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(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery are set to be sentenced on Friday. A Georgia jury in November, after deliberating for about 11 hours, convicted the three white men of chasing and fatally shooting Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was out on a Sunday jog in February 2020. Civil […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 833,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.4% 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 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 833,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(CHICAGO) — Chicago officials canceled classes for hundreds of thousands of public school students for three days in a row this week, after reaching an impasse with the city’s teachers union over whether in-person learning is safe amid the wave of COVID-19 infections. City leadership, including Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, had asked teachers to continue […]

Nes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Washington state men were indicted on federal charges this week that they conspired to build explosives to use against law enforcement, according to newly unsealed court records. Daniel Anderson and Connor Goodman, self-described members of the “Verified Bois” whose members allegedly espouse the anti-government “boogaloo” ideology, according to the […]

Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A National Response Team is being activated to help with the investigation into Wednesday’s devastating fire in Philadelphia. A residential fire in a converted apartment building killed 12 people, including eight children. Officials initially reported 13 people had been killed while conducting search and recovery efforts. When firefighters arrived, they […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.3% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

US Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — As police across the country have grappled with illegal guns on American streets, an increasing number of those weapons are “ghost guns” they say — guns that lack serial numbers or other traceable components. On Thursday, federal prosecutors in New York charged a Rhode Island man who they […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 90 million people around the country are expecting hazardous weather on Thursday into Friday morning. Thirty-seven states are under winter weather alerts for heavy snow, ice, brutal cold and wind Thursday night. More than 2,000 flights on Thursday have been canceled as of 5:30 p.m., with airports in Nashville, Denver […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.3% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]