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(NEW YORK) — Luchiano Lewis was sentenced Thursday to the maximum of nine years to life in prison for his role in the murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors. Majors, 18, was stabbed to death on Dec. 11, 2019, in upper Manhattan’s Morningside Park, just off the campus of Columbia University. Lewis, who was […]

(CHICAGO) — Chicago’s police union chief is urging officers to defy the city’s requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday. Under the mandate, all city employees must submit their vaccination status by the end of the workweek. Unvaccinated workers who refuse to submit to semiweekly testing will be placed on unpaid leave. Fraternal […]

(WASHINGTON) — In the nine months since the Jan. 6 attack, even as their physical injuries heal, some Capitol Police officers still do battle with unseen wounds and memories. As part of their department’s efforts to assist with that healing, the agency has now added two “wellness dogs” to its health program. ABC News spoke […]

(COOPER CITY, Fla.) — Hundreds of mourners gathered for an emotional Celebration of Life ceremony for Miya Marcano, the Florida college student who was found dead eight days after her family reported her missing. Her funeral will take place Thursday afternoon. Family and friends embraced each other in front of Marcano’s casket, which was painted […]

100pk/iStock (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump must sit for a videotaped deposition next week as part of a lawsuit involving his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a judge in the Bronx ordered. A group of Mexican protesters said they were assaulted during a rally outside Trump Tower in September 2015 over the then-candidate’s comments that Mexican […]

(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 719,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

(NEW YORK) — James Anthony “Tony” Sisk was a lifelong law enforcement officer. He had reached the rank of captain with the Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department. Before that, he had worked in several different local departments starting in 1994, according to a department Facebook post Sisk was a native of the area, graduating from […]

(NEW YORK) — The American Automobile Association (AAA) is warning drivers nationwide not to over-rely on advanced safety systems in cars, like automatic braking and lane assist systems, during inclement weather. New research from the organization found that heavy rain affects safety features from functioning properly, which can result in performance issues. During AAA experiments, […]

(NEW YORK) — A New York City police officer is in custody after she allegedly shot two women, killing one, at a home in Brooklyn. The officer, who was off-duty at the time, is believed to have shot both women — one of whom she was dating — when they returned to the home where […]

WCVB (PLAISTOW, N.H.) — A driver experiencing a medical emergency crashed a school bus carrying six children into the woods in New Hampshire Tuesday, according to the Plaistow Police Department. The accident took place at 3:43 p.m. local time. None of the children were hospitalized and the driver, who was taken to the hospital, was […]