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(WASHINGTON) — With Russia making its first moves in an expected spring offensive, the U.S. and allies are scrambling to get enough ammunition to Ukraine to fight off what could prove to be a decisive assault — and to launch an offensive of its own. As much of the war has shifted to major artillery […]
(NEW YORK) — The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have filed appeals against their hate crime convictions. According to court documents filed on March 3, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan argue that race did not factor into their decisions to chase and shoot Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, on Feb. 23, 2020. Travis […]
Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images (WRIGHTSBORO, N.C.) — A car has crashed through the terminal of Wilmington International Airport after driving through a fence and onto the airport’s tarmac on Thursday night, according to a statement from airport officials released late Thursday. According to local outlets, the car breached the fence line at the airport and drove […]
(NEW YORK) — A series of rail cars that Norfolk Southern recently put into service have been discovered to have defective, loose wheels. These defective wheel sets were involved in one of the several recent derailments Norfolk Southern has had, including the most recent one in Springfield, Ohio. Norfolk Southern first identified the defective wheels […]
(NEW YORK) — A member of a threatened owl species couldn’t resist the chance to join vacationers aboard a cruise liner, evading capture for weeks. A “wayward” burrowing owl hitched a ride on the Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas and remained on board for two weeks, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission […]
(NEW YORK) — After years of dealing with unsanitary wastewater conditions in and outside of their homes, some residents in the predominately African American Black Belt region of Alabama allege the state agency tasked with distributing funds to fix faulty septic systems has been slow to repair tanks and sewage lines. Some residents have reported […]
(NEW YORK) — A deceptive photo lineup helped imprison a man for over 18 years for a fatal shooting he did not commit, according to the Brooklyn district attorney. On Thursday, he walked free after a judge vacated the conviction and dismissed the indictment. Sheldon Thomas, 35, was convicted of a 2004 murder in Brooklyn’s […]
(SAN BERNARDINIO COUNTY, Calif.) — Thirteen people have died after powerful storms hit Southern California’s San Bernardino County and cut off mountain communities. However, only one of those deaths, which was caused by a traffic accident, is so far being considered weather-related, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. “The preliminary information in the other […]
(NEW YORK) — As the FBI offered up to $50,000 in new rewards for information on those responsible for sabotaging three North Carolina power plants in December and January, the sheriff in the county where two of the shooting attacks occurred accused a local utility company of stonewalling investigators. The two separate $25,000 rewards for […]
(NEW YORK) — An 8-year-old girl from Washington state who had been missing for over four years following a kidnapping by her biological mother was recently found in Mexico, federal authorities said. Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was safely returned to the U.S. in February after being located by local authorities in Michoacán, the FBI said […]
