As Cheddar News observes Pride Month, we're highlighting Seamus Kirst, author of Dad and Daddy's Big Family. The book celebrates diversity within a families and according to Kirst, he was driven to write this book because of varying family dynamics and the need to allow others to see themselves. "I think it just so nice to be able to put books out that really just, matter of fact, have two dads because I don't remember reading a single book that had same-sex parents when I was a kid even though Heather Has Two Mommies and books like that did exist. I don't remember reading them in school or at a story time," he said.
Authorities are investigating an explosion at a home in Arlington, Virginia where police were attempting to serve a search warrant.
A volcanic eruption that began in Indonesia Sunday has left 11 climbers dead and at least a dozen people missing.
Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin is back in prison after being stabbed multiple times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona.
A former U.S. diplomat has been arrested and accused of being a secret Cuban spy.
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed divers found the remains of five U.S. service members in the wreckage of an Osprey aircraft that crashed off the coast of Japan last week.
Authorities say 33-year-old Jerrid Joseph Powell is due to appear in court Monday.
The Israeli military has renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks.
Three commercial ships were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen, the military said, and a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault.
A humpback whale made its presence well known in the waters of Seattle.
U.S. officials are urging consumers not to eat cantaloupe products including fruit cups due to a salmonella outbreak.
