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Millions of Americans under winter weather alerts for storms, arctic blast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Almost 80 million people across the United States are on alert this week for heavy snow, brutally cold temperatures, gusty winds and icy conditions. As of Wednesday morning, the National [Read More…]
FBI dive team involved as search for 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil enters 3rd week
San Antonio Police Department via Facebook (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An FBI dive team is assisting in the search for missing 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil, authorities said. The investigation has led the FBI’s underwater search [Read More…]
COVID live updates: NY looking at COVID hospitalizations that began for other reasons
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 826,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Colorado families begin to pick up pieces following winter wildfire
iStock/Kamonchai Mattakulphon (DENVER) — Families and officials in Colorado began returning to their towns that were ravaged by last week’s wildfires. Gov. Jared Polis said in a news conference Sunday that over 1,000 homes were [Read More…]
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted on 4 counts of fraud
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A jury has convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud on their seventh day of deliberations. She was acquitted on another four, and a mistrial was declared on [Read More…]
Protesters call for charges against officer who killed teen in dressing room
iStock/Tero Vesalainen (NEW YORK) — Protesters are calling for the firing or arrest of LAPD Officer William Jones Jr. in the fatal shooting of Valentina Orellana Peralta, a 14-year-old girl who was in a clothing [Read More…]
Schools welcome back students, in-person and remotely, amid latest COVID-19 surge
iStock/Favor_of_God (NEW YORK) — In a hodgepodge of in-person, remote and delayed reopenings, millions of students across the country are set to head back to school after several weeks on winter break. School districts in [Read More…]
3 people still missing after devastating Colorado wildfire
GETTY/Bloomberg Creative (COLORADO) — Three people are still missing after devastating Colorado wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate in Boulder County on Thursday when high winds and dry conditions helped [Read More…]
Off-duty NYPD officer shot while sleeping in car between shifts, authorities say
GETTY/Jack Berman (NEW YORK) — An off-duty New York Police Department officer is in stable condition after he was struck in the head by a bullet while sleeping in his car between shifts, authorities said. The [Read More…]
New Year’s Day brings weather threats, including tornadoes as Kentucky gov declares state of emergency
GETTY/Mike Hollingshead (KENTUCKY) — A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Kentucky and Tennessee on Saturday, effective until 6 p.m. CT. The tornado watch warning includes areas devestated by an outreak of tornadoes that left [Read More…]
FAA issues warning to travelers amid omicron surge: Delays will continue
iStock (NEW YORK) — The travel chaos continues for an eighth consecutive day Friday, with more than 1,600 U.S. cancellations as of 8 p.m. ET. The airlines have been grappling with the one-two punch of [Read More…]
As governor commutes trucker driver’s sentence, prosecutors vow to release new information from case
GETTY/Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post (DENVER) — Prosecutors who charged Rogel Aguilera-Mederos following a deadly crash vowed to release previously undisclosed information from the case to the public after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis granted the truck [Read More…]
1 suspect in custody, another still at large in connection with shooting of Illinois officers
GETTY/Chicago Tribune (ILLINOIS) — Police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two Illinois police officers that left one of them dead, while a second suspect remains at large, authorities said. Darius Sullivan, 25, [Read More…]
Naples Zoo supports deputy’s decision to shoot tiger after attack
GETTY/KONTROLAB (FLORIDA) — An official at the Naples Zoo, where a tiger attacked a man who allegedly stuck his hand in the cage, said on Friday that it supports that deputy’s decision to shoot the animal. [Read More…]
Prosecutors drop charges against two correctional officers in connection with Jeffrey Epstein suicide
GETTY/Spencer Platt (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York officially dropped charges against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas – the two correctional officers on duty when Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a federal lockup there. In [Read More…]
Live updates: Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small [Read More…]
Truck driver’s sentence lowered to 10 years after originally receiving 110 years for fatal crash
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DENVER) — A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Three Americans testing positive every second
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
Criminal charges possible for man attacked by tiger after reaching into enclosure at Florida zoo
WZVN-TV (NAPLES, Fla.) — A maintenance worker who entered an unauthorized area of a Florida zoo and was attacked by a tiger could face criminal charges, authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed by [Read More…]
Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction ‘tremendous relief,’ accuser says
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction was “one important step” toward justice, said Annie Farmer, one of four accusers who testified against her. “It’s a tremendous relief,” [Read More…]