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ED JONES/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York State reported 21,027 positive COVID test results on Thursday, a new single-day record, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday. This brings the positivity rate in New York to 7.98%. The state also reported 60 new COVID-related deaths over the last two days. “The winter surge in COVID-19 […]

(HARRISONBURG, Va.) — Police in Virginia said they believe an alleged serial killer whom they’ve dubbed the “shopping cart killer” may be responsible for the deaths of four people — and possibly more. Authorities said Friday that a suspect who was previously charged with the murders of two women, whose bodies were found in a […]

(NEW YORK) — The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter charged in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop, continues with Potter taking the stand to testify in her own defense. Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the […]

(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to travel throughout Western Kentucky on Friday and Saturday to meet with local leaders and residents in the storm-ravaged state he’s represented in Congress for 36 years. “It is still difficult to comprehend the vast scope of this storm,” McConnell said on the Senate floor earlier […]

SOPA Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Department of Homeland Security is urging schools to stay vigilant Friday amid unfounded threats of violence spreading on social media. “DHS is aware of public reporting that suggests possible threats to schools on December 17, 2021,” the agency tweeted Friday morning. “DHS does not have any information indicating […]

(PLAISTOW, N.H.) — Since the start of the school year, some teachers in New Hampshire said they’ve been on edge due to a new policy that they said punishes those who teach about oppression in America’s past and present. “If you raise a generation without a moral backbone to recognize oppression, to recognize exclusion, to […]

(NEW YORK) — The devastating twisters that tore through the South and the Midwest this weekend marked the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. in a decade. Here’s a closer look at the tornadoes by the numbers: 90 lives lost At least 90 people were killed across five states: 76 in Kentucky; six in Illinois; […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 803,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, […]

(NEW YORK) — The holiday travel rush is well underway and experts are predicting U.S. airports and roadways will be nearly as busy as they were pre-pandemic. About 109 million travelers are expected to take to the roads and skies for Christmas and New Year’s, according to AAA, which represents more than 90% of the […]

GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) — A 13-year-old girl who was the last person missing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, from the tornadoes has been found dead, officials said Thursday. Bowling Green initially had 244 people reported missing, police said, and Nyssa Brown was the last person still missing as of Wednesday. On […]