Author: Gesi Lloyd

A shooting near Seapark Apartments left eight people wounded, including four children, just an hour after a Fourth of July fireworks display. A festive Fourth of July night in Brooklyn turned violent late Saturday when gunfire erupted in Coney Island, leaving eight people wounded, four of them children. Gunfire follows a night of fireworks Police say the shooting happened around 10.37 p.m. on the 2900 block of West 31st Street, near the Seapark Apartments, roughly an hour after a fireworks display in the area marking the nation’s 250th anniversary. The New York Police Department said officers responded to reports of…

A knee injury from her singles return kept Serena from joining Venus on court, ending one of Wimbledon’s most anticipated reunions before it began. Serena Williams will not take the court with her sister Venus at Wimbledon after all, withdrawing from their first round doubles match Saturday because of a knee injury that never fully healed in time. An injury that started days earlier The trouble began during Serena’s singles return on Tuesday, when the 44 year old twisted her knee in the first set of a marathon loss to 20 year old Maya Joint of Australia. Williams fought through…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore used his Fourth of July address in Annapolis to push Americans toward a more searching version of patriotism, one that weighs the cost of war alongside the celebration of freedom. Rather than treating the country’s 250th anniversary as simply another year to mark with fireworks and parades, Moore framed the milestone as an opportunity for the country to look inward. Questioning how the country goes to war A central part of Moore’s message focused on how the United States enters and exits military conflicts. He argued that launching a war without a clear purpose does not…

Independence Day falls on a Saturday this year, and for Costco shoppers that means one thing. The warehouse giant will not open its doors Today, July 4. Anyone hoping to grab last minute ribs, potato salad or popsicles will need to make that run before the holiday arrives. Costco stays open with regular hours on Friday, July 3, giving shoppers a narrow window to stock up before the long weekend begins. By Today, every location shuts down nationwide, from Chicago to Pittsburgh to the 20 Costco warehouses scattered across Arizona. A pattern that repeats every year The closure is not…

Washington had planned a party for the ages. Instead, the nation’s capital spent its 250th birthday weekend fighting off heat exhaustion. More than 165 million people across the East Coast and Midwest baked under record temperatures on Friday, according to the National Weather Service, forcing organizers in multiple cities to scrap or delay events built around the Fourth of July. The disruption hit hardest in Washington, where the Great American State Fair on the National Mall shut down for several hours after multiple attendees needed treatment for heat related illness. Fair organizers reopened the grounds by early evening once conditions…

The most decorated tennis player of her generation is returning to the place where she built much of her legend. Serena Williams, 44, has been granted a wild card into both the singles and doubles draws at Wimbledon 2026, marking her first Grand Slam appearance since leaving the sport following a third-round defeat at the 2022 U.S. Open. Her first singles match comes Tuesday against Maya Joint, a 20-year-old Australian ranked 53rd in the world and playing in just her second main draw at the All England Club. Williams, a seven-time singles champion at Wimbledon, has not played a Grand…

At least four people were killed across Kentucky on Saturday after heavy rains pushed rivers over their banks, swallowed roads, and sent floodwaters rushing into homes. Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Kentucky and urged residents to stay off the roads as rescue teams worked through the afternoon and into the night across multiple counties. Three of the deaths occurred in Madison County, near Lexington, Kentucky. Two people, a man and a woman, drowned in the basement of a home that was already fully submerged by the time police and fire officials arrived. Rescue teams forced their…

SpaceX had one of the most turbulent stock debuts in recent memory, and the volatility is far from over. After pricing its initial public offering at $135 per share earlier this month in what became the largest IPO in history, the stock rocketed 67% to an intraday high of $225.64 on June 16 before pulling back sharply. By Friday, shares had settled at $153.23, still well above the offering price but well below the peak, leaving investors to debate whether what remains is a bargain or a warning. The company raised $75 billion in the offering, targeting a valuation of…

Three days after two devastating earthquakes struck northern Venezuela in rapid succession, the search for survivors is growing more desperate by the hour, and the window to find them alive is narrowing fast. The death toll has climbed to at least 920, with more than 3,360 people injured, according to government officials. Scores more remain unaccounted for, buried under the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings, shopping centers and homes across the country’s northern coast. Authorities say at least 172 people are still believed to be trapped. The twin quakes struck on Wednesday. The second, measured at a magnitude of 7.5,…

With November’s midterm elections drawing closer, a handful of Democratic-led states are not waiting to see what the Trump administration does next. They are already rewriting their laws. Five states, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Washington, have each passed legislation in recent months designed to limit federal access to voting systems, voter rolls, and polling locations. The push, tracked by the Voting Rights Lab and confirmed through additional research, reflects a growing alarm among Democratic lawmakers that the federal government may attempt to disrupt or reshape how their states conduct elections this fall. The moves come as President Donald Trump…