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Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images (RICHFIELD, Minn.) — One student is dead and another is critically injured after being shot on the sidewalk outside of a school Tuesday in Richfield, Minnesota, according to police. Police said the incident took place around noon outside the South Education Center, but the suspects fled the scene, Jay Henthorne, chief […]

(WASHINGTON) — Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children under the age of 5. The move puts the process in motion for the FDA to review the data, bring it before its independent advisers and potentially authorize the vaccine in the coming weeks. The […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — At least one law enforcement officer has been shot in a gun-related incident at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Deputies from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office are responding to reports of an active shooter at the college, a law enforcement official told ABC […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 886,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — Deputies from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office are responding to reports of an active shooter at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, a law enforcement official told ABC News. The shooter is in custody, according to a tweet from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. “I have been briefed on the situation […]

Stockton Police Department via Twitter (STOCKTON, Calif.) — Firefighters in Stockton, California, are mourning one of their own, 47-year-old Fire Captain Vidal “Max” Fortuna, who was gunned down while putting out a fire on Monday. The suspect, Robert Somerville, 67, was arrested Monday and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on homicide and weapons […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 886,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 885,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(NEW YORK) — A U.S. District Court judge rejected on Monday a plea deal that would have allowed the white Georgia man and his father convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery to serve a large part of their sentences in federal prison. Judge Lisa Godbey Wood’s decision to turn down Travis McMichael and Gregory […]

(NEW YORK) — For the second time this month, at least six historically black universities and colleges have received bomb threats. Howard University, Bowie State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Southern University, Delaware State University and Albany State University have all reported potential threats Monday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is aware of the series of […]