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Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials are investigating what caused a fire that killed two people and displaced multiple residents at an apartment building in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday. The two that died, a man and a woman, had been taken to the hospital in critical condition, but succumbed to their injuries, according to […]

(TRENTON, N.J.) — New Jersey announced Thursday it is notifying nearly 200,000 homes and businesses that they are receiving drinking water from service lines contaminated with lead, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The announcement came on the heels of the state’s Lead Service Line Replacement law, which was enacted in July 2021. […]

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — A federal jury is poised to begin deliberating the fates of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of violating George Floyd’s civil rights by not providing medical aid during his fatal arrest and failing to stop their senior officer’s excessive use of force. The U.S. District Court jury in St. Paul, […]

(NEW YORK) — Two storms are wreaking havoc on roads as they push from the West Coast to the East Coast with heavy snow, ice and rain. As many as 98 vehicles crashed along a one-mile stretch of snowy Interstate 84 in Oregon on Monday, according to Oregon State Police. The largest crash involved between […]

Stephen B. Morton-Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A federal jury found Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan guilty of several counts in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crimes case. The U.S. District Court panel of eight white people, three Black people and one Hispanic person received the case on Monday. The men pleaded not […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two storms are wreaking havoc on roads as they push from the West Coast to the East Coast with heavy snow, ice and rain. As many as 98 vehicles crashed along a one-mile stretch of snowy Interstate 84 in Oregon on Monday, according to Oregon State Police. The largest crash […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (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 935,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.7% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated […]

(NEW YORK) — In emotional testimony on Monday, former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane told a jury that he tried to help George Floyd several times but in each instance was blocked by his senior officer, Derek Chauvin. Lane is the third former police officer to take the witness stand in his own defense regarding […]

(ATLANTA) — A jury began deliberations Monday in the federal hate-crime trial of three white Georgia men in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, with a prosecutor calling them “vigilantes” fueled by pent-up anger for Black people and defense attorneys portraying them as vigilant citizens concerned about protecting their neighborhood from crime. The U.S. District Court […]

(NEW YORK) — New York state is giving $10 million to organizations that serve Asian American communities. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Americans across the country have had to cope with discrimination and violence against their communities. The funding comes at a crucial time for organizations like the Asian American Federation (AAF), […]