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2 in critical condition from shooting at Kansas elementary school: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two people are in critical condition Tuesday morning after a shooting at an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy said. Two workers were shot but no [Read More…]

Iowa struck down a 72-hour abortion waiting period, many states have one
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While Iowa is considering what could become the most restrictive abortion law in the country, the Hawkeye state won’t be one of the states with the longest waiting periods for abortions. The [Read More…]

Trump orders flags to half-staff for newsroom shooting after White House initially rejected Annapolis mayor’s request
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has reversed the initial rejection of a request to lower the White House flag to half-staff to honor the newspaper employees who were killed in a Maryland shooting last week. [Read More…]

Secret Service warns of gas pump card skimmers as July 4 travel hits
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Fourth of July travel heats up, the U.S. Secret Service is warning motorists, businesses and police of a disturbing surge in criminals’ stealing credit information at gas pumps. Fraudsters are installing [Read More…]

Florida will seek death penalty for woman accused of killing doppelganger to steal her identity
South Padre Island PD(NEW YORK) — The Florida State Attorney’s Office 20th Judicial Circuit said on Tuesday it will seek the death penalty against Lois Riess, who allegedly killed a woman in Fort Myers Beach [Read More…]

Capital Gazette victim Rob Hiaasen remembered at ‘Celebration of Life’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Veteran journalist Rob Hiaasen, one of five employees gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland on Thursday, was remembered at a “Celebration of Life” memorial Monday night. Hiaasen, [Read More…]

Rescuers weigh options for extracting soccer team from flooded cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rescuers and authorities are considering their options for evacuating the soccer team — 12 boys and their coach — discovered alive after they’d gone missing for 10 days. Authorities are [Read More…]

Exclusive: Survivors of fatal Bahamas boat explosion speak out for the first time
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to [Read More…]

Mom dials 911 screaming her daughter’s trapped in tree, surrounded by alligators
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing [Read More…]

Pompeo heading to North Korea as regime shows little progress towards denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Three weeks after the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to North Korea on Thursday at a time the regime [Read More…]

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition saved after row over migration comes to an end
iStock/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — Those concerned about the future of Germany’s ruling coalition and the possibility of a snap election can now breathe a sigh of relief. The coalition will remain in place after a lengthy row [Read More…]

Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran’s economy
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is claiming some early success in its quest to cripple Iran with sanctions in order to drag it back to negotiations and change its behavior, even as it softens its [Read More…]

3-year-old girl stabbed in Boise, Idaho birthday party rampage dies: Police
Google Maps(BOISE, Idaho) — A 3-year-old girl attacked at her birthday party by a knife-wielding man who stabbed five other children and three adults in Boise, Idaho, has died from her injuries, police said Monday. [Read More…]

Harvey Weinstein could face life sentence for new alleged sex crimes
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Manhattan grand jury has returned a superseding indictment that charges disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein with additional sex crimes, including one that could land him in prison for life. [Read More…]

Twelve boys and their soccer coach found alive in cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twelve boys and their soccer coach, lost for 10 days in a cave in Thailand, have been found alive, officials announced Monday. “Thai Navy SEALs have found all 13 with [Read More…]

Natural and cultural sites added to the World Heritage List
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — UNESCO has added 20 new World Heritage Sites to its list of places as unique and diverse as the Galapagos Islands, the pyramids of Egypt, Venice and its lagoon, Serengeti National Park [Read More…]

Trump predicts ‘very good relationship’ with Mexico’s president-elect Lopez Obrador
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Monday he has had a 30-minute phone call with the newly-elected leader of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, discussing trade, border security, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) [Read More…]

Potential terror plot in Cleveland foiled: FBI
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) — An Ohio man has been accused of plotting an attack on Wednesday’s Independence Day parade and fireworks in downtown Cleveland, the FBI announced Monday. Agents said they had charged Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts with [Read More…]

Police say Lyft driver was stabbed repeatedly after ‘verbal altercation’ with suspect
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Officials are searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a Lyft driver in the head following a verbal altercation between the passenger and the driver in Washington, D.C. The driver got [Read More…]

Rescuers find 12 boys and their soccer coach alive in cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twelve boys and their soccer coach, lost for 10 days in a cave in Thailand, have been found alive, officials announced Monday. The governor of Thailand said he has not [Read More…]