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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a bullet while riding in the back of her parents’ truck, police said. A man making a transaction at a drive-thru ATM located at 2900 Woodridge Drive said he was robbed at gunpoint Monday night and exchanged gunfire with […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged alongside two former colleagues with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest took the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday. Tou Thao, 35, is the first defendant charged in the high-profile federal case to speak publicly about his actions during the 2020 episode […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 920,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

Tongchai Cherdchew / EyeEm/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has warned of criminals increasingly using “SIM swap” scams in which criminals obtain cellphone SIM cards from unknowing victims and steal their personal information, including their cell phone numbers and bank account details. These scams netted criminals $68 million in 2021 alone, the FBI said, […]

Cloe Poisson/Tribune News Service via Getty Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a new court filing, marking the first time a gun manufacturer has been held […]

Jetlinerimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An unruly passenger attempted to enter the cockpit of an American Airlines plane on Sunday, forcing the scheduled flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to divert to Kansas City, the airline said. “He’s trying to get in the cockpit,” the pilot told air traffic controllers. “We’ve got four passengers […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) — As school board meetings across the nation become increasingly contentious, parental pushback over COVID-19 related regulations and virtual learning has brought things to a head in San Francisco. There, voters are headed to the ballot box Tuesday to decide the fate of three school board members in an unprecedented recall election. San […]

(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors rested their case on Monday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his fatal 2020 arrest. The prosecution presented its case in roughly three weeks in spite of a recess being called for several days after one of the defendants […]

iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Authorities are searching for the wreckage of a plane that crashed off the coast of North Carolina with eight people aboard this weekend. One person has been identified, but officials are still in the process of locating the remains of the other passengers, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck said in a […]

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A jury was seated and opening statements got underway Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white Georgia men stemming from the murder of Ahmaud Arbery a 25-year-old Black man who was out for a jog in 2020 when he was chased and gunned down. The 16 jurors, including four […]