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David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a court filing Monday asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction in the killing of George [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Nearly three weeks after Patrick Lyoya was killed, the Grand Rapids police chief on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot Lyoya as Christopher Schurr. Lyoya, a [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — West Virginia had the highest opioid overdose death rate per capita in the country last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OxyContin, a prescription drug [Read More…]

San Jose Police Media Relations/Twitter (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A 3-month-old baby boy has been found safe Tuesday after he was taken from his Northern California home in what police believe was a premeditated kidnapping. [Read More…]

Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New [Read More…]

Sam Wasson/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department’s investigation into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust is “nearing completion,” Adan Mendoza, the Santa Fe County [Read More…]

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Melissa Lucio was first sentenced to death in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez. After nearly 15 years on death row in Texas, Lucio was [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The family of the teenager who died after falling from an amusement park ride in Florida told ABC News’ Good Morning America that his death was preventable. “This could’ve been [Read More…]

Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death in March from the world’s tallest tower drop ride at a Florida [Read More…]

Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the second consecutive week, new COVID-19 infection rates among children in the U.S. have seen a notable increase, according to a new report from the American Academy of [Read More…]

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will investigate a plane crash in Arizona on Sunday during a Red Bull-sponsored stunt. The pilots of two planes attempted [Read More…]

Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — A hunt for a killer is underway in Wisconsin after a 10-year-old girl was found dead — and the police chief is warning residents to be vigilant. [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has ordered a court to consider new evidence regarding the case of Melissa Lucio and the death of her daughter, Mariah. Lucio [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been held in civil contempt for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York attorney general’s office. In a bench [Read More…]

Nitat Termmee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several wildfires are continuing to wreak havoc on landscapes all over the Western U.S. despite winds that have lowered the chances of rapid spread. Most of the fires are [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will take up the case of Melissa Lucio, who is on death row, and make a recommendation to the governor after her [Read More…]

Twitter’s board is negotiating with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports. Twitter and Musk [Read More…]

WABC/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Deadly fires broke out in Philadelphia and New York City on Sunday taking the lives of six people in total. The first blaze was in Philadelphia, on both floors of [Read More…]

ABC News (SANTA FE) — Easing winds could help firefighters temper nearly a dozen uncontained wildfires that exploded after days of dangerous fire conditions in the West. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a [Read More…]

Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A California man was arrested this week for allegedly threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster’s offices and kill its employees over the dictionary publisher’s definitions for women, federal prosecutors said. [Read More…]