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Sandy Hook families settle with Remington marking first time gun maker is held liable for mass shooting
Cloe Poisson/Tribune News Service via Getty Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at [Read More…]

‘SIM swap’ scams netted $68 million in 2021: FBI
Tongchai Cherdchew / EyeEm/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has warned of criminals increasingly using “SIM swap” scams in which criminals obtain cellphone SIM cards from unknowing victims and steal their personal information, including [Read More…]

San Francisco school board recall continues to put political spotlight on education
Stella/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — As school board meetings across the nation become increasingly contentious, parental pushback over COVID-19 related regulations and virtual learning has brought things to a head in San Francisco. There, voters [Read More…]

New storm to bring possible severe weather toward South, Midwest
DBenitostock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It was a wild weekend along the East Coast, which had record high temperatures on Saturday and then up to a half-foot of snow in some areas on Sunday. Bitter [Read More…]

American Airlines flight forced to divert after passenger tries to open cockpit door
Jetlinerimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An unruly passenger attempted to enter the cockpit of an American Airlines plane on Sunday, forcing the scheduled flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to divert to Kansas City, [Read More…]

Judge says he’ll dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel suit against New York Times
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York said on Monday that he will dismiss former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s libel suit against the New York Times, but only after the jury now [Read More…]

Jury seated in federal hate crimes trial of 3 men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Mint Images/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A jury was seated and opening statements got underway Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white Georgia men stemming from the murder of Ahmaud Arbery a [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: Prince Charles’ wife Camilla tests positive
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Woman stabbed to death in NYC apartment in seemingly random attack
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan, New York apartment in what appeared to be a random attack. Christina Lee got out of a cab at about [Read More…]

Two white men charged after allegedly chasing, shooting at Black FedEx driver
ictor/Getty (BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — A white father and son are facing criminal charges after allegedly chasing and firing at D’Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx driver, who said he was targeted while delivering packages in [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: Walmart drops mask requirement for vaccinated workers
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Road rage investigated in fatal shooting of Charlotte bus driver
WSOC-TV (NEW YORK) — A Charlotte, North Carolina, city bus driver has died after being shot while at the wheel and on his route with passengers aboard in what police are investigating as a possible [Read More…]

Group launches ‘#EndJewHate’ national billboard campaign to denounce antisemitism
JewBelong (NEW YORK) — A nonprofit organization is tackling growing attacks on the Jewish community in a splashy way – by installing bright pink billboards across the country that denounce antisemitism. The New Jersey-based organization, JewBelong, [Read More…]

Killings of two aspiring NYC rappers spark debate about a controversial rap genre
Instagram/chii_tercero (NEW YORK) — The deaths of two young aspiring rappers last week have reinvigorated the debate about drill music, a popular subgenre of rap, and its connection to violence. Jayquan McKenley, an 18-year-old aspiring rapper [Read More…]

Polar bear inbreeding and penguin ‘divorces’: Weird ways climate change is affecting animal species
Getty Images/Stock photo (NEW YORK) — The world’s biodiversity is constantly being threatened by warming temperatures and extreme changes in climate and weather patterns. And while that “doom and gloom” is the typical discourse surrounding how [Read More…]

Study looks at impact of strictest blood-alcohol driving limits in the U.S.
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the five years since Utah passed the strictest legislation in the country on blood alcohol driving limits, there have been fewer traffic deaths overall in the state and lower driver [Read More…]

The killings of 2 aspiring NYC rappers spark debate about a controversial rap genre
@chii_tercero via Instagram (NEW YORK) — The deaths of two young aspiring rappers last week have reinvigorated the debate about drill music, a popular subgenre of rap, and its connection to violence. Jayquan McKenley, an [Read More…]

Convicted killer Sharee Miller admits to planning husband’s murder with an online lover
Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (DETROIT) — When Bruce Miller was found fatally shot at his Michigan salvage yard in November 1999, it was Jerry Cassaday who pulled the trigger. But the one pulling the strings [Read More…]

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic speaks from prison in 1st interview since being resentenced in murder-for-hire plot
Marc Piscotty/Getty Images (POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla.) — Joe Exotic, the larger-than-life Netflix star from the hit show “Tiger King: Murder Mayhem and Madness,” is speaking out from prison a month after being re-sentenced for a [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: US cases at lowest point since Christmas
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 915,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]