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ilbusca/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Massachusetts’ 911 system has been restored following a statewide outage Tuesday afternoon, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety. “The public may now resume calling 911 for emergencies,” the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety said. “The State 911 Department continues to investigate the cause of the disruption.” Earlier […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 accepted a plea deal Tuesday in connection with federal hate crimes charges and was given 55 concurrent life sentences. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to each of the 74 charges […]
(WASHINGTON) — Boeing CEO David Calhoun apologized to the families of victims of previous plane crashes involving the company’s planes, including the 737 Max, before being grilled by senators Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Sen. Richard Blumenthal invited the families to the highly anticipated hearing, and many came holding posters of loved ones […]
(CHICAGO) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to establish a Reparations Task Force to develop a reparations plan for the city. According to the mayor’s office, the task force will conduct a study and analysis of policies that have affected Black Chicagoans from slavery to the present day. Based on this […]
(NEW YORK) — Just as firefighters were getting the upper hand on multiple major wildfires burning across California, two new blazes broke out and rapidly spread overnight, dealing additional challenges to the crews battling the flames, authorities said. In what fire officials called an unusually early start to the state’s wildfire season, firefighters were scrambling […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The potential first tropical storm of the season is expected to bring heavy rain and dangerous flooding to Texas this week. The tropical system could strengthen to Tropical Storm Alberto on Tuesday or Wednesday before making landfall in Mexico, just south of Texas. This storm is forecast to bring flash […]
NYPD (NEW YORK) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a Queens, New York park last week, police sources told ABC News. The person, an Ecuadorian migrant who entered the U.S. in 2021, was picked up overnight after community members recognized him from a […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden joined former President Barack Obama, Julia Roberts and George Clooney at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles Saturday evening with celebrity surrogates like Barbra Streisand that the campaign said raised a little more than $30 million. Biden, who flew from his trip to Italy for the G7 summit to attend […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 is expected to accept a plea deal Tuesday and be sentenced in connection with federal hate crimes charges. Anderson Lee Aldrich is expected to plead guilty to […]
(BALTIMORE) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning more than 175,000 convictions for marijuana, his office announced Monday. “I am humbled to be with you in the historic Maryland State House — as we make history of our own, together,” he announced in a post on X. “This morning – with deep pride and soberness […]
