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Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and attorneys respond to dismissal of lawsuit
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their attorneys gathered Monday afternoon to respond to the dismissal of their lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 deadly event. This gathering comes just [Read More…]

California murder suspect Eric Abril, who escaped from hospital, captured following massive manhunt
Placer County Sheriff’s Office (ROCKLIN, Calif.) — A murder suspect who escaped from a Northern California medical facility on Sunday has been captured following a massive manhunt, authorities said. Eric Abril, a suspect in Northern [Read More…]

Rikers Island jail violence not addressed, NYC should be held in contempt: Fed monitor
Charles O’rear/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge should consider holding New York City and its Department of Correction in contempt for failing to adequately address security, management and discipline at the problem-plagued Rikers [Read More…]

Missing Florida teen found after routine traffic stop in North Carolina: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NASH COUNTY, N.C.) — A routine traffic stop in North Carolina may have prevented a case of child trafficking, according to police. Deputies with the Nash County Police Department arrested Alejandro Hernandez [Read More…]

New York state flooding updates: ‘Complete chaos’ overnight as water receded, county exec says
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A few moments after Idlewild Creek began to rise on Sunday, the first wave of murky water washed into the ground floor of Kristine Schmidt’s blue-and-white [Read More…]

Dangerous triple-digit heat baking Southwest and Southeast: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 35 million Americans are on alert for dangerous heat that’s baking the Southeast and Southwest. On Monday, the temperature will hit about 109 degrees in Palm Springs, California; [Read More…]

Gunman at large after shooting nine people in Cleveland’s historic Warehouse District
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (CLEVELAND) — Nine people were shot early Sunday in Cleveland’s historic Warehouse District when a gunman opened fire as bars and nightclubs were closing and police officers were nearby patrolling the bustling [Read More…]

One dead as heavy rain prompts flash flood emergency in parts of New York state
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heavy rain from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast prompted flash flood alerts in parts of New York state Sunday. A flash flood warning and a flash flood emergency were both [Read More…]

Man charged with kidnapping, killing his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter
FBI Detroit (MICHIGAN) — A Michigan man faces federal charges for allegedly kidnapping his former girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter and then apparently strangling the toddler, whose body was found days later in Detroit. Rashad Trice, 26, [Read More…]

6 dead after business jet crashes into field while approaching California airport
KABC (CALIFORNIA) — Six people were killed when a business jet traveling from Las Vegas to southern California crashed into a field while approaching an airport and then became engulfed in flames, authorities said. The [Read More…]

UNC to offer free tuition to some students whose families make less than $80,000 a year
Wang Yukun/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill announced that it would be providing free tuition and fees to students from North Carolina families making less than $80,000 a year. [Read More…]

Mega Millions jackpot approaches half a billion after no winner in Friday’s drawing
Capelle.r/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After no ticket was selected on Friday, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $480 million, with a cash option of $240.7 million. The next drawing will be on [Read More…]

15 million Americans across 6 states under heat alerts this weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Across six states on Saturday, 15 million Americans will be under heat alerts from Miami to Phoenix to Washington State. In the Southeast, the heat index will be brutal this [Read More…]

Two more locally acquired cases of malaria found in Florida, bringing recent US total to seven
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More cases of locally acquired malaria have been detected in the United States, bringing the total up to seven across the country. In a recent report, Florida health officials [Read More…]

Lyft driver shot dead in DC amid surge in violence in the city
Metropolitan Police Department (WASHINGTON) — Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for the suspects who shot and killed a Lyft driver in one of many recent acts of violence in the city. Nasrat Ahmad Yar, [Read More…]

California man arrested in connection with serial murders of Mexican strip club workers
US Department of JUstice (DOWNEY, Calif.) — A California man has been arrested in connection with serial murders targeting strip club workers in Mexico. U.S. Marshals and the FBI on Thursday arrested 30-year-old Bryant Rivera, [Read More…]

Murder suspect escapes from jail weeks after captured following prior manhunt
Jamestown Police Department (JAMESTOWN, N.Y.) — Authorities are searching for a homicide suspect who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail just weeks after he was captured following a dayslong manhunt. Michael Burham, 34, is a suspect [Read More…]

Hiker killed, two others injured in California mountain avalanche
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (BIG PINE, Calif.) — A summer avalanche took the life of a hiker and injured two others in California, investigators said. The unidentified hiking party encountered a wet slide avalanche while descending [Read More…]

El Paso Walmart gunman Patrick Crusius given 90 life sentences in federal trial
Jason Marz/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The El Paso Walmart gunman was formally sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the racist 2019 massacre that killed 23 people and injured nearly two dozen others, [Read More…]

Shark-monitoring drones to hit New York beaches amid uptick of sightings
Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of new shark-monitoring drones will be sent to New York beach towns amid an uptick in incidents, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. The state will [Read More…]