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(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 925,000 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, […]

KTRK-TV (NEW YORK) — Two young Texas sheriff’s deputies are recovering after they were shot in an “ambush,” but managed to return fire, fatally shooting the suspect, officials said. The Harris County sheriff’s deputies — ages 27 and 28 — were both hospitalized in stable condition, Harris County Chief Deputy Edison Toquica told reporters late […]

(NEW YORK) — The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of parties including Alec Baldwin and the Rust movie production, attorneys for the family said. Hutchins died in October after allegedly being shot by a prop gun that Baldwin, also a producer for the film, was […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to remove three members of the city’s school board Tuesday night, marking the first time in the city’s history members of the board have been recalled. In an election marred by debate over the pace of school reopenings during the pandemic and the management of […]

(NEW YORK) — Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a new court filing, marking the first time a gun manufacturer has been held accountable for a mass shooting in the U.S. Remington agreed […]

(NEW YORK) — A young girl missing since July 2019 was found alive Monday, police said, in a “small, cold, and wet” room under a staircase in a house three hours from where she went missing. Paislee Shultis was located in a home in the town of Saugerties, in the Hudson River Valley, after a […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a bullet while riding in the back of her parents’ truck, police said. A man making a transaction at a drive-thru ATM located at 2900 Woodridge Drive said he was robbed at gunpoint Monday night and exchanged gunfire with […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged alongside two former colleagues with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest took the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday. Tou Thao, 35, is the first defendant charged in the high-profile federal case to speak publicly about his actions during the 2020 episode […]

(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 920,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

Tongchai Cherdchew / EyeEm/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has warned of criminals increasingly using “SIM swap” scams in which criminals obtain cellphone SIM cards from unknowing victims and steal their personal information, including their cell phone numbers and bank account details. These scams netted criminals $68 million in 2021 alone, the FBI said, […]