Flowers are seen placed around portraits of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian Arctic prison, at a makeshift memorial in front of the former Russian consulate in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Feb. 20, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kremlin officials rejected on Tuesday a call for […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on Feb. 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Over the last few weeks, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the […]
James Gilbert/Getty Images (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — After being delayed a day due to weather, a victor has been crowned at the Daytona 500. William Byron crossed the finish line Monday at the Daytona International Speedway while under a caution flag to snatch the win, breaking Hendrick Motorsports’ losing streak at the iconic NASCAR event. […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. conducted what it called self-defense strikes on five targets in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen after the Houthis employed an unmanned submarine for the first time since attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden began, the Pentagon said. The submarine, an unmanned underwater vessel, or UUV, shows […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A flood watch remains in effect Tuesday across California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, as a powerful storm continues to unleash rain, snow and wind on much of the West Coast. The south-central California counties of Santa Barabara and Ventura have seen the most […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEAnaheim 4, Buffalo 3Toronto 4, St. Louis 2Boston 4 Dallas 3 (SO)Minnesota 10, Vancouver 7Detroit 4 Seattle 3 (OT)Calgary 6, Winnipeg 3Vegas 4, San Jose 0Edmonton 6, Arizona 3Carolina 6, Chicago 3Ottawa 4, Tampa Bay 2 TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALLHouston 73, Iowa […]
Paramount Pictures Bob Marley: One Love topped the domestic box office, grabbing $28.6 million between Friday and Sunday, and an estimated $34.1 million through Monday. The biopic, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary reggae artist, which opened on Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, is expected to bring in $52 million in its first six days of release. […]
On this day in Black history, February 20: — In 1874, the Texas Senate confirmed the election of Walter Moses Burton, the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. — In 1900, John F. Pickering of Gonaives, Haiti, was granted a patent for his improved version of the airship, which later became known as the blimp. — In […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A group of cyclists saved a fellow rider’s life by fighting off a cougar that attacked her over the holiday weekend on a suburban Seattle trail, according to authorities. The scary wildlife-human encounter happened Saturday near Fall City, Washington, about 25 miles southeast of Seattle and left the 60-year-old […]
This series of images compares the desert basin before flooding (left) with its more-waterlogged state following each major storm. In both August 2023 (middle) and February 2024 (right), a shallow lake several kilometers across fills in the low-lying salt flat. CREDIT: NASA Earth Observatory (NEW YORK) — An ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley […]
