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Where anti-critical race theory efforts have reached
GlobalStock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since 2020, legislation on race education has popped up across the country. A total of 35 states so far have signed into law or proposed legislation banning or restricting the teaching [Read More…]

Family of man killed by sheriff’s deputy say he was in mental health crisis
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, South Carolina) — A man’s family is speaking out after he was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer in Columbia, South Carolina. Irvin D. Moorer Charley, 34, whose family [Read More…]

Jeffrey Epstein’s private US Virgin Islands locations up for sale
Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The executors of the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have listed for sale the two private Caribbean islands the late financier owned off the east [Read More…]

Kenosha officer accused of kneeling on girl’s neck resigns from school district
amphotora/Getty Images (KENOSHA, Wis.) — A police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, resigned from his off-duty role at the local school district amid an investigation into the tactics he used to restrain a young girl while [Read More…]

Arrest made in mass shooting at Arkansas car show that killed 1, injured 26
Courtesy of Amber R. Taylor (DUMAS, Arkansas) — A man was arrested in connection with a mass shooting at an Arkansas car show that left more than two dozen people injured and one dead. Brandon [Read More…]

More than 60 tornadoes tear through 5 states in 2 days
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A deadly tornado tore through homes and knocked out power in the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, killing one person and injuring multiple others, authorities said. The twister was [Read More…]

An enormous T. rex skeleton vanished after a mysterious auction. It just turned up
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur. It’s rarer still that such a skeleton needs to be found twice. Such is the fate of “Stan” [Read More…]

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and [Read More…]

One dead as tornado tears through New Orleans
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A deadly tornado tore through homes and knocked out power in the New Orleans area on Tuesday night. The tornado caused damage in St. Bernard’s Parish, in the eastern part [Read More…]

Florida’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill: What’s inside the proposed law
Art Wager/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by LGBTQ activists, is on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk awaiting his signature. Meanwhile, debate continues on this [Read More…]

Miami Beach sets curfew to curb spring break violence
Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) — For the second straight year, Miami Beach is imposing a curfew on thousands of spring break revelers following a violent weekend in which shootings left multiple people [Read More…]

Judge expresses ‘great concern’ of mistrial for parents of alleged Oxford high school shooter
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Expressing “great concern” of a mistrial happening, a judge said Tuesday that she is appointing an independent counsel for the parents of alleged Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley to explain [Read More…]

Woman charged with manslaughter in shoving attack of 87-year-old grandmother
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A 26-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday in the fatal shoving attack of an 87-year-old woman earlier this month on a New York City street. Lauren Pazienza, of Port Jefferson, New York, [Read More…]

Man attacked by tiger at Florida Everglades attraction, authorities say
Google Maps Street View (COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.) — A man was attacked by a tiger at a Florida Everglades attraction after walking into the animal’s enclosure, authorities said. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Collier [Read More…]

NYPD accused of illegally obtaining, storing the DNA samples of nearly 32,000 people
Tim Drivas Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal lawsuit accuses the New York Police Department of surreptitiously taking DNA samples without obtaining warrants and storing the genetic material in perpetuity in an illegal and [Read More…]

Los Angeles teachers’ union ratifies agreement to end indoor mask mandate
mixetto/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The second-largest school district in the nation has reached an agreement with its teachers to end its indoor mask mandate as new COVID-19 cases in the Los Angeles area plunge. [Read More…]

Tornado outbreak in Texas, Oklahoma kills one, injures at least 10
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least three southern states were under a tornado watch Tuesday following an outbreak of twisters Monday night in Texas and Oklahoma that cut a path of destruction, killed [Read More…]

Injuries, damage reported from Texas tornado
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Injuries have been reported and multiple homes and businesses are damaged after a tornado tore through Round Rock, Texas, Monday evening, according to the local fire and police departments. [Read More…]

Climate change exhibit opens at DC’s Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center (WASHINGTON) — A man submerged up to his chin in brown, murky floodwaters and a group of miners covered head to toe in black soot — these are a few of the [Read More…]

Firefighter injured in central Texas as wildfires rage on
Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (HOOD COUNTY, Texas) — Extreme weather conditions are causing deadly wildfires across the country. A wildfire in central Texas that started over the weekend has burned over 11,000 acres and injured a [Read More…]