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NYC subway shooting witness wondered after escape: ‘Is the shooter still with us?’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Kenneth Foote-Smith was on the subway when a gunman detonated a smoke canister, sending commuters into panic. He saw women screaming and “banging on the door,” and a man trying [Read More…]
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NYC police search for gunman in Brooklyn subway shooting
Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City police are still hunting on Wednesday morning for a gunman who opened fire on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn. The shooting unfolded [Read More…]
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Suffolk County police release evidence from unsolved Gilgo Beach murders
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Authorities in Suffolk County, New York, on Tuesday released video evidence from the unsolved Gilgo Beach murders, showing the last known surveillance of Megan Waterman, one of the victims. Suffolk [Read More…]
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NYC subway shooting updates: Police name person of interest in investigation
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City Police Department has announced a person of interest in connection with Tuesday morning’s subway shooting in Brooklyn. Investigators said they are looking for [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia says 1,026 Ukrainians surrendered in Mariupol
Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian troops invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
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Tens of thousands feared dead in Mariupol as Russia renews assault in eastern Ukraine
Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — Tens of thousands of civilians could be dead in Mariupol, the city’s mayor said, as analysts warn that Russia is regrouping for a renewed assault on eastern [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine updates: Pro-Russian oligarch captured in Ukraine: Zelenskyy
Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian troops invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined over COVID-19 lockdown breaches
Ben Stansall-WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined in connection with the police investigation into illegal parties and gatherings held at his residence and other government premises during coronavirus-induced lockdowns, [Read More…]
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‘Our Great National Parks’ producers explain why Barack Obama was a “natural fit” to narrate docuseries
Courtesy of Netflix Need Earth Day plans? Netflix has you covered with their new docuseries Our Great National Parks. Narrated and executive produced by President Barack Obama, the new series brings you up close to nature’s greatest [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 4/12/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 5 LA Angels 4, Miami 3 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 5, Baltimore 4 [Read More…]
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Biden blames ‘Putin’s price hike,’ says gas prices shouldn’t depend on his committing ‘genocide’
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (MENLO, Iowa) — President Joe Biden traveled to Iowa on Tuesday for his first time as president to announce new efforts to bring down gas prices as the administration faces [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Opioid overdose deaths among teens have skyrocketed due to fentanyl
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Opioid overdose deaths in adolescents rose far more rapidly than the general population between 2019 and 2021, according to a new study of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More…]
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Health officials warn of ‘large’ outbreak of serious bacterial illness in Florida
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Health officials are warning Florida residents about a “large” outbreak of a potentially fatal bacterial illness known as meningococcal disease that’s primarily affecting gay and bisexual men. [Read More…]
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STDs including gonorrhea, syphilis rose during 1st year of pandemic: CDC
Prapass Pulsub/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of several sexually transmitted diseases continued to increase during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new federal report. Published by the Centers for Disease [Read More…]
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Airline mask mandate extension ‘on the table’ as traveler numbers soar
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House says extending the federal mask mandate for airlines and other forms of transportation is still possible despite urging from GOP lawmakers and transportation industry leaders to end the [Read More…]
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Russia could mask chemical weapons with riot control agents: Pentagon update Day 48
Evgen Kotenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to fight back. Here are highlights [Read More…]
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Not a “Nobody”: Bob Odenkirk to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star Monday
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Better Call Saul lead and Nobody star Bob Odenkirk will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. The comic, writer and star of AMC’s Breaking Bad and its [Read More…]
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Biden addresses New York City subway shooting investigation: ‘We’re not letting up’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden addressed the New York City subway system shooting that left at least 29 injured on Tuesday while he was in Iowa as federal authorities in [Read More…]
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Up to 50 shots fired when fight breaks out at Airbnb rental for teen’s birthday party
Timothy Abero / EyeEm /Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 23-second running gun battle in which 30 to 50 shots were fired during a teen’s birthday party at a rented Airbnb house in a suburb of [Read More…]
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NYC subway shooting updates: Cops locate U-Haul linked to suspect
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gunman donned a gas mask, detonated a smoke canister and opened fire on a New York City subway train Tuesday morning, shooting 10 people and sparking [Read More…]