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Wisconsin Christmas parade: 8-year-old boy identified as 6th fatality
Chalabala/iStock (WAUKESHA, Wis.) — Six people were killed and dozens were hurt when an SUV driver barreled into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The suspect, 39-year-old Darrell Brooks, is [Read More…]
Jury reaches verdict in Ahmaud Arbery death case: All found guilty of murder
iStock/nirat (ATLANTA) — A Georgia jury has convicted three white men of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery in February 2020, was convicted on all nine charges, including [Read More…]
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes owns key allegations during testimony in criminal trial
iStock/CatEyePerspective (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes placed the logos of two major drug companies on blood-testing validation studies, which she then sent to Walgreens executives ahead of their lucrative retail partnership, she [Read More…]
Wisconsin Christmas parade victims: What we know about the lives lost
cmannphoto/iStock (WAUKESHA, Wis.) — Six people, including an 8-year-old, were killed after an SUV driver plowed into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon. The 39-year-old suspect is in custody. Here is what [Read More…]
Ahmaud Arbery death trial live updates: Jury asks to review evidence for first time
Stephen B. Morton – Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A Georgia jury resumed deliberating on Wednesday the fates of three white men charged with trapping Ahmaud Arbery with their pickup trucks and fatally shooting him. [Read More…]
Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in her apartment
Malcolm X’s daughters Ilyasah (L) and Malikah (R) gives a speech during the 90th birthday commemoration of Malcolm X in 2015. – Bilgin S Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Malikah Shabazz, a daughter of [Read More…]
Criminal charges dismissed against former leaders of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in deadly COVID-19 outbreak
Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images (HOLYOKE, Mass.) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed all criminal charges against two former officials from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, citing no “reasonably trustworthy evidence.” The facility made national headlines last year, [Read More…]
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to be 1st Black woman on International Space Station crew
Bill Ingalls/NASA (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will take to the skies in 2022 on a historic debut spaceflight to the International Space Station. Watkins will become the first Black woman to [Read More…]
Wisconsin Christmas parade live updates: 81-year-old, 79-year-old among the 5 killed
Chalabala/iStock (WAUKESHA, Wis.) — Five people were killed and more than 40 were hurt when an SUV barreled into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Children are among the injured. [Read More…]
Death of 5-year-old boy Elijah Lewis ruled homicide, mom and boyfriend in custody
D-Keine/iStock (BOSTON) — The death of Elijah Lewis, the 5-year-old boy from New Hampshire who went missing before being found dead in Massachusetts last month, has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Monday. Lewis died [Read More…]
Passenger’s gun accidentally discharges at airport, authorities say
Kali9/iStock (ATLANTA) — A passenger accidentally discharged a gun at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Saturday, airport officials said, causing panic and sending travelers onto the tarmac on one of the busiest travel weekends of [Read More…]
Black trans women live in fear after pattern of deaths in Chicago
Danielle A. Scruggs for ABC News (CHICAGO) — The story of De’Janay Stanton’s death is one that many transgender women in Chicago fear. The 24-year-old Black transgender woman was shot and killed by a romantic [Read More…]
Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal sparks protests across US
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Demonstrations sprang up nationwide in protest of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict Friday night, after a Wisconsin jury found the 18-year-old not guilty for the killing of two men and [Read More…]
Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all charges
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (KENOSHA, Wisc.) — A Wisconsin jury has acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges in the killing of two men and the wounding of another during political unrest in Kenosha last summer — a [Read More…]
US Capitol Christmas Tree arrives from California
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After nearly a year of planning and a more than 4,500-mile trek across the country, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree arrived in Washington Friday, just in [Read More…]
County to investigate care given to Turpin siblings after rescue from abusive parents
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New details were revealed Friday about an outside independent probe launched to investigate the treatment of the Turpin siblings since their dramatic 2018 escape from captivity, casting new light on [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Masks cut virus incidence by 53%, new analysis finds
Michael Anthony/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.1 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 768,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
Ahmaud Arbery trial: Defense attorney claims ‘public lynching’ of man accused in the killing
Octavio Jones/Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Defense attorney Kevin Gough called the homicide trial of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black jogger, a “public lynching” of his client — who is one of three white men [Read More…]
How to watch the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440
Onfokus/iStock (NEW YORK) — Skywatchers, the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 will take place Friday, and you’ll have the chance to view a historic cosmic wonder in the sky. The partial eclipse is the [Read More…]
Pastors rally at Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney’s ‘outrageous’ comments
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Hundreds of pastors gathered and prayed Thursday outside the Georgia courthouse where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is underway, a week after a defense attorney said there shouldn’t [Read More…]