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Idaho college murders strain town financially as investigation expenses mount
David Ryder/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — A quadruple homicide rocked the quiet Idaho college hamlet of Moscow last year. But the financial repercussions are only now coming into focus. “It was a tragic and horrible [Read More…]
Vigilante violence disproportionately harms marginalized communities: Researchers
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Jordan Neely was killed in a chokehold on the New York City subway by fellow subway passenger Daniel Penny, some conservative politicians declared him a “Good Samaritan” and [Read More…]
Pete Buttigieg says Transportation Department is working to avoid summer travel disruptions
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just ahead of what airlines say could be the busiest Memorial Day weekend for travel since before COVID-19, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is sharing how his department is prepping for [Read More…]
Large areas of US experiencing poor air quality due to Canadian wildfires
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Several regions in the U.S. are suffering from poor air quality as the smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada make its way south. A large portion of the of [Read More…]
NAACP issues travel advisory alleging, Florida ‘hostile to African Americans’
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The national NAACP Board of Directors has issued a formal advisory against traveling to Florida, alleging the state has become “hostile toward African Americans” under the leadership of Gov. Ron [Read More…]
Three dead in shooting at lounge in Kansas City, Missouri
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Three people were killed and two were injured when gunfire broke out early Sunday at a nightclub in Kansas City, Missouri, police said. No arrests were immediately announced [Read More…]
New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for [Read More…]
Mother accused of abandoning newborn found alive in woods denied bond in ‘Baby India’ case
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.) — A woman accused of putting her newborn in a plastic bag and abandoning her in the Georgia woods nearly four years ago has been denied bond after prosecutors [Read More…]
Two construction workers killed in massive fire at Charlotte site
Charlotte Fire Department (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Two construction workers were killed in a massive fire at a Charlotte construction site Thursday, which fire officials said was accidental. Reginald Johnson, the fire chief for the Charlotte Fire [Read More…]
Louisville police capture inmate who escaped through car window, briefly kidnapped two
Louisville Metro Police (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Louisville police caught a convicted felon who they say escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them to drive him away. “He was in the [Read More…]
Man who claimed self-defense in shooting death of Sinzae Reed avoids murder charge
ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Krieg Butler, a 36-year-old white man who shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, Ohio, in October was indicted by a grand jury Friday on charges of tampering with evidence [Read More…]
3-year-old shoots two people in Indiana, leading to arrest of man wanted for murder
Douglas Sacha/Getty STOCK images (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, authorities said. Trayshaun [Read More…]
Louisville police search for inmate who escaped through car window then briefly kidnapped two
Louisville Metro Police (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Louisville, Kentucky police are searching for a convicted felon who escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them to drive him away. A Kentucky [Read More…]
Arrest made nearly four years after abandoned baby found alive in plastic bag
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Nearly four years after an abandoned newborn was found alive in a plastic bag in Georgia, an arrest has been made in the case, authorities announced. The baby [Read More…]
Jordan Neely’s aunt speaks out about subway chokehold death
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Mildred Mahazu, the aunt of Jordan Neely, spoke exclusively in an interview with ABC News’ Byron Pitts about her nephew’s death after a former Marine placed him in a chokehold [Read More…]
Teen girl charged with murder after classmates die from fentanyl overdose
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 17-year-old girl has been charged with murder in the overdose deaths of two of her classmates, authorities said Thursday. Two teenage girls were found dead Tuesday at Fayette [Read More…]
Teachers, librarians targeted by angry parents over LGBTQ books speak out
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A middle school teacher in Illinois says she was forced to resign from her job after parents called the police on her for including the book This Book is [Read More…]
Minor earthquake shakes residents near New York City
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A small earthquake shook buildings across the New York metropolitan area Friday morning. A 2.2 magnitude impacted the New York metropolitan area around 1:50 a.m., according to the [Read More…]
Detention hearing set to continue for Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira
ftwitty/Getty Images (WORCESTER, Mass.) — The detention hearing for the 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged in connection with the leaked documents probe is expected to continue Friday. Jack Teixeira is scheduled [Read More…]
Targeted shooting at Ohio engine facility leaves one dead and one injured
kali9/Getty Images (MORAINE, Ohio) — A targeted shooting in Ohio left one dead and one injured late Thursday night. A male suspect engaged in a “targeted attack” at an Ohio engine manufacturing facility Thursday evening [Read More…]