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(CALIFORNIA) — A Hayward, California, cremation business that had its license was suspended in January was found in possession of six bodies and the cremated remains of 154 people in a warehouse, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The business’s license to store remains was suspended last year, but it still had remains stored […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — In response to a Republican bill to boost parents’ rights in the classroom, Democrats are out with a proposal they say will advance an “inclusive, aspirational, and affirmative vision for public education.” The Bill of Rights for Students and Parents, unveiled by Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on Friday, calls for well-rounded education “rooted […]
(CALIFORNIA) — Over 8,500 residents have been urged to evacuate immediately after a 100-foot-wide breach emerged along California’s Pajaro River around midnight Saturday morning as the state has faced a series of storms. The levee break comes as the state faces unrelenting rain, which could last until Wednesday. “My heart hurts tonight for the residents […]
(NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating threats allegedly made on YouTube against Democrats, including President Joe Biden and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, law enforcement and the LGBTQ community, according to an unsealed criminal complaint. The FBI received an online tip earlier this week from Google about an “unknown subject making threatening comments on Youtube” against […]
(DAVENPORT, Iowa) — GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’ first Iowa swing of the 2024 presidential cycle kicked off Friday in a packed casino room on the eastern side of the state, where he boasted that his stringent conservative leadership style had steered Florida into becoming a model for the rest of the country — a distinct tease […]
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (BURNINGTOWN, N.C.) — Four people are alive after a medical helicopter that was transporting a patient crashed in Macon County, North Carolina, on Thursday evening, according to Warren Cabe, Director of Macon County Emergency Services. Three crew members were transporting a patient from a medical facility in Murphy, North Carolina, to Mission […]
(WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday, notably absent was a plan to shore up the finances of Social Security. Biden’s placed an outsized emphasis on Social Security and Medicare since clashing with Republicans over the programs in his State of the Union address last […]
(NEW YORK) — An Indiana family is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old boy who died by suicide on Monday after, his parents say, he endured a barrage of bullying at his middle school. Now, the school district is hiring outside investigators to probe the allegations. In a phone interview with ABC News, family members […]
(NEW YORK) — Virginia state Senate candidate Monica Gary is open about her past. National outlets have already picked up her story because of her background as a former dancer at strip clubs. But Gary says her backstory also includes growing up in poverty in Stafford County, having a premature baby at 17, leaving an abusive […]
(ARLINGTON, Va.) — For nearly 25 years, Chris Johnson has been entangled in a deep mystery that he said has wrecked his family and his life. It began in 1998, when Johnson found his fiancée Andrea Cincotta, 52, dead inside their Arlington, Virginia, apartment. She had been strangled and crudely stuffed inside a bedroom closet. Although […]
