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Stockton Police Department via Twitter (STOCKTON, Calif.) — Firefighters in Stockton, California, are mourning one of their own, 47-year-old Fire Captain Vidal “Max” Fortuna, who was gunned down while putting out a fire on Monday. The suspect, Robert Somerville, 67, was arrested Monday and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on homicide and weapons […]

(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 886,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% 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 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 885,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(NEW YORK) — A U.S. District Court judge rejected on Monday a plea deal that would have allowed the white Georgia man and his father convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery to serve a large part of their sentences in federal prison. Judge Lisa Godbey Wood’s decision to turn down Travis McMichael and Gregory […]

(NEW YORK) — For the second time this month, at least six historically black universities and colleges have received bomb threats. Howard University, Bowie State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Southern University, Delaware State University and Albany State University have all reported potential threats Monday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is aware of the series of […]

(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — A future where motorists share streets and highways with driverless cars may still be years away, but transportation experts are saying now’s the time for elected leaders to plan for that scenario. Pennsylvania is the latest state to test drive the idea. The state’s Senate Transportation Committee approved a non-partisan bill on […]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Boston is digging out from the record-tying snowfall left behind by this weekend’s massive nor’easter. Boston tied its record for most snow in one day in January with a whopping 23.6 inches. The Boston suburb of Sharon, Massachusetts, saw even more snow, with 30.4 inches recorded in Saturday’s […]

(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 884,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% 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 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 884,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Police announced Saturday they arrested a suspect in connection with the series of swastika graffiti markings around Washington, D.C. Geraldo Pando, 34, has been charged with “display of certain emblems and defacing private/public property,” the Metropolitan Police said, Pando, who investigators say has “no known fixed address,” allegedly spray-painted […]