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Thousands of protesters gather in DC to call for a cease-fire in Gaza
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters came together Saturday to call for a cease-fire and an end to the siege on the Gaza Strip at a march in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza. The [Read More…]
11-year-old dead, 5 injured after shooting in Cincinnati: Police
WCPO (CINCINNATI) — An 11-year-old boy was killed and five others injured Friday night in a shooting in Cincinnati, police said. The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. ET, according to the Cincinnati Police Department. Police [Read More…]
Person of interest charged after car drives through security fences at South Carolina nuclear plant: Police
Oconee Sheriff Sheriff’s Office (OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.) — A person of interest has been charged a day after a man drove a vehicle through security fences at a nuclear power station in South Carolina, authorities [Read More…]
Two confirmed dead in building collapse at shuttered Kentucky coal plant: Officials
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A worker who became trapped after an 11-story building collapsed at a shuttered coal plant in eastern Kentucky has died following a multi-day rescue effort to find the missing [Read More…]
Ex-wife of slain Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan pleads not guilty to his murder
Mint Images/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE) — The woman accused of plotting the killing of her ex-husband, Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, pleaded not guilty on Friday to capital murder. Shanna Gardner, 36, was indicted by a grand [Read More…]
Activists, leaders push to give paid maternity leave to moms who experience stillbirth
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cassidy Perrone said that the day she learned that her unborn daughter would be stillborn was one of the most heart-wrenching moments in her life, and even more difficult [Read More…]
Former nurse Heather Pressdee now linked to 17 nursing home deaths
Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office (NEW YORK) — A former Pennsylvania nurse who, in May, had been accused of killing two patients with doses of insulin now faces more murder charges and has confessed to trying [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Eric Trump expected to finish testimony this morning
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
International manhunt after missing woman found dead at Boston airport
Alex Maclean/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A missing woman who was found dead Wednesday in a parking garage at Boston Logan International Airport was murdered, and authorities say her killer has since boarded a plane to [Read More…]
Former soldier accused of threatening to kill military personnel
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (PETALUMA, Calif.) — Federal prosecutors in Southern California have announced charges against 41-year-old Christian Beyer of Petaluma, California, who is accused of posting a YouTube video in which he threatened to kill [Read More…]
Police investigating incident at South Carolina nuclear plant after car drives through security fences
kali9/Getty Images (OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.) — Police in South Carolina are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove through security fences at a nuclear power station on Thursday. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is [Read More…]
Antisemitism is on the rise once more amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war, experts say
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials have repeatedly sounded the alarm on the rise of antisemitism in recent years, and the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas [Read More…]
New Mexico ‘downwinders’ fight for aid after Manhattan Project amid community’s cancer concerns
ABC News (TULAROSA, N.M.) — The Trinity Test, the detonation of the first atomic bomb in 1945, was a technical success — the gadget, as it was codenamed, generated 18 kilotons of force, and the [Read More…]
Washington teen allegedly murders stranger on bus without provocation: Police
King County Sheriff’s Office (SEATTLE) — Washington state police are searching for a teen who has been charged in the premeditated murder of a stranger while they were apparently asleep on a bus. Miguel Robert [Read More…]
Maine State Police respond to criticism as governor launches independent commission
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (LEWISTON, Maine) — Maine State Police said they’re focused on keeping the public safe after an Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly criticized their response to last week’s shooting in Lewiston. “This deputy [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump slams judge as Eric Trump denies working on financial statement
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
Powerful jet stream pushing commercial planes to destinations faster
Daniel Garrido/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some commercial flights have been getting to their destinations faster than normal over the past few days – all thanks to an extra push from the jet stream. Data [Read More…]
Woman alleges in lawsuit that fertility doctor used his own sperm to inseminate her
Firmani + Associates Inc. (SPOKANE, Wash.) — Brianna Hayes sought answers through a DNA test taken in her late 20s after she learned the man who raised her and whom she called dad was not [Read More…]
58 people still missing, including 11 Americans, week after Hurricane Otis made landfall in Mexico
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A week after a powerful Category 5 hurricane hit Acapulco, Mexico, at least 58 people are still missing, according to the Mexican government. Among the missing are 18 foreign nationals, [Read More…]
Former officer pleads guilty to federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Desmond Mills Jr., one of the five former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal civil rights and conspiracy [Read More…]