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‘Significant damage’ in Oklahoma after severe weather, reported tornado
Warren Faidley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe weather caused “significant damage” and wide-spread power outages in Oklahoma Wednesday, officials said. Seminole got hit especially hard after a reported tornado touched down in the city, located [Read More…]

Trevor Reed’s father advocates outside White House for other detained Americans
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The father of Trevor Reed, the American freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange last week, on Wednesday demonstrated outside the White House, calling for the Biden administration to help [Read More…]

Missing corrections officer ‘willingly’ participated in inmate’s escape, sheriff says
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama (NEW YORK) — Authorities now believe that an Alabama corrections officer “willingly” participated in the escape of a capital murder suspect, according to the local sheriff in charge of the [Read More…]

Wrongfully convicted Thomas Raynard James, imprisoned for 30 years, speaks out
Hans Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After serving 31 years in Florida State Prison for a murder he did not commit, Thomas Raynard James is a free man. “Emotionally I was overwhelmed. I was not [Read More…]

The fentanyl trip: How the drug is coming to America
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As fentanyl overdoses and deaths have been on the rise across America, investigators have been setting their sights internationally to stop the flow. Police and other experts say fentanyl and [Read More…]

Former MIT professor accused of sexual harassment withdraws from NYU hiring consideration
Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor accused of sexual harassment withdrew his candidacy for a position at New York University Langone Health, after news of [Read More…]

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors lawsuit to move forward
Jason Marz/Getty Images (TULSA COUNTY, Okla.) — A judge in Oklahoma ruled Monday that a Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit may proceed. The decision by Tulsa County Judge Caroline Wall was welcome news to 107-year-old [Read More…]

At least 19 states to offer refuge to trans youth and families amid anti-LGBTQ legislation wave
Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 19 states plan to offer legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by anti-LGBTQ legislation that criminalizes the families and physicians [Read More…]

Why the cameras weren’t working during the NYC subway shooting
Aaron Katersky, Mark Crudele, and Meredith Deliso, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A faulty fan caused the glitch that prevented cameras at a Brooklyn subway station from transmitting during a mass shooting on a rush-hour [Read More…]

Missing Alabama inmate, corrections officer had ‘special relationship’: Sheriff
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama (FLORENCE, Ala.) — The corrections officer and escaped murder suspect who have been missing for days had “a special relationship,” the local sheriff confirmed. Inmate Casey White and Lauderdale County [Read More…]

Trump will repay $750K to settle inauguration lawsuit over hotel payments
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Trump Organization and Donald Trump’s presidential inaugural committee have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine over allegations that Trump and his [Read More…]

Cops hold courthouse rally for state trooper arraigned in killing of alleged teen carjacker
Natasha Moustache/Getty Images (MILFORD, Conn.) — Dozens of police officers from multiple states held a rally outside a Connecticut courthouse Tuesday as a white state trooper they contend was charged with manslaughter for doing his [Read More…]

Man who assaulted flight attendants, was duct taped on Frontier flight, sentenced to jail
DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images (MIAMI) — A 23-year-old man featured in a video that went viral after he groped two flight attendants, punched a third, screamed his parents had $2 million and was duct [Read More…]

Paul Whelan still wondering why he was left behind in Russia, brother says
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even though the U.S. successfully negotiated the release of Trevor Reed from a Russian prison, after nearly three years of captivity, the brother of another detained American [Read More…]

Special grand jury seated in Trump election probe in Georgia
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A special grand jury has been seated in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the [Read More…]

Sandy Hook families agree to remove InfoWars as defendant in defamation lawsuit
Sergio Flores/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Families of victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to remove InfoWars as a defendant in their defamation lawsuit, hoping to end what they’ve [Read More…]

Wife of slain Chinese food delivery driver speaks out as NYPD investigates his death
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police in New York City are investigating the shooting death of a Chinese food delivery worker, who was shot in the chest on Saturday while riding his scooter in the [Read More…]

Jury finds ex-NYPD cop guilty of assaulting officer during Jan. 6 attack
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A jury on Monday found former New York City police officer Thomas Webster guilty on six charges, including assaulting a police officer, in the first federal assault case stemming from [Read More…]

Dismissed jurors summoned back in Parkland school shooter death penalty trial
Mint Images/Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — Jury selection in the death penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz is set to resume on Monday after dissolving into disarray last week when the presiding judge [Read More…]

Navy allowing many USS George Washington sailors to move off ship after deaths and suicides
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Welsh/Released (NEW YORK) — After a series of deaths and suicides among the crew of the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier dry-docked in Virginia [Read More…]