running 10,000 fewer coronavirus tests per day than they have the capacity for because they can’t get enough swabs.
Nevada is still the epicenter of the pandemic recession
America witnessed record jobs growth in May as the country is attempting to rebound from the pandemic recession. But job gains haven’t been spread evenly across the country.
Will a pitcher ever hit for himself again in Major League Baseball?
The designated hitter is coming to the National League. That brings up a question: Will we ever see a pitcher’s name in a lineup card again?
The Backstory: The little known story about a former slave who sued her captor and won
Henrietta Wood wanted her story told. She shared her experiences on the pages of two newspapers. Today, on Juneteenth, I wanted to make it three.
State Dept. official resigns in protest, report says
A top State Department official is resigning from her post over President Donald Trump’s response to the surge of protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the nation, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Official brought women to the US to give birth and charged families to adopt the babies
A former Arizona county assessor pleaded guilty to running an adoption fraud scheme that involved bringing pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the United States to give birth, authorities said Thursday.
Six Virginia residents sue to keep Robert E. Lee statue aloft
After dropping a lawsuit to block the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a group of Richmond, Virginia, residents on Wednesday filed a second suit with adjusted arguments, according to court documents.
A sheriff’s deputy saved a baby from choking during a Black Lives Matter protest
A video surveillance camera recorded a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy save an unresponsive baby from choking during a Black Lives Matter protest in May.
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