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‘Shopping cart killer’ linked to at least 4 Virginia slayings, police say
Tadas Kazakevicius Copyrigted/ Getty Images (HARRISONBURG, Va.) — Police in Virginia said they believe an alleged serial killer whom they’ve dubbed the “shopping cart killer” may be responsible for the deaths of four people — [Read More…]
Parents refuse to give up hope in search for missing 26-year-old daughter
Yuri Arcurs/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Mercedes Clement was last seen in surveillance video on Oct. 11, 2020, walking across the parking lot of the Koko Apartments in Dallas, Texas, with a man. She hasn’t been [Read More…]
Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education on Thursday urged districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-relief aid, in a letter sent to [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Omicron will be dominant variant in US ‘very soon,’ Fauci says
John Moore/Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 802,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s [Read More…]
Thirteen-year-old Nyssa Brown is city’s only missing person left in wake of tornadoes
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) — Of the 244 people reported missing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the deadly tornadoes, officials have now accounted for all except one. Nyssa Brown, 13, still [Read More…]
Rare tornadoes strike America’s heartland, destroying homes and knocking out power
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system that spawned possibly multiple tornadoes across America’s heartland on Wednesday night — rare for December — has left a trail of destruction and hundreds [Read More…]
Strong storm system sparks rare December tornado in Midwest
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system is impacting the Midwest and 29 states are on alert for damaging winds, heavy snow and avalanches. A tornado threat was issued for Iowa, Minnesota and [Read More…]
‘A defining tragedy’: US COVID death toll eclipses 800,000 as winter surge intensifies
PinkOmelet/iStock (NEW YORK) — As Americans gather to toast the end of another particularly difficult year, many loved ones will be notably missing from holiday celebrations, a glaring reminder of the tragic realities of the [Read More…]
OJ Simpson granted early release from his parole
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (LAS VEGAS) — O. J. Simpson was granted an early discharge from his parole by Nevada state officials. Simpson, 74, has been on parole since October 2017 following a nine-year prison stint on [Read More…]
Man exonerated in killing of Malcolm X files civil claim seeking millions
Bettmann Archive via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Muhammad Aziz, one of two men exonerated last month in the killing of Malcom X, filed a civil claim Tuesday against New York state, seeking $20 million [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Pfizer says ‘game changer’ pills could save thousands of lives
CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 798,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
TSA has confiscated record number of guns at airports in 2021
TSA (WASHINGTON) — The Transportation Security Administration in 2021 has confiscated the most guns ever in a single year — some 5,700, most of which were loaded. The report comes at a time when the [Read More…]
Deadly tornadoes in South and Midwest: Dozens dead as rescuers search for survivors
CHRISsadowski/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least 78 people across five U.S. states have been confirmed dead after a swarm of tornadoes tore through communities in the South and the Midwest over the weekend. There were [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Vaccines appear less effective against omicron, WHO says
iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 797,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
After deadly tornadoes hit South and Midwest, horror and hope emerge from rubble
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As rescue workers combed miles of splintered houses and commercial buildings for survivors and the dead in Kentucky and seven other states devastated by a string [Read More…]
One dead, 14 injured after shooting at vigil in Texas: Officials
kali9/iStock (BAYTOWN, Texas) — One person is dead and 14 are injured — three critically — after a shooting in Baytown, Texas, officials said. A gunman opened fire on a crowd participating in a celebration [Read More…]
New cyber vulnerability poses ‘severe risk,’ DHS says
MF3d/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Late Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent statement about a new cyber vulnerability that could touch a wide swath of the internet. “This [Read More…]
What makes Kentucky’s devastating tornadoes so rare
Justin Hobson/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least 22 reported tornadoes ripped across six states overnight, devastating communities and killing dozens of people, including over 70 in Kentucky, during what is typically a quieter time in the United States [Read More…]
How a Pennsylvania hospital system is working to free up beds during latest COVID-19 surge
sudok1/iStock (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Pennsylvania, straining health care facilities across the state, hospitals are working to find ways to free up valuable bed space once again. WellSpan Health, which [Read More…]
Over 70 dead as 22 reported tornadoes rip across South, Midwest
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A devastating tornado outbreak has killed dozens of people across two states, with Kentucky seeing its deadliest tornado system ever, officials said. At least 70 people were killed in western [Read More…]