California, U.S. – The death toll from a small plane crash in Fullerton, California, has risen to two, with 18 others injured, the Fullerton Police Department confirmed. The crash occurred near Fullerton Municipal Airport on Thursday, when the plane struck a building, sparking a fire. Authorities reported that emergency responders rushed to the scene shortly…
Amsterdam, Netherlands – A malaria vaccine being developed by the Gates Foundation-backed Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands is drawing growing concern due to its innovative and controversial use of genetically modified mosquitoes as “flying syringes” to deliver live-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum parasites to humans. While the initiative aims to combat malaria, questions are being…
New Orleans, U.S. – Two violent incidents rocked the United States on New Year’s Day, with a former US Army veteran driving a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans and engaging in a deadly firefight with police, while an active-duty Green Beret died in an explosion involving a Tesla Cybertruck near a Trump…
Texas, U.S. – Private school choice advocates are gearing up for a pivotal moment in 2025, with Texas poised to become the last major Republican stronghold to embrace their movement. If successful, the victory in Texas would mark a significant milestone for school choice advocates, but it also presents a formidable new challenge: expanding their…
Photojournalist Ted Soqui’s visual recap of the year in Los Angeles. The climate dominated most of what I decided to photograph in 2024. People are always my favorite subjects, and they make the best images. The power of protest was another subject I photographed, often to the point of exhausting the batteries in my cameras. This…
