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(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 810,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.6% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(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 809,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.6% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(DENVER) — Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced on Dec. 13 to 110 years in prison for a 2019 fiery crash just outside Denver that killed four people and injured several others – a sentence that the judge in the case said he wouldn’t have chosen if he had the discretion. A spokesman for the […]

(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 809,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.6% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Parts of the U.S. could see a white Christmas as storms hit the East and West coasts this week bringing extreme weather conditions. There is a winter storm warning in place for California on Tuesday, where 3 to 8 feet of snow is possible. Some of the highest elevations may […]

iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The Port of Los Angeles predicts it will break a new cargo record in 2021. The port said it would process about 10.7 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) this year, a 13% increase from its 2018 record. “As we approach a new cargo milestone amid this pandemic, I’m so proud of […]

(WASHINGTON) — Mayra Guillén, the sister of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, said the newly passed reforms to the way the military investigates sexual assault honor her sister “in the best way possible.” The House passed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 7, and the Senate passed it Dec. 15. The bill makes […]

(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 807,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to killing George Floyd in 2020 — when he dug his knee into the back of the Black man’s neck even though he was aware Floyd had lost consciousness and pulse. But in exchange for his plea, Chauvin, 45, made one request: that he be […]

iStock/South_agency (NEW YORK) — The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery appeared in federal court on Monday for a pretrial hearing. They will be tried on federal charges of hate crimes and attempted kidnapping early next year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed while jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood of […]