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(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 872,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(HARTFORD, Conn.) — Investigators say they discovered over 100 bags of fentanyl in the bedroom of a Connecticut teen who overdosed and died earlier this month and are seeking any information on the person who provided the drugs. The Hartford Police Department said Wednesday that the bags recovered from the room matched 60 bags found […]

(ATLANTA) — Some residents in Atlanta’s wealthiest neighborhood say they want to leave the city and start a new one, saying they are concerned with crime. But the idea comes with an increasing number of economic and social concerns as it gains steam. Buckhead is located on the north end of town and accounts for […]

(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Navy has begun to make plans to recover the F-35C fighter jet that crashed Monday after striking the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The jet is the most advanced stealth fighter jet in the world and would have made an enticing target for China if […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerously cold temperatures have taken over the Midwest Wednesday before heading to the Northeast on Thursday. Wednesday is the coldest morning so far this winter in places like Chicago, where parts of Lake Michigan are filled with ice. The wind chill — what temperature it feels like — plunged […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the second day of his trial in Manhattan federal court, Michael Avenatti has asked to represent himself. Avenatti had been appointed taxpayer-funded counsel from the Federal Defenders of New York as he fights charges he stole $300,000 from adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Avenatti unexpectedly asked Judge Jesse Furman […]

(FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) — A Black law enforcement officer is alleging that he was racially profiled in a Georgia Walmart store after he was handcuffed and wrongfully accused of shoplifting — and now he’s suing. David Conners, a Clayton County corrections officer, said he was shopping for home decor when a Fayetteville Police Department officer stopped […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. Joaquin Guzman sought to overturn his conviction in Brooklyn federal court on ten grounds. The appellate court concluded “none of these claims has merit.” Among Guzman’s arguments, the strict conditions of his confinement before […]

@USCGSoutheast/Twitter (FORT PIERCE INLET, Fla.) — The Coast Guard was combing the waters off eastern Florida Tuesday afternoon, looking for 39 people on a boat that capsized. The vessel may have been part of a “human smuggling venture,” the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said it had received a report from a good Samaritan […]

(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 868,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]