NYC gets $25M for e-bike charging stations, seeking to prevent deadly battery fires
JR – June 25, 2023
New York City is receiving $25 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish scores of...
Read MoreUS Navy: Hefty salvage system not required in probe of fatal Titan implosion
JR – June 25, 2023
The U.S. Navy said Sunday it won’t be using a large piece of salvage equipment it had deployed to the...
Read MoreAt International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin
JR – June 25, 2023
The International African American Museum will soon open in Charleston, South Carolina, at one of the country’s most historically significant...
Read MoreIn post-Roe era, House Republicans begin quiet push for new restrictions on abortion access
JR – June 25, 2023
House Republicans are pushing new restrictions on abortion access and trying to build on the work of activists whose strategy...
Read MoreWhen wealthy adventurers take huge risks, who should foot the bill for rescue attempts?
JR – June 25, 2023
In recent days, the massive hunt for a submersible vehicle lost during a north Atlantic descent to explore the wreckage...
Read MoreAs fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank
JR – June 25, 2023
U.S. states are facing a myriad of hurdles as they experiment with programs to eventually replace the motor fuel taxes...
Read MoreLGBTQ+ Pride revelers flash feathers and flags in the streets from New York to San Francisco
JR – June 25, 2023
LGBTQ+ revelers and allies are partying coast to coast for the premiere weekend of Pride Month.
Read MoreA bridge over Yellowstone River collapses, sending a freight train into the waters below
JR – June 24, 2023
A bridge that crosses Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed overnight, causing portions of a freight train that was traveling over...
Read MoreOne year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
JR – June 24, 2023
Activists and politicians are lauding and bashing the Supreme Court ruling one year ago that led to massive changes in...
Read MoreMix of bravado and access to guns contribute to mass shootings by teens in St. Louis, other cities
JR – June 24, 2023
Recent high-profile mass shootings by young people underscore the deadly mix of teenage bravado, immaturity and growing access to high-powered...
Read MoreNative Hawaiian drag queens in Las Vegas showcase islands’ gender-fluid heritage
JR – June 24, 2023
The concept of gender-fluidity -- or “mahu” -- has existed in Hawaii for hundreds of years and is the hallmark...
Read MoreKansas’ attorney general is moving to block trans people from changing their birth certificates
JR – June 24, 2023
Kansas’ conservative Republican attorney general is moving to prevent transgender people born in the state from changing their birth certificates...
Read MoreFollow the timeline of the Titan submersible’s journey from departure to discovery
JR – June 24, 2023
The wrecks of the Titanic and the Titan sit on the ocean floor, separated by 1,600 feet and 111 years...
Read MorePrevious passengers recall ill-fated Titan: ‘I 100% knew this was going to happen’
JR – June 24, 2023
Talk to someone who went on previous trips on the Titan submersible and they’re likely to mention a technology glitch.
Read MoreUS and Canada start the process of determining how the Titanic-bound submersible imploded
JR – June 24, 2023
Authorities from the U.S. and Canada have begun the process of investigating the cause of the fatal Titan submersible implosion...
Read MoreYNW Melly on trial: Text messages show conflict, request for gun, prosecutor says
JR – June 23, 2023
Text messages recovered from a cell phone that prosecutors said belonged to Florida rapper YNW Melly show there was a...
Read MoreH. Lee Sarokin, judge who freed ‘Hurricane’ Carter, dies at 94
JR – June 23, 2023
A federal judge who freed boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and famously said tobacco companies engaged in a “vast” conspiracy to...
Read MoreFlorida’s law targeting drag shows is on hold under federal judge’s order
JR – June 23, 2023
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Florida law targeting drag shows that was championed by Republican Gov. Ron...
Read MoreWhat role will liability waivers play in the aftermath of the Titan sub tragedy?
JR – June 23, 2023
The five passengers on the fatal submersible trip to the Titanic wreckage site were likely asked to sign liability waivers.
Read MoreJudge rejects transgender plaintiffs’ bid to change their birth certificates in Tennessee
JR – June 23, 2023
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Tennessee-born transgender plaintiffs who want to change the...
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