On this day in Black history, February 21: — In 1961, inventor Otis Boykin patented the electric resistor, which enabled the regulation of electrical current within a circuit and aided in the development of today’s technology, such as televisions and smartphones. Boykin is also responsible for the 1964 creation of a control unit for pacemakers, a small […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUELos Angeles 5, Columbus 1Washington 6, New Jersey 2Florida 3, Ottawa 2 (OT)NY Rangers 3, Dallas 1NY Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4 (OT)Winnipeg 6, Minnesota 3Colorado 3, Vancouver 1Nashville 5, Vegas 3 TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALLSaint Mary’s (Cal.) 70, San Francisco 66Creighton 85, […]
CREDIT: Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A student at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs has been arrested for allegedly killing his roommate and a young woman in a double homicide in a dorm room, according to officials. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is facing two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his […]
belterz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” for the death of Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby. “Whatever story the Russian government decides to tell the world, […]
seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images (ST. GEORGE, Utah) — YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, who pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse of two of her children, was sentenced Tuesday to four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison. The amount of time Franke spends in jail will be up to the Utah […]
Isaac Brekken/Getty Images, STOCK (WASHINGTON) — An American MQ-9 Reaper flying near Yemen has been shot down by Houthi militants, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News and the Pentagon later said on Tuesday. The Houthis said they had targeted the Reaper as well as two American ships in the Gulf of Aden in a […]
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MERRIMAC, Va.) — A 20-year-old Virginia Tech student has been reported missing after he vanished days ago, according to the university. Johnny Roop, a senior at the school’s business college, was last seen on Friday at his apartment complex in Merrimac in Montgomery County, just south of the Virginia Tech campus, […]
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas is building a new military base for National Guard members deployed to the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas — where state and federal authorities have been in a tense conflict over dealing with immigration — Gov. Greg Abbott said. At a news […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four days after a judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $354 million in his civil fraud case, New York Attorney General Letitia James told ABC News that she is prepared to seize the former president’s assets if he is unable to find the cash to cover […]
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a South Carolina speech Tuesday where former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed to stay in the 2024 Republican primary race, she grew emotional speaking about her husband — recently the subject of jabs from former President Donald Trump — who is deployed to Africa with the South Carolina Army […]
