A Washington state father is pressing for answers about the investigation into his 18-year-old daughter’s on-campus death at a California university earlier this year. Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious outside a dorm on the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara Feb. 14 after apparently falling from a breezeway. She died days later. … Read more
The dashing dachshunds descended upon Budapest in an attempt to fetch the record for the largest single-breed dog walk. Source link
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Two women were shot on the campus of a Southern California technical college Friday and taken to the hospital, authorities said. Mayor James Butts of Inglewood said the shooting occurred around 4 p.m. on the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Campus. Speaking on KABC-TV, Butts said the suspect was at still … Read more
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively. “You can see some of these … Read more
A Connecticut man is charged with murder with special circumstances after allegedly beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat, officials said. Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., 52, is also charged with criminal attempt to commit murder after allegedly trying to kill his 16-year-old daughter, officials said. The incident occurred Thursday at a home … Read more
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” The policy change would force vaccines, in order to be approved for human use, to undergo studies in which half of individuals in a study receive … Read more
One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding the death of Read’s boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022. Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, … Read more
After Kevin De Bruyne rolled back the years with a match-winning performance to see Man City past Wolves on Friday Night Football, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards had different viewpoints on whether the Belgian should have been kept on at the Etihad for another year. Last month, De Bruyne announced he would be leaving the … Read more
SpaceX is shooting for Mars, with Elon Musk’s rocket company racing to bring humanity closer to being a multi-planetary species. Back here on Earth, the leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is hoping his company gets a chance to start a government of its own in Texas. Starbase is where SpaceX … Read more
The U.S. Army is weighing plans for a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., this June that would involve some 6,600 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps, according to several people familiar with the planning effort. The June 14 parade, if approved, would coincide with and be part of … Read more
