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TSA (WASHINGTON) — The Transportation Security Administration in 2021 has confiscated the most guns ever in a single year — some 5,700, most of which were loaded. The report comes at a time when the [Read More…]

CHRISsadowski/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least 78 people across five U.S. states have been confirmed dead after a swarm of tornadoes tore through communities in the South and the Midwest over the weekend. There were [Read More…]

iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 797,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As rescue workers combed miles of splintered houses and commercial buildings for survivors and the dead in Kentucky and seven other states devastated by a string [Read More…]

kali9/iStock (BAYTOWN, Texas) — One person is dead and 14 are injured — three critically — after a shooting in Baytown, Texas, officials said. A gunman opened fire on a crowd participating in a celebration [Read More…]

MF3d/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Late Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent statement about a new cyber vulnerability that could touch a wide swath of the internet. “This [Read More…]

Justin Hobson/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least 22 reported tornadoes ripped across six states overnight, devastating communities and killing dozens of people, including over 70 in Kentucky, during what is typically a quieter time in the United States [Read More…]

sudok1/iStock (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Pennsylvania, straining health care facilities across the state, hospitals are working to find ways to free up valuable bed space once again. WellSpan Health, which [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A devastating tornado outbreak has killed dozens of people across two states, with Kentucky seeing its deadliest tornado system ever, officials said. At least 70 people were killed in western [Read More…]

GETTY/Paula Lobo (NEW YORK) — “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan and the Blue Origin crew of astronauts successfully blasted off to space and back to Earth aboard New Shepard on Saturday morning. The Dec. 11 mission was [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A major storm is moving from the Rockies to the East Coast over the next two days, bringing with it heavy snow to the Upper Midwest and severe thunderstorms to [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/iStock (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The city of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay $5.75 million in damages to people injured during a wave of protests last year, according to a settlement reached Thursday. Protests [Read More…]

jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — Michigan’s Oxford school district is reopening for the first time since last week’s deadly shooting at Oxford High School. Four students were killed and seven people were hurt [Read More…]

Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — More than a week after the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, the last remaining hospitalized victim has left the intensive care unit, authorities said Thursday. The [Read More…]

CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Courtesy Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. (INDIANAPOLIS) — Police in Indiana are asking the public to help find a missing 15-year-old girl who they said may be in danger. Cabrini Stott was last seen on Sunday, [Read More…]

DNY59/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter charged in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop, began Wednesday. Opening [Read More…]

kali9/iStock (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Two juveniles have been arrested in connection to a shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, school bus stop that killed a 16-year-old. The juveniles, whose names were not released, were taken into [Read More…]

amphotora/iStock (BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) — As the trial of former police officer Kim Potter begins in Minnesota, the Brooklyn Center City Council has officially backed the formation of a new public safety department that will [Read More…]