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amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A teacher has been arrested after allegedly knocking out a 12-year-old student’s tooth with his elbow and throwing a basketball at him in a fit of rage, police say. The alleged assault took place at the Putnam Academy of Arts and Science School in Palatka, Florida — some 60 miles […]
(NEW YORK) — A suspect is dead after reports of an active shooter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. University police said shots were reported at Beam Hall as well as the school’s student union. There “appears to be multiple victims,” according to police. Beam Hall […]
(NEW YORK) — The Advanced Placement African American Studies course that sparked controversy among some conservative lawmakers has been revised and was released by the College Board on Wednesday. The updated curriculum is now set to launch in the 2024-25 school year. “This is the course I wish I had in high school,” Brandi Waters, […]
(NEW YORK) — NASA and its astronauts are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station being in orbit. The federal space agency broadcast a live conversation between the Expedition 70 crew and NASA Associate Administrator Robert Cabana and Joel Montalbano, space station program manager on Wednesday afternoon. The ISS launched on Nov. 25, […]
(WASHINGTON) — Democrats are touting a new mantra to anyone who will listen as the election cycle ramps up: 2024 is “the year of the states.” Amid growing handwringing over President Joe Biden’s reelection chances, a brutal Senate map and an anticipated knife fight for the House of Representatives, Democrats are elevating the importance of […]
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the loved ones of three Black people killed in a racially-motivated shooting in August at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, accusing the bargain discount chain store and the gunman’s parents of negligence. The lawsuit was filed in a Florida court, accusing the retailer […]
(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was blurring the complete surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in order to protect participants from being charged by law enforcement — a statement soon reversed by a spokesman. “We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated […]
(AUSTIN, Texas) — A 34-year-old suspect was identified Wednesday morning in a series of shootings in Texas on Tuesday that left six dead and injured several others, including two police officers, authorities said. Austin police investigators “strongly believe” the suspect, Shane James, is connected to the violent incidents and was charged with capital murder, authorities […]
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he will advocate Republican senators vote against advancing additional aid for Ukraine and Israel “to make the point, hopefully for the final time, that we insist on meaningful changes to the border.” In a continuing standoff over the aid the White House says is urgently needed, […]
(NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old New York City man has been indicted on hate crime charges stemming from an October antisemitic attack on a 23-year-old Israeli tourist in Times Square, prosecutors said Tuesday. Yehia Amin was indicted by a New York State Supreme Court grand jury on charges of stalking in the first degree as […]
