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Trevor Reed’s parents to David Muir: ‘He looked horrible…we started crying’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Trevor Reed’s time inside a Russian prison may be over, but his parents said they are still concerned about his well-being and his long road to recovery. Hours after [Read More…]

High schooler accepted into 72 colleges shares advice for other students
Courtesy of Ja’Leaha Thornton (BELLE GLADE, Fla.) — A Florida teen is celebrating and sharing her advice for other students after getting accepted to not just one or even 10 colleges, but 72 of them. [Read More…]

‘Unprecedented’ water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Unprecedented restrictions have been ordered for millions of residents in Southern California as the megadrought in the region persists and continues to intensify. About 6 million [Read More…]

College softball player is 3rd female student-athlete to die in recent weeks
James Madison University (NEW YORK) — A college softball star from James Madison University has died at the age of 20, the university announced Tuesday. Her death marks the third of a female college athlete [Read More…]

Oklahoma governor signs ban on nonbinary gender markers
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday that bans the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates. It’s the first ban of its kind [Read More…]

McCarthy defends himself to Republicans after leaked Jan. 6 recordings
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday rallied behind Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as he defended himself over audio recordings surfaced of him blaming former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 riot [Read More…]

Protesters shut down city meeting demanding justice for Patrick Lyoya
Scott Olson/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Protesters shut down a Grand Rapids City Commission meeting on Tuesday, demanding justice for Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a Michigan police officer earlier this [Read More…]

Grand jury investigating Donald Trump for criminal conduct will come to an end: Sources
Eli Hiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A special grand jury that had been hearing evidence in the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump expires at the end of the week and [Read More…]

FBI joins investigation into slain couple as fear grips New Hampshire town
Concord Police Department (CONCORD, N.H.) — The FBI has joined the investigation into the fatal shootings of a retired couple whose bodies were found last week on a hiking trail near their New Hampshire home, [Read More…]

Minneapolis Police Department engaged in racial discrimination, state says
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Following an almost two-year investigation, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found that the city of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of race [Read More…]

Suspects identified in planned kidnapping of 3-month-old
San Jose Police Dept. (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A 3-month-old baby boy was found safe and in good condition Tuesday, one day after he was taken from his Northern California home in what police believe [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden to visit facility that manufactures Javelin anti-tank missiles
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]

Pete Davidson’s new series ‘Bupkis’ headed to Peacock
Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Pete Davidson‘s staying with the Peacock. The Saturday Night Live star’s new TV project, the comedy Bupkis, has gotten a full-series order from the streaming service. As reported, the show aims to [Read More…]

Courtney B. Vance hopes his new legal drama series ’61st Street,’ continues the conversation on police reform
George Burns/AMC In the new AMC drama series, 61st Street, Courtney B. Vance stars as Franklin Roberts, a lawyer working to prevent Tosin Cole‘s character, Moses Johnson, from becoming a victim of Chicago’s infamously corrupt [Read More…]

Archegos founder Bill Hwang charged in massive stock market fraud
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday announced criminal charges against the founder of a private investment firm and its chief financial officer for alleged “manipulative trading” and “deceptive [Read More…]

Parents of kids under 5 fed up with lack of FDA action on a vaccine
Courtesy Emmie Fital (NEW YORK) — Parents eager to vaccinate their toddlers and preschoolers last fall were told a COVID shot for the youngest age group was on its way, with data expected by the [Read More…]

New research reveals sleep disorder may be linked to Parkinson’s
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New research on the connection between sleep and Parkinson’s disease is being hailed as a “first step” toward curing and preventing the condition, a brain disorder that causes uncontrollable movements. [Read More…]

Biden, Obama, Clintons at funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Much of official Washington remembered former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to ever serve in that role, at her funeral Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. Albright, who [Read More…]

DHS secretary grilled on ending Title 42, preparation for immigrant influx
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced blunt questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about how the Biden administration is handling and preparing for the eventual end of pandemic-justified border restrictions that [Read More…]

Ukraine war not discussed in Reed prisoner swap with Russia, US officials say
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and Russian officials have been negotiating the prisoner swap for Trevor Reed for months, according to senior administration officials Wednesday, with talks intensifying in recent weeks amid [Read More…]