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Body believed to be missing 19-year-old Miya Marcano found: Police
kali9/iStock (ORLANDO) — A body believed to be 19-year-old college student Miya Marcano, who has been missing for just over a week, was discovered Saturday morning, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced. Authorities searched around [Read More…]

Women’s March focuses on reproductive rights in light of Texas abortion law
LordHenriVoton/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Women’s rights advocates are marching again in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the U.S. Saturday, with a focus on reproductive rights. The fifth annual Women’s March is being held on a [Read More…]

Suspect in Houston school shooting identified, charged
kali9/iStock (HOUSTON) — Police identified the suspected gunman who stormed YES Prep Southwest Secondary school in Houston, Texas, on Friday and wounded the principal as 25-year old Dexter Harold Kelsey. Kelsey has been charged with [Read More…]

Death investigation into Illinois State Trooper found shot in squad car on highway
kali9/iStock (CHICAGO) — Illinois State Police have opened a investigation into the death of a trooper found shot on a Chicago highway Friday. Gerald Mason, 35, was found in his squad car suffering from a [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: American Airlines to require employee vaccinations
Drazen Zigic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million [Read More…]

Why some restaurants have added security amid new COVID policies
PinkOmelet/iStock (NEW YORK) — Amid restaurant closures, changing rules and regulations, worker shortages, supply chain issues that lead to price hikes and more, during the COVID-19 crisis restaurants in the U.S. have faced challenges at [Read More…]

California to be 1st state in nation to require COVID-19 vaccines for school children
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will require vaccines for all school children ages 12-17 once the FDA grants full approval, becoming the first state in [Read More…]

Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago police officer attempted to tackle Black woman
iStock/Marcus Lindstrom Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park, allegedly unprovoked. Nikkita Brown said that [Read More…]

More than half of US killings by police go unreported: Study
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (NEW YORK) — A new study on fatal police violence shows more than half of killings by police were left unreported in the last 40 years, and that Black Americans were estimated to be [Read More…]

FBI assisting in 3-county search for missing Florida college student Miya Marcano: Sheriff
iStock/ijoe84 (ORLANDO) — The FBI has joined the search for 19-year-old Florida college student Miya Marcano as her desperate family said they suspect she was kidnapped from her apartment a week ago. Marcano, a student [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: 37% of people may have at least 1 symptom months later
Drazen Zigic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million [Read More…]

Hundreds of hospital staffers fired or suspended for refusing COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of health care workers across the country are being fired or suspended in droves for not complying with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. President Joe Biden announced earlier this month a vaccine [Read More…]

Jelani Day’s family suspects foul play in son’s death, urges public for answers: ‘Somebody knows something’
Courtesy of the Day family (BLOOMINGTON, Ill.) — The family of Jelani Day, an Illinois grad student and aspiring doctor whose body was found floating in the Illinois River five days ago, is desperately searching [Read More…]

Laundrie bought new cellphone before going on hike, FBI now in possession: Live updates
AlessandroPhoto/iStock (NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as [Read More…]

2 Michigan men charged in separate vaccination card schemes
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock (SOUTHGATE, Mich.) — Federal investigators announced on Wednesday that they’d charged two Michigan men in a pair of unrelated schemes where each allegedly sold phony COVID-19 vaccination cards. The defendants, one of whom is [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: One state’s daily cases up by nearly 2,500% since mid-July
scaliger/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 693,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people [Read More…]

Dallas apartment building partially collapses, 7 injured: Officials
WFAA-TV (DALLAS) — A Dallas apartment building has partially collapsed after firefighters were called to investigate a carbon monoxide leak, according to officials. When firefighters arrived at the South Dallas apartment building around 10:30 a.m. [Read More…]

Gabby Petito’s parents ask public to help authorities find Laundrie, aid in helping other missing people
Octavio Jones/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The parents and stepparents of slain travel blogger Gabby Petito not only asked on Tuesday for the public to help authorities locate Brian Laundrie, who has been named a [Read More…]

Family of missing 19-year-old Miya Marcano hoping for safe return
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Family members of Miya Marcano said they’re holding out hope the 19-year-old woman missing since Friday will be found safe. Caili Sue, a cousin of Marcano, spoke to reporters in Orlando [Read More…]

Pilots warn vaccine mandate could cause holiday travel chaos
Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The unions representing American and Southwest airlines pilots are asking lawmakers and the White House for an exemption or an alternative to the federal mandate requiring companies with more than [Read More…]