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(NEW YORK) — Belarus fabricated a bomb scare aboard a Ryanair passenger plane last year to force it to land so it could arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday as they charged four Belarusian officials with conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy. Ryanair flight 4978, carrying 126 passengers, including four […]

(MIAMI) — A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to Miami so the customer could be booted off the aircraft, police and airline officials said. American Airlines Flight 38, with 129 passengers and 14 crew members aboard, […]

Stephen Lam/ The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — An individual with two guns was “neutralized” near the San Francisco International Airport’s Bay Area Rapid Transit entrance, temporarily delaying BART service Thursday morning, officials said. When officers responded to the airport’s international terminal in front of the BART station entrance, they tried […]

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — The federal trial of three former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd is set to begin Thursday with jury selection, and some legal experts expect the presence of Floyd’s convicted murderer, Derek Chauvin, to loom large over the case of his one-time subordinates. Fired Minneapolis police officers J. […]

kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 11-month-old girl has been shot in the face in the Bronx, prompting a search for the gunman and outcry from New York City’s new mayor. The baby is in the hospital in critical but stable condition, the New York City Police Department said. The shooting took place at about […]

(COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — Some American Jews found out right when reports of a hostage situation at a synagogue started to spread. Others saw the news alerts as they logged back online when Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath, concluded at sundown on Saturday. Reactions poured in at lightning speed, with some Jewish organizations calling for solidarity, psalms […]

Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — The leader of Oxford Community Schools fired back on Tuesday at a lawsuit alleging that the district failed to heed warning signs before the shooting that killed four students in November. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Tim Throne said that the district was unaware of a message on […]

Raymond Boyd/Getty Images (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — The University of Michigan announced on Wednesday that it’s reached a $490 million settlement in connection with allegations against the late Dr. Robert Anderson, who served as the school’s sports team physician from 1966 to 2003. At least 1,050 victims have come forward with accounts, stretching back decades, […]

(NEW YORK) — The anguished parents of slain Barnard College student Tessa Majors sat in the front row of a New York City courtroom Wednesday, looking on as the teenager who ​stabbed their daughter was sentenced to 14 years to life. Rashaun Weaver, who prosecutors said wielded the knife, and two other teenagers were arrested […]

(JACKSONVILLE, N.C.) — Two Marines have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a rollover accident Wednesday near Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, according to officials. Seventeen Marines were injured in the accident after they were ejected from the back of the 7-ton military vehicle as it tried to make a turn […]