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Son of former MLB player Steve Sax among 5 Marines killed in training flight crash
Predrag Popovski/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — The son of former MLB player Steve Sax was one of five Marines killed when their military aircraft crashed during routine flight training this week, the family confirmed Saturday. Capt. [Read More…]
6-year-old boy remains missing after mother drowns trying to rescue him from Massachusetts river
Courtesy Massachusetts State Police/Twitter (AMESBURY, Mass.) — A 6-year-old boy remains missing days after his mother drowned while trying to rescue him and his sister from a Massachusetts river. The child disappeared into the Merrimack River [Read More…]
March For Our Lives live updates: Protesters take to the streets across US
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Americans advocating for gun reform are taking to the streets in communities across the U.S. Saturday to participate in protests sparked by the back-to-back mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, [Read More…]
Suspect in Maryland factory shooting that killed three charged with murder
Washington County Sheriff’s Office (SMITHSBURG, Md.) — A 23-year-old man faces over two dozen charges after allegedly opening fire at his workplace, killing three people and later wounding an officer in an ensuing shootout, authorities announced. [Read More…]
School security technology at center of fierce debate after Uvalde shooting
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As details have emerged from the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last month — which left 19 children and two teachers dead — questions have [Read More…]
Gender equality celebrated at 50th anniversary of first women-only road race, Title IX
Paul Marotta/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Around the bends and over the hills of New York City’s Central Park, the world’s original women-only road race will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, just weeks before Title [Read More…]
A year after Surfside condo collapse, investigators still don’t know the exact cause
Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly one year after the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, that killed 98 people, federal investigators said Thursday that there are “many factors” that [Read More…]
Causes of death released for Texas family likely killed by escaped inmate
Getty Images (Centerville, Texas) — Five family members believed to have been killed by an escaped inmate in their Texas vacation home last week were fatally shot and stabbed, cause of death reports show. Four [Read More…]
Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr arraigned for killing of Patrick Lyoya, pleads not guilty
Scott Olson/Getty Images (Grand Rapids, Mich.) — Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr appeared in court Friday to be arraigned for the killing of Patrick Lyoya. Lyoya, 26, was shot in the back of the head [Read More…]
Guns in America: Black and Latino community members speak out on Buffalo, Uvalde mass shootings
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have bound in tragedy and trauma two communities of color – one Black, [Read More…]
Uvalde schools police chief defends response to mass shooting in first public comments since massacre
ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo has broken his silence since the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School and is defending the police [Read More…]
Supermarket where Buffalo shooting occurred could reopen by end of July
Libby March for The Washington Post via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The supermarket in Buffalo, New York, where a gunman opened fire killing 10 Black people last month, could reopen by the end of [Read More…]
US lifeguard shortage may mean summer pool closings
Owaki/Kulla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This summer, Americans across the country are going to have to find new ways to beat the heat. A nationwide lifeguard shortage is expected to leave thousands of public pools [Read More…]
Footage of deadly traffic stop shooting in North Carolina released
NC Department of Public Safety (SILER CITY, N.C.) — The North Carolina Department of Public Safety released police dashcam footage of a traffic stop that turned deadly when a state trooper shot and killed a [Read More…]
Reward offered for woman who set Wyoming abortion clinic on fire
IronHeart/Getty Images (CASPER, Wyo.) — A $5,000 reward has been offered after a women set fire to a planned abortion clinic in Wyoming on May 25, according to new police footage. The U.S. Bureau of [Read More…]
Miami teen accepted into all eight Ivy League universities
Courtesy Ashley Adirika (NEW YORK) — First-generation Nigerian American Ashley Adirika became one of few prospective students to be accepted into all eight Ivy League universities. “The tears just started to come out. Like they [Read More…]
How rising gas prices are impacting first responders
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Isabella County Sheriff’s Office is aiming to resolve non-emergency calls by phone after blowing through its fuel budget due to soaring gas prices. MedStar [Read More…]
‘Potential intruder’ fatally shot by police outside Alabama elementary school, officials say
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm (GADSDEN CITY, Al.) — A police officer shot and killed a man who allegedly tried to enter an elementary school in northeast Alabama Thursday morning, authorities said. Gadsden City Schools [Read More…]
‘Baby Holly’ found alive after missing for over 40 years after parents were murdered
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Age Progression) (HOUSTON) — The family of a couple murdered more than four decades ago finally has some answers about what happened to their baby daughter, who was [Read More…]
Police responding to Uvalde shooting may have been waiting for protective gear, initial assessment says
Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — According to a preliminary assessment of the Robb Elementary School shooting, state investigators believe the decision to delay police entry into the classroom was made in order [Read More…]