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Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, has declared violent crime a public emergency amid a surge in shootings in recent weeks. The city’s board of directors approved the resolution for the declaration after it was introduced during a meeting Tuesday by Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. The resolution “demands […]

Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic (NEW YORK) — Authorities arrested four men Wednesday in connection with the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams. Police arrested Irving Cartagena in Puerto Rico following a four-month investigation into “The Wire” actor’s death. Cartagena was caught on surveillance footage allegedly selling heroin to Williams outside a Manhattan building on Sept. 5. […]

(WASHINGTON) — The absence of Sen. Ben Ray Lujan from the Senate is casting new light on the constraints of the evenly divided chamber, with the Democrat’s absence already sidelining some committee activity and throwing the timeline for other Democratic priorities into question. Lujan, a New Mexico Democrat, suffered a stroke Thursday and underwent surgery […]

(BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — The suspect in a shooting on a Virginia college campus that left two officers dead was a former student at the institution, according to court documents. Andrew Wyatt Campbell, 27, faces multiple felony charges, including two counts of capital murder, in connection with Tuesday’s shooting at Bridgewater College. A campus police officer […]

(WASHINGTON) — The persons of interest were connected to spoofed calls – emanating from a fake telephone number, the FBI official said, according to the source familiar with the contents of a call between FBI and DHS officials and state and local law enforcement on Tuesday. No bombs have been found. During the call, the […]

(ST. PAUL, Minneapolis) — The federal trial of three former police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his 2020 fatal arrest was abruptly suspended on Wednesday after one of the defendants tested positive for COVID-19, the judge presiding over the case said. The trial, now in its second week in the U.S. […]

(MCALLEN, Texas) — When 21-year-old, first-time mother Samantha Reyna arrived in labor at DHR Health Women’s Hospital in McAllen, Texas, she was stunned to learn that she was positive for COVID-19. “I was actually completely shocked,” Reyna, who gave birth Sunday, told ABC News. “I didn’t think I was going to be positive while going […]

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia (NEW YORK) — CNN president Jeff Zucker announced Wednesday that he’s resigning for not disclosing a consensual relationship with a colleague. Zucker said in a note to employees, “As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, […]

(NEW YORK) — A major winter storm is moving across the Heartland Wednesday, bringing snow from Denver to Chicago and ice as far south as Texas. More than 1 foot of snow is expected from northern Missouri into Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. A winter storm warning has been issued in Chicago where 5 to […]

(BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — A campus police officer and a campus safety officer were killed during a shooting at a Virginia college Tuesday afternoon after responding to reports of a “suspicious” person on campus, officials said. Multiple agencies responded to Bridgewater College in Bridgewater following a report of an active shooter around 1:20 p.m. local time, […]