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Aaron Foster/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new red flag warning has been issued from Nevada to Oklahoma where 60 mph winds and very dry conditions could create a dangerous fire situation. The Southwest will [Read More…]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (GILBERT, Ariz.) — The winning ticket for the $473.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Arizona, officials said. Just a single ticket claimed the grand prize — which has a [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (GULFPORT, Miss.) — Four people were gunned down across two neighboring Mississippi cities Wednesday morning, allegedly by the same gunman, according to police. The first shooting was reported at about 9:11 a.m. [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the fall of 2016, under the cover of darkness, Jessica Reznicek had a singular focus: to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. At valve sites across America’s [Read More…]

Native Conservancy (NEW YORK) — When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, hundreds of thousands of acres of water were threatened. The 1989 spill, considered [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (OAKLAND, Calif.) — Teachers in Oakland, California, will be going on a one-day strike Friday to protest school closures the district has planned for this year and next year. A teachers’ union said [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Trevor Reed’s time inside a Russian prison may be over, but his parents said they are still concerned about his well-being and his long road to recovery. Hours after [Read More…]

Courtesy of Ja’Leaha Thornton (BELLE GLADE, Fla.) — A Florida teen is celebrating and sharing her advice for other students after getting accepted to not just one or even 10 colleges, but 72 of them. [Read More…]

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Unprecedented restrictions have been ordered for millions of residents in Southern California as the megadrought in the region persists and continues to intensify. About 6 million [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Protesters shut down a Grand Rapids City Commission meeting on Tuesday, demanding justice for Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a Michigan police officer earlier this [Read More…]

Eli Hiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK)  — A special grand jury that had been hearing evidence in the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump expires at the end of the week and [Read More…]

Concord Police Department (CONCORD, N.H.) — The FBI has joined the investigation into the fatal shootings of a retired couple whose bodies were found last week on a hiking trail near their New Hampshire home, [Read More…]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Following an almost two-year investigation, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found that the city of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of race [Read More…]

San Jose Police Dept. (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A 3-month-old baby boy was found safe and in good condition Tuesday, one day after he was taken from his Northern California home in what police believe [Read More…]

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, [Read More…]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will release findings Wednesday from its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department two years after filing a charge of discrimination against the city. The [Read More…]

Randomphotog/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — Missouri has become the latest state to advance bills that target transgender youth. The Republican-led House voted to push forward in a committee this week with HB 2649 or [Read More…]

avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s latest annual report. The organization recorded 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism — [Read More…]

Harper Collins/Random House/Candlewick Press (NEW YORK) — A group of residents in Llano County, Texas, is suing county officials for removing books from public libraries because officials “disagree with the ideas within them.” The residents [Read More…]

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, [Read More…]