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Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerously cold temperatures have taken over the Midwest Wednesday before heading to the Northeast on Thursday. Wednesday is the coldest morning so far this winter in places like Chicago, where parts of Lake Michigan are filled with ice. The wind chill — what temperature it feels like — plunged […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the second day of his trial in Manhattan federal court, Michael Avenatti has asked to represent himself. Avenatti had been appointed taxpayer-funded counsel from the Federal Defenders of New York as he fights charges he stole $300,000 from adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Avenatti unexpectedly asked Judge Jesse Furman […]

(FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) — A Black law enforcement officer is alleging that he was racially profiled in a Georgia Walmart store after he was handcuffed and wrongfully accused of shoplifting — and now he’s suing. David Conners, a Clayton County corrections officer, said he was shopping for home decor when a Fayetteville Police Department officer stopped […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. Joaquin Guzman sought to overturn his conviction in Brooklyn federal court on ten grounds. The appellate court concluded “none of these claims has merit.” Among Guzman’s arguments, the strict conditions of his confinement before […]

@USCGSoutheast/Twitter (FORT PIERCE INLET, Fla.) — The Coast Guard was combing the waters off eastern Florida Tuesday afternoon, looking for 39 people on a boat that capsized. The vessel may have been part of a “human smuggling venture,” the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said it had received a report from a good Samaritan […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 868,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

Free Agents Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A second NYPD officer has died after being shot at a domestic violence call in Harlem this weekend. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, who died Tuesday, is “3 times a hero,” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted. “For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. […]

Andrew Burton/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — The city of Baltimore is in mourning after three firefighters were killed when they responded to a fire and became trapped inside. Lt. Paul Butrim, firefighter Kelsey Sadler and firefighter Kenny Lacayo died while battling a blaze at a vacant row-home Monday morning. The house partially collapsed, trapping them inside, […]

NYPD (NEW YORK) — Police in New York City have released new video of the suspect wanted for shooting an 11-month-old girl in the face in the Bronx. A reward has now climbed to $10,000, police said. The shooting took place at about 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 19 while the baby was in a parked […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 868,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]