President Joe Biden became the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Biden released a statement commemorating the 106th anniversary of the massacre, threatening a schism with longtime regional ally and NATO member Turkey. The step fulfills Biden’s campaign promise to use the term “genocide” to describe
Seven North Carolina deputies have been placed on administrative leave after the deadly shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. A North Carolina sheriff will ask a court to release body camera footage of the police shooting. Brown was killed as deputies were attempting to issue an arrest warrant on federal drug offenses. Deputies fired bullets at
Caitlyn Jenner is officially running for governor of California. Jenner announced the news on Twitter on Friday morning. I’m in! California is worth fighting for. Visit https://t.co/a1SfOAMZQ3 to follow or donate today. #RecallNewsom pic.twitter.com/9yCck3KK4D — Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) April 23, 2021 She mentioned that she has submitted her initial paperwork and that her campaign website
On Wednesday, NASA hit a milestone in the history of our universe extracting oxygen from carbon dioxide on Mars for the first time. The test took place on a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard the Perseverance rover called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) on April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since
After less than a day of deliberation, jurors in the trial of former Derek Chauvin have reached a decision, with a statement expected soon on whether the former Minneapolis Police officer will be guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all 3 charges. Charges
The whole world saw record numbers this week as COVID-19 cases were the most this week than any other week since the pandemic started. More than 5.2 million new cases were recorded last week. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that COVID-19 outbreaks have been increasing at an unprecedented pace for eight weeks as
On Monday, NASA was successful in flying its four-pound helicopter from the surface of Mars. At around 3:30 a.m., the twin carbon-fiber rotor blades started rotating furiously, and the Ingenuity chopper flew off the surface of Mars, reaching an altitude of about 10 miles, where it hovered, rotated, and landed gently in a 30-second autonomous
According Austin-Travis County EMS, three people were pronounced dead at the site of a shooting in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. UPDATE: Active Attack incident in the 9600 blk of Great Hills Trl; To this point #ATCEMSMedics have obtained Deceased On Scene pronouncements of 3 adult patients. This is still an active scene, please continue to
Incarcerated Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been on a hunger strike for three weeks, criticizing the lack of medical care he has received while imprisoned. His doctor is now concerned that he will die soon. Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokesperson, said the 44-year-old politician is in poor health and has lost feeling in his arms
A man was killed and a woman was wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a Nebraska shopping mall on Saturday, according to police. At noon, Omaha police officers rushed to news of shots fired at the Westroads Mall, where they discovered a man with bullet wounds outside a JCPenny on the first floor. According
The deadly mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis this week shook the area’s Sikh culture, which lost four members in the gruesome attack. A former FedEx employee opened fire at a facility near Indianapolis’ main airport before taking his own life Thursday night, killing eight people and injuring many others. Investigators are
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) named the gunman in a shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility as Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of Indiana, during a press conference on Friday afternoon. Hole was also a former FedEx employee, according to police. The Marion County Coroner’s Office was still operating Friday afternoon to locate the victims
