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San Jose City Council unanimously votes to ban ghost guns in the city
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — The San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that would ban so-called ghost guns in the city. The ordinance prohibits the [Read More…]
Michigan school board rejects state attorney general’s 2nd offer to investigate shooting
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (OXFORD, Mich.) — Oxford Community Schools rejected a second offer from the Michigan attorney general’s office to investigate a school shooting in November. The school board said it will launch a [Read More…]
Nearly $1 billion settlement announced in deadly Surfside condo collapse
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (MIAMI) — A nearly $1 billion settlement in last year’s shocking collapse of a Miami Beach-area condo building was unexpectedly announced during a routine status conference in a Florida courtroom Wednesday [Read More…]
Search continues for North Carolina nightclub bouncer who vanished after minor car crash
Courtesy of Richardson Family (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Friends and volunteers formed a search party Wednesday and fanned out in Raleigh, North Carolina, looking for clues and raising awareness about a popular nightclub bouncer, who they [Read More…]
Convicted murderer, who attorneys say had schizophrenia, put to death in Arizona after SCOTUS denies stay
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Arizona performed its first execution in nearly eight years, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an eleventh-hour request from attorneys who said the man had schizophrenia and should not [Read More…]
Nearly 2,400 Astroworld attendees needed medical treatment after deadly concert, court filing says
Rick Kern/Getty Images, FILE (HOUSTON) — Nearly 2,400 people required medical treatment following last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, according to a new court filing. Attorneys representing thousands of people suing promoter Live [Read More…]
Judge agrees to stop fining Donald Trump $10,000 a day under certain conditions
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge in New York on Wednesday said he would purge his contempt finding against former President Donald Trump provided he met certain conditions by the end [Read More…]
‘I thought he was going to kill me’: Victim recounts fighting off would-be kidnapper
ABC News (BURLINGTON, Mass.) — As her alleged would-be kidnapper was set to appear in court, a Massachusetts mother spoke out about the terrifying random roadside attack and was reunited Wednesday with the good Samaritan [Read More…]
Judge whose son was killed speaks out about new bill to protect judges
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly two years after her son was murdered at home, a New Jersey judge is fighting to get a federal bill passed that would limit access of public officials’ private [Read More…]
Temperatures soar 20 degrees above normal as wildfires burn in Southwest
Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Fire danger is back down to critical after reaching extreme levels on Monday, but red flag warnings continue across six states in the Southwest, from [Read More…]
Minnesota woman accused of abandoning newborns charged with murder
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (RED WING, Minn.) — Years after two infants were discovered dead along a stretch of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, police have identified and arrested their mother in connection with one [Read More…]
Philadelphia police seeking suspected serial rapist in ‘pattern of sexual assaults’
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia police are seeking a suspect in a recent string of sexual assaults that they believe may be the work of a serial rapist. Authorities have identified a “pattern of [Read More…]
Celebrity chef found not guilty of indecent assault, battery
David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been found not guilty of indecent assault and battery for a 2017 incident in Boston. “It’s an understatement to say [Read More…]
Mike Tyson won’t be charged for punching fellow airline passenger: Prosecutor
Al Bello/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson will not face charges in an incident last month in which he was recorded getting into a physical altercation with a fellow [Read More…]
Parents of 6-year-old marathoner speak out after they say child services visited family
GMA (NEW YORK) — The parents of a 6-year-old marathoner are speaking out after they say child protective services paid their family an unannounced visit and questioned their children at home. Ben and Kami Crawford [Read More…]
As Alabama’s trans youth care ban goes into effect, providers scramble for answers
Julie Bennett/Getty Images, FILE (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban went into effect on May 8, and physicians in the state say they’re scrambling to figure out how provide care for their young transgender [Read More…]
Woman indicted on manslaughter charge, ordered held without bail in fatal shove on NYC street
WABC (NEW YORK) — The woman accused of fatally pushing an 87-year-old woman on a New York City street was indicted on a manslaughter charge and ordered held without bail on Tuesday. Lauren Pazienza, 26, [Read More…]
Gun homicides spiked 35% during the first year of the pandemic, CDC says
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Gun homicides increased 35% across the country during the pandemic to the highest level in 25 years, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More…]
Emergent BioSolutions discarded ingredients for 400 million COVID-19 vaccines, probe finds
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Between March 2020 and February 2022, vaccine-maker Emergent BioSolutions was forced to discard or destroy up to 400 million coronavirus vaccine doses due to the contamination of [Read More…]
Casey White called corrections officer Vicky White his ‘wife’ when apprehended
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama (NEW YORK) — Florence, Alabama, murder suspect Casey White has been interviewed extensively since he was apprehended in Indiana on Monday, ending an 11-day, multistate manhunt, and is cooperating with [Read More…]