Boy, 10, finds bodies of family, including 3 brothers, who died ‘violently’ in at-home murder-suicide A dad gunned down his wife and three of their sons inside their suburban Oklahoma City home before turning the gun on himself, cops say. 04/23/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
Brother and sister aged 5 and 8 killed after suspected drunk driver crashes into building hosting birthday party An unnamed 66-year-old woman was driving the car, authorities said. She has been taken into police custody on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death. The sheriff’s office ... 04/21/2024 - 3:40 am | View Link
5-year-old dead after what police are calling an accidental shooting in Kansas City HIS MOTHER SAYS HE GOT AHOLD OF A GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF. KMBC NINE’S MATT ... was taken by a family member in a private vehicle for help. That boy was pronounced dead at an area ... 04/17/2024 - 7:11 pm | View Link
13-year-old girl charged in shooting of 11-year-old brother in Brooklyn, police sources say A thirteen-year-old girl from Brooklyn has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon after she allegedly accidentally shot her 11-year-old brother, police sources tell. 04/17/2024 - 11:03 am | View Link
Former assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot ... 04/8/2024 - 2:27 pm | View Link
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition. In fact, we believe it’s flawed and magical thinking, either vaguely crazy or downright stupid.
Israel’s war in Gaza has roiled college campuses across America, as students have set up encampments and rallied against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, sparking free speech debates and creating sharp divisions with members of government, alumni, donors, other students, and some faculty amid accusations of antisemitism.
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Emerging as one of the most prominent and controversial figureheads of the opposition to pro-Palestinian protesters is Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who is Jewish and Israeli American and has recently found himself barred from parts of Columbia’s New York campus amid the latest flareup in tensions.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
A white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.
The U. S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergency situations under a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat patients with life-threatening conditions.
The case marks the second abortion-related challenge to come before the Justices this term, following the Court’s decision in Dobbs v.