STEVE PARSONS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who welcomed a son Monday, are now new parents facing the same question many new parents face: How much maternity leave and paternity leave will they take? Both Meghan and Harry, as members of Britain’s royal family, are in the fortunate …
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May 07
More than 40 million Americans at risk of severe weather
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The 110 reports of severe weather on Monday, mostly from Kansas, included three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and straight-line winds of 80 mph. Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in Kansas, where the town of Chanute saw almost 4.7 inches of rain, a daily record for May 6, requiring several homes be …
May 07
Cold case solved nearly 50 years after woman’s murder, police say
Terre Haute Police Department(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) — Investigators said they’ve solved a decades-old cold case murder of an Indiana college student thanks to new DNA testing and genealogy technology. Police have identified Jeffrey Lynn Hand as the possible killer of Pamela Milam, a 19-year-old Indiana State University commuter student who was found bound and gagged …
May 07
Minneapolis girl, 11, hit by car after getting off school bus
jetcityimage/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS) — A young Minneapolis girl was in critical condition on Monday after she was hit by a car while exiting her school bus. Shianne Dean, an 11-year-old student at Stonebridge World School in southern Minneapolis, was getting off her school bus on Friday afternoon when a driver slammed into her, leaving her in critical …
May 07
‘I’m terrified for Maleah,’ says mom of missing Texas 4-year-old
Houston Police(HOUSTON) — As volunteers passed out missing person fliers and helped Texas police search for her 4-year-old daughter, Brittany Bowens broke down in tears Monday as she expressed her darkest fears for the little girl who recently underwent brain surgery. “I’m terrified for Maleah,” Bowens said of her daughter, in an interview with ABC …
May 06
Inmate gave birth ‘alone in an isolation cell’ hours after asking for a doctor
Google Maps Street View 2018(POMPANO BEACH, Fla.) — A woman with mental illness gave birth in an isolated jail cell hours after she asked jail officials for help, in a case that is now being investigated. Tammy Jackson was taken into custody on March 27 and being held in the North Broward Bureau, a minimum …
May 06
New dad Prince Harry ‘incredibly proud’ of his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Prince Harry is now a first-time dad and he gushed not only about his son, but about his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. “I’m so incredibly proud of my wife,” Harry, 34, said Monday in brief remarks made outside of Frogmore Cottage, the Windsor home where he and Meghan will …
May 06
Police officer gunned down outside Mississippi station was planning to retire: Chief
Gulfport Police Department(BILOXI, Miss.) — An on-duty police officer killed in an ambush shooting outside the Biloxi, Mississippi, police headquarters was planning to retire at the end of this year, officials said Monday. Officer Robert McKeithen, a veteran of the Biloxi Police Department, was shot multiple times late Sunday by a suspect who escaped, said …
May 06
Cause of Moscow passenger jet crash that killed 41, including an American, under investigation
Xinhua/Sergei via Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian investigators said Monday they had located the flight recorders of a passenger jet that crash-landed on a Moscow runway a day earlier as investigators sought to establish the cause and the State Department confirmed an American was among the 41 people killed. The Aeroflot flight carrying 78 people was …
May 06
The ‘Queen of Raw’ is working to make the fashion industry more sustainable
Chelnok/iStock(NEW YORK) — She’s known as the “Queen of Raw,” and she’s on a mission to make the world a less wasteful place. Entrepreneur Stephanie Benedetto, whose family has been in the fashion and textiles business for more than 100 years, aims to make the fashion industry more sustainable for future generations by fighting a …
