We have an update in the case of the missing Glee Star Naya Rivera. Search teams have recovered a body at Lake Piru, the last place Rivera was seen, and have identified the body as hers. The actress disappeared last week after she rented a pontoon boat for her and her 4-year-old son. Once the boat was overdue on time, crews…
In continuing coverage, the Supreme Court voted in a 5-4 vote to approve the execution of federal prisoner Daniel Lewis Lee. Lee will be the first federal prisoner to be executed in 17 years. He is a convicted murderer who killed a family of three and then dumped their bodies in a lake. Lee was scheduled to be executed Monday…
In one of the closets elections in Poland’s history, conservative President Andrzej Duda will continue to serve another term. Poland’s State Electoral Commission made the announcement Monday morning. Duda won the election with 51% of the votes. And Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trazkowski was just behind Duda with 49% of the votes. The election was originally planned for May, but…
The coronavirus is now responsible for more than 135,000 deaths in the U.S. And across the nation, the number of confirmed cases is quickly approaching 3 million. Florida hit a new single-day record, reporting about 15,000 cases. That beat out New York’s single-day record of about 12,000 when the state was a hot spot in the beginning of the pandemic….
This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue new guidelines for reopening schools. Education Secretary Betsy Devos believes schools should reopen this fall, even with COVID-19 cases surging across the country. “Kids need to be in school. They need to be learning. They need to be moving ahead. We cannot be paralyzed and not allow…
The first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years is planned to happen in Indiana on Monday. Daniel Lewis Lee is the convicted killer facing execution. He is a white supremacist who killed a family of three and then dumped their bodies in a lake. The victims’ family filed a petition to delay the execution because they wanted to…
Nearly 40 states are now reporting increases in average new COVID-19 cases compared to two weeks ago. Texas, Florida, Arizona and California are still the country’s coronavirus hotspots. In Arizona, about one in every four tests comes back positive. The state says only about 150 ICU beds are left and supplies are running out. And Florida hit its biggest 24-hour…
There’s finally some answers in a years-long battle over the release of President Trump’s tax returns and financial records. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the president can block the release of his records to Congress, returning the case back to the lower courts. But in another case, the Supreme Court upheld New York prosecutors’ demand for President Trump’s tax…
President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is back in federal prison. He was granted at-home confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Authorities say he was sent back to prison because he refused the conditions of his at home confinement. Like wearing an ankle monitor. But Cohen’s lawyer says he never refused to wear an ankle monitor and says he only…
Worldwide, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has hit the 12 million mark. And the U.S. continues to lead, surpassing the 3 million mark. Southern states—including Florida, Texas and Arizona—have increasing concerns about intensive care unit capacity. And even more states are rolling back their reopening plans. In New Orleans, the mayor announced plans to ban bar seating. And in Florida’s…
