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Navy investigates SEAL candidate’s death
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy continues to investigate the death of 24-year-old SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen and the illness of a fellow SEAL candidate last Friday after both sailors successfully [Read More…]
Families demand answers after two women die in Chicago police custody
Bruce Leighty/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability in Chicago is investigating the deaths of London Marquez and Irene Chavez — two women who died while in police custody over the past [Read More…]
Austin, Texas issues precautionary citywide boil water notice
Capelle.r/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — All residents and businesses of Texas’ capital city are still being advised to boil tap water before consuming it after a staff error caused the temporary shutdown of the city’s [Read More…]
COVID-19 updates: California’s indoor mask mandate to expire Feb. 15
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 904,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: US cases drop 61% since January peak
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 904,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
One dead in shooting at Washington state grocery store, suspect at large
iStock/Motortion (SEATTLE) — One person was killed and at least one was injured during a shooting at a Washington state grocery store at about 11 a.m. Monday, authorities said. The suspect, who is believed to [Read More…]
Minneapolis city council to review no-knock warrants after Amir Locke shooting
amphotora/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A Minneapolis city council committee held a hearing on no-knock warrants Monday afternoon following the death of Amir Locke, who was fatally shot in an apartment by Minneapolis police officers on [Read More…]
Search underway after multiple skaters fall through ice melting on California reservoir
Truckee Fire Protection District (TRUCKEE, Calif.) — A desperate search was on in Northern California for one of six ice skaters who fell through the melting surface of a frozen-over reservoir as the temperature soared [Read More…]
Eighteen rescued on Lake Erie after ice sheet breaks away during snowmobile ride
FILE – Xuanyu Han/Getty Images (PORT CLINTON, Ohio) — More than a dozen people were rescued in Lake Erie after a sheet of ice broke away while they were riding snowmobiles, officials said. The U.S. [Read More…]
Navy SEAL candidate dies after ‘Hell Week’ training
Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (SAN DEIGO) — A Navy SEAL candidate has died and a second is in the hospital after falling ill on Friday just hours after both had successfully completed the grueling culmination of [Read More…]
Puerto Rico may be nearing the end of bankruptcy. What does this mean?
Merrill Images/Getty (NEW YORK) – Last month, a federal judge approved the largest debt restructuring plan ever reported in the United States, paving the way to end Puerto Rico’s long and painful bankruptcy process. The [Read More…]
Suicides, living conditions spark concern among Texas National Guard deployed at border
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Members of the Texas National Guard deployed to the southern border under Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial immigration initiative, Operation Lone Star, are raising several concerns about their mission, including [Read More…]
Winter storm exits the Northeast leaving behind bitter cold
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The monster winter storm that dumped more than 1 foot of snow as well as ice from Missouri to the Northeast and freezing temperatures to Texas is making its [Read More…]
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting near Virginia Tech
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BLACKSBURG, Va.) — One person was killed and four others were injured at a shooting in Blacksburg, Virginia, near Virginia Tech on Friday, according to Blacksburg Police. Police responded to reports of [Read More…]
‘My son Amir was a law-abiding citizen’: Family of Amir Locke speaks out at press conference
Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The parents of Amir Locke spoke out at a press conference Friday alongside civil rights attorneys Ben Crump, Jeff Storms and Antonio Romanucci following the killing of the [Read More…]
Travis McMichael withdraws guilty plea in federal case over Ahmaud Arbery murder
Stephen B. Morton-Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Travis McMichael withdrew on Friday his guilty plea in the federal case against him in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The trial goes forward on Monday. Gregory McMichael, Travis’ [Read More…]
Bridgeport NAACP asks DOJ to investigate police department following Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls cases
Lauren Smith Fields via family lawyer (BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) — A Bridgeport, Connecticut, chapter of the NAACP is demanding the Department of Justice investigate the Bridgeport Police Department over the cases of two Black women, Lauren [Read More…]
Gregory Michael withdraws guilty plea in federal case over Ahmaud Arbery murder
Stephen B. Morton-Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Gregory McMichael, the retired Georgia police officer convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, informed a federal court Thursday evening that he has withdrawn his plans to plead guilty [Read More…]
Massive winter storm slams Midwest, South before taking aim on Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A massive winter storm is pushing east, blasting the Midwest, the South and Northeast with snow and ice. More than 5,100 flights have been canceled — the biggest flight cancellation [Read More…]
Chicago bracing for protests over release of former cop convicted of murder in Laquan McDonald shooting
Antonio Perez/Pool/Getty Images, FILE (CHICAGO) — Chicago is bracing for massive protests over the prison release of former city police officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of murder in the 2014 line-of-duty shooting of [Read More…]