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Jetlinerimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An unruly passenger attempted to enter the cockpit of an American Airlines plane on Sunday, forcing the scheduled flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to divert to Kansas City, the airline said. “He’s trying to get in the cockpit,” the pilot told air traffic controllers. “We’ve got four passengers […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) — As school board meetings across the nation become increasingly contentious, parental pushback over COVID-19 related regulations and virtual learning has brought things to a head in San Francisco. There, voters are headed to the ballot box Tuesday to decide the fate of three school board members in an unprecedented recall election. San […]

(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors rested their case on Monday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his fatal 2020 arrest. The prosecution presented its case in roughly three weeks in spite of a recess being called for several days after one of the defendants […]

iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Authorities are searching for the wreckage of a plane that crashed off the coast of North Carolina with eight people aboard this weekend. One person has been identified, but officials are still in the process of locating the remains of the other passengers, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck said in a […]

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A jury was seated and opening statements got underway Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white Georgia men stemming from the murder of Ahmaud Arbery a 25-year-old Black man who was out for a jog in 2020 when he was chased and gunned down. The 16 jurors, including four […]

Family photo via KTRK-TV (HOUSTON) — Police are ramping up the pressure to find the person who shot a 9-year-old girl in an apparent road rage incident in Houston. Ashanti Grant is improving, but remains in critical condition and “fighting for her life” following the Feb. 8 shooting, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said at […]

(NEW YORK) — The megadrought that has been plaguing the Southwestern U.S. for at least two decades is causing the region to experience its driest conditions in 1,200 years, according to new research. Researchers analyzed tree ring patterns, which provide insights about soil moisture levels over long timespans, and found that the current megadrought has […]

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A jury has been seated in the federal trial of three white Georgia men charged with hate crimes stemming from the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was out for a jog in 2020 when he was chased and gunned down. The 16 jurors, including four alternates, were empaneled […]

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan, New York apartment in what appeared to be a random attack. Christina Lee got out of a cab at about 4:23 a.m. Sunday and was followed into her Chinatown apartment building, according to New York City police. When officers responded […]

Tempura/iStock (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 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 64.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against […]