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timnewman/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — A woman was killed and five others were injured on Saturday in a shooting at a park in Portland, Oregon, police said. Officers responded to a report of a shooting near Normandale Park in northeast Portland at about 8 p.m. local time, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement. […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 24 months and a fine of $1,000 on Friday, following her conviction in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop. Potter will serve 16 months in prison and the remaining eight months on […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 24 months on Friday, following her conviction in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop. Potter will serve 16 months in prison and the rest on supervised release. Katie Ann Wright, Daunte Wright’s […]

(NEW YORK) — A new Gallup poll has found that the number of Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled in the last decade. Currently, 7.1% of Americans consider themselves to have an LGBT identity, according to the study, which was based on aggregated 2021 data and included interviews with more than […]

(NEW YORK) — An environmental group said Philadelphia’s school system needs to re-examine and rework its water pipes after a study found major lead contamination in school buildings. The report, which was released by the PennPIRG Education Fund, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality, found that […]

(NEW YORK) — Americans in at least 30 states are on high alert for snow, ice, flooding and tornadoes as storms sweep across the eastern half of the country. They could bring damaging winds across the Deep South Thursday into Friday. Excessive rain could lead to flooding across the Ohio Valley and the interior Northeast […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a powerful and emotional eulogy at Thursday’s funeral for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police officers executing a “no-knock” search warrant. Locke, who was fatally shot on Feb. 2, was not named in the “no-knock” warrant. Body camera video showed officers executing […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 930,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Grieving family and friends are gathering Thursday at the funeral of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police officers executing a “no-knock” search warrant. Locke, who was fatally shot on Feb. 2, was not named in the no-knock warrant. Body camera video showed […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 928,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]