Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as source of a diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak
Officials identified lettuce served by Taco Bell in five U.S. states as a source of the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
Ghost gun company ordered to pay $100M in the death of a Kentucky teen in historic verdict
A Kentucky jury awarded $104.2 million against Husky Armory LLC for selling a ghost gun kit to an 18-year-old who used it to end his life.
An NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, safety board says
The remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people.
Today in History: July 17, Russian Czar and his family executed
Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?
America has tried permanent daylight saving time before, most recently in the 1970s, and it didn’t last.
Today in History: July 14, ‘Billy the Kid’ shot and killed
Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico.
Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never made it into space.
Today in History: July 13, ‘Railroad Killer’ surrenders in Texas
Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer” responsible for the deaths at least nine people, surrendered in El Paso, Texas. He was convicted of capital murder in a…
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies at 78, his family says
By MARK KENNEDY and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged…
Lindsey Graham remembered for a vision of American foreign policy that’s fading in Washington
By GEIR MOULSON NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend, partner and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties on Sunday, praising a politician who…