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14-year-old girl killed, 5 other teens hurt in Buffalo shooting: Police
WKBW (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Saturday night outside a house party in Buffalo, New York, several blocks from the supermarket where a 2022 mass shooting occurred, according to police. The shooting unfolded just after 11 p.m. [Read More…]
Several injured in shooting in Long Beach, California, police say
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — About seven people were injured in a shooting in Long Beach, California, late Saturday, police said. Officers responded at about 11:15 p.m. to the area near the intersection [Read More…]
Vehicle crashes into White House gate, killing driver; Secret Service says ‘no threat’
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A vehicle traveling “at a high rate of speed” crashed into a gate at the White House complex late Saturday, killing the driver, a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson [Read More…]
Mayor Eric Adams defends NYPD response to campus protests
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended the police crackdown on campus protests there, which have become the epicenter of demonstrations around the country against the Israel-Hamas war. [Read More…]
Tom Cotton attacks campus protests, argues police should have gone in ‘on the very first day’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the [Read More…]
FTC is ‘just getting started’ as it takes on Amazon, Meta and more, Chair Lina Khan says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the nearly three years since President Joe Biden appointed Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, the government agency has taken on some of America’s largest corporations, filing [Read More…]
6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on [Read More…]
Boeing locks out its firefighters amid union fight for pay
David Madison/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Boeing officially locked out its unionized firefighters in Washington after the firefighter’s union failed to come to an agreement with the company after two-and-a-half months of negotiations, primarily over pay. [Read More…]
10-month-old abducted by suspect who allegedly killed 2 women, injured 5-year-old: Police
New Mexico State Police (NEW MEXICO) — An urgent search is underway in Clovis, New Mexico, after police say a 10-month-old baby was abducted, two women were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds, including the [Read More…]
How pro-Palestinian protests unfolded on college campuses across the US: A timeline
Barry Winiker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — College campuses in the U.S. have been at the center of controversial debate since Hamas launched a terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded with a [Read More…]
Flood watch in effect for over 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma
Edith Polverini/Getty Images (TEXAS) — A flood watch remains in effect for more than 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday morning as a number of flood warnings are in effect as residents [Read More…]
North Carolina HBCU faces battle with IRS, risks being shut down
Ryan Herron/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is in an ongoing battle with the IRS and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Trustees after the historically [Read More…]
College protests updates: NYPD sergeant accidentally discharged gun at Columbia
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
Jurors hear secret recording of Trump and Michael Cohen allegedly discussing hush money payment
DrPixel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday were played a recording found on Michael Cohen’s phone, in which the two appeared to be discussing the alleged [Read More…]
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, wife indicted on charges of bribes tied to Azerbaijan
Kevin Dietsch / Staff/Getty Images (TEXAS) — Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy and accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities, the Justice Department announced. [Read More…]
April jobs report misses expectations, signaling a possible slowdown
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A worse-than-expected jobs report on Friday offered the latest evidence of an economic slowdown that could help ease inflation and trigger interest rate cuts. The trend, however, threatens [Read More…]
Adam Driver is a man literally on the edge in tease to Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
ABC On Saturday morning, May 4, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola dropped a tease to his decades-in-the-making, mostly self-funded epic Megalopolis. In the snippet, apparently from the movie’s opening moments, one of the movie’s many [Read More…]
Columbia under investigation amid allegations of anti-Palestinian discrimination
WABC (NEW YORK) — Columbia University is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education following allegations of discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their supporters. Palestine Legal, an advocacy group centered on Palestinian Rights, [Read More…]
Former government official charged for falsely accusing colleagues of participating in Jan. 6 attack
Doug Armand/Getty Images (VIRGINIA) — A former government official in Virginia has been charged for allegedly submitting false tips to the FBI and accusing seven of his coworkers of participating in the Jan. 6 attack [Read More…]
May the cash be with you: Julien’s putting massive trove of ‘Star Wars’ stuff on the auction block
Julien’s Auctions Timed in anticipation of May 4’s Star Wars Day, Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies have announced a cargo hold’s worth of Star Wars stuff will hit the block June 13 through June [Read More…]