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Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death in March from the world’s tallest tower drop ride at a Florida [Read More…]

Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the second consecutive week, new COVID-19 infection rates among children in the U.S. have seen a notable increase, according to a new report from the American Academy of [Read More…]

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will investigate a plane crash in Arizona on Sunday during a Red Bull-sponsored stunt. The pilots of two planes attempted [Read More…]

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — A hunt for a killer is underway in Wisconsin after a 10-year-old girl was found dead — and the police chief is warning residents to be vigilant. [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has ordered a court to consider new evidence regarding the case of Melissa Lucio and the death of her daughter, Mariah. Lucio [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been held in civil contempt for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York attorney general’s office. In a bench [Read More…]

Nitat Termmee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several wildfires are continuing to wreak havoc on landscapes all over the Western U.S. despite winds that have lowered the chances of rapid spread. Most of the fires are [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will take up the case of Melissa Lucio, who is on death row, and make a recommendation to the governor after her [Read More…]

Twitter’s board is negotiating with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports. Twitter and Musk [Read More…]

WABC/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Deadly fires broke out in Philadelphia and New York City on Sunday taking the lives of six people in total. The first blaze was in Philadelphia, on both floors of [Read More…]

ABC News (SANTA FE) — Easing winds could help firefighters temper nearly a dozen uncontained wildfires that exploded after days of dangerous fire conditions in the West. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a [Read More…]

Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A California man was arrested this week for allegedly threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster’s offices and kill its employees over the dictionary publisher’s definitions for women, federal prosecutors said. [Read More…]

Noah Minnie/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — NASA kicked off its first Earth Day celebration since the COVID-19 pandemic Friday at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. The weekendlong event allows attendees to navigate informational exhibits led by NASA [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Textbook publishers say they have been left in the dark about why their mathematics books were rejected by the Florida Department of Education, with the state claiming the textbooks sought [Read More…]

Nicolas Resille / EyeEm/Getty (PHOENIX) — There are at least 11 large wildfires currently raging in the Southwestern U.S. — largely in Arizona and New Mexico. The Tunnel Fire in Arizona has burned 21,087 acres [Read More…]

skaman306/iStock (NEW YORK) — Dozens of New York City Education Department employees are being placed on unpaid leave as of Monday for submitting fake coronavirus vaccine cards. “Fewer than 100″ employees submitted the fake vaccination [Read More…]

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — The New York City mother of two whose body was found inside a duffel bag had asked her alleged killer to leave her house “multiple times” before she was stabbed to [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Nearly three weeks after the killing of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, his family, friends and activists are coming together to celebrate his life and call for justice in his [Read More…]

James O’Neil/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The megadrought that has plagued the West for several decades is not only expected to persist, but drought conditions will also likely intensify and expand east, according to the [Read More…]

Compassionate Eye Foundation/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Health officials in Philadelphia voted Thursday evening to drop the city’s indoor mask mandate, just days after the requirement officially went back into effect on Monday. “Due to decreasing [Read More…]