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6th mass shooting in 13 days rocks California
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least three people were killed and four injured in the second mass shooting to erupt in Los Angeles County in eight days — the sixth [Read More…]
Tyre Nichols: What the video footage reveals, and questions that remain
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Nearly three weeks after Tyre Nichols was violently arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, city officials released disturbing footage of his fatal confrontation with police. The graphic footage of Memphis police [Read More…]
Biden climate law spurred billions in clean energy investment. Has it been a success?
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden signed the $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act in August, supporters hailed the measure as the largest climate investment in the nation’s history — but questions remained [Read More…]
Trump says he’s ‘more committed’ than ever as he holds first 2024 campaign events
Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Former President Donald Trump made his campaign debut for his 2024 run on Saturday in two key early-voting states. Trump’s first stop was in New Hampshire, where [Read More…]
Congress could ‘force’ DOJ to show them Biden and Trump classified documents, Rep. Turner says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner on Sunday indicated both chambers and both parties in Congress will seek to “force” the Department of Justice to let lawmakers review the classified documents [Read More…]
Durbin calls on senators to push again for police reform after Tyre Nichols’ death
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of Tyre Nichols’ “horrible” death following his beating by police in a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Sunday called on his colleagues [Read More…]
Damar Hamlin’s health providers given keys to city of Cincinnati
(CINCINNATI) — Health providers from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who cared for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin after he collapsed from cardiac arrest were honored with the key to the city. Cincinnati Mayor Aftab [Read More…]
2 Florida police officers charged with kidnapping, beating handcuffed homeless man, Jose Ortega Gutierrez
(FLORIDA) — Two former south Florida police officers handcuffed a homeless man last month and drove him to an isolated area where they beat him unconscious, prosecutors alleged Thursday. According to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez [Read More…]
Investigations and complaints facing George Santos could bring serious penalties
(NEW YORK) — Embattled New York Rep. George Santos insists he will serve out his term and has indicated it’s up to his constituents to reelect him or vote him out of office, despite mounting [Read More…]
Trump kicks off presidential campaign in New Hampshire, South Carolina
(SOUTH CAROLINA) — Former President Donald Trump is embarking on his first campaign swing of the 2024 presidential cycle on Saturday where he is expected to announce his leadership team from South Carolina as he seeks [Read More…]
Sam Bankman-Fried has tried to contact potential witnesses, government says
(NEW YORK) — Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried has made “recent attempts” to contact prospective witnesses in his criminal case, federal prosecutors said Friday in a letter to the judge that sought new conditions of his [Read More…]
Tyre Nichols live updates: Video of confrontation released
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. The five Memphis [Read More…]
What is the SCORPION unit, the Memphis police task force at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death?
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis Police Department unit at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death earlier this month has now come under scrutiny from critics over its approach to fighting crime. The [Read More…]
DOJ charges 3 in ‘murder for hire’ plot against Iranian journalist
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Six months after a man with a loaded AK-47-style rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn, New York, home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist, federal prosecutors on [Read More…]
2 escaped inmates, including convicted murderer, found after multistate manhunt
Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office (ABINGDON, Va.) — Two inmates, including a convicted murderer, who escaped from a Virginia jail have been apprehended in Tennessee, authorities said, more than 24 hours after announcing a fugitive [Read More…]
Jan. 6 rioter who maced Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to nearly 7 years
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 rioter who attacked fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray was sentenced Friday to 6 years and 8 months in prison. Julian Khater, 33, of [Read More…]
Pence takes ‘full responsibility’ for classified documents found at his home
Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he takes “full responsibility” for the classified documents found at his Indiana home. “While I was not [Read More…]
Ronna McDaniel reelected RNC chair after contentious 3-way contest over party’s future
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — Republican National Committee members reelected Ronna McDaniel as chair inside a ritzy hotel in Dana Point on Friday, closing out an unusually contentious race that could [Read More…]
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff tours Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland Friday, marking Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. In an [Read More…]
FDA withdraws emergency use authorization of COVID drug because it is unlikely to be effective against new variants
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is withdrawing its emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 antibody therapy as a prevention tool because it is unlikely to be [Read More…]