A Texas family of four is still missing after their boat capsized and sank off the coast of Alaska on Saturday while they were on a family vacation. The U.S. Coast Guard searched throughout the weekend for the family but suspended its search mission on Sunday evening after finding no sign of the missing four.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day. Harris said in a post on social media that Walz has “delivered for working families” as a governor, coach
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 20-year-old college student fell 400 feet to his death at Grand Canyon National Park on Wednesday, authorities said. Park rangers received a report that a visitor fell from the Grand Canyon’s rim about 400 metres west of Pipe Creek Overlook, a scenic lookout with expansive views
A massive operation to rescue victims of human trafficking and arrest offenders was carried out over the weekend at San Diego’s Comic-Con, resulting in the arrests of 14 “sex buyers” and the recovery of 10 victims, including a 16-year-old girl. The investigation was led by the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, which specifically used
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday, pointing to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle
Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past
A 36-year-old Black woman who called 911 to report someone prowling near her home was shot and killed by one of the police officers sent to help her, according to shocking body-camera footage that was released by Illinois State Police on Monday. Police officials, politicians and civil rights figures have condemned the officer’s actions as
A 26-year-old pilot has died after her plane crashed shortly after releasing a group of skydivers near Niagara Falls. Melanie Georger, 26, was the only person left on-board the small, single-engine Cessna plane when it crashed Saturday, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said. The plane crashed in Youngstown, N.Y., about 24 kilometres from Niagara Falls.After
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris won the backing of more than half the Democratic delegates she needs to become her party’s nominee and set a new fundraising record Monday in her first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, as top Democrats rallied to her in their bid to defeat Republican Donald Trump. Aiming to put
U.S. President Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign and is endorsing Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee in the November 5 presidential election. In the ensuing power vacuum, Harris has emerged as the obvious choice to face off against the Republican nominee, former president Donald Trump, but first, she will have to shore