Why sweeping police reform over the last year has largely been elusive
In the year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in an overnight drug raid, the Democratic-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill…
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Tee up for victims
Local nonprofit needs players for upcoming benefit golf tournament…
Continue ReadingNYC deputies shut down an unlicensed warehouse club with more than 100 partygoers inside
New York City deputies shut down an illegal warehouse party in Queens overnight Saturday, clearing more than 100 people inside, the New York City…
Continue ReadingDon’t drop the masks yet. One coronavirus variant is ‘increasing exponentially’ as the US races to vaccinate
With every Covid-19 vaccination, the United States inches closer to defeating the pandemic that has killed over half a million Americans and left…
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Egyptian swimmer takes the art of leaping out of water to new heights
Egyptian swimmer Omar Sayed Shaaban soared to success when he set a new record for the highest jump out of water while wearing a monofin. The…
Continue Reading Over 166,000 hens die in Arizona farm fire
Over 166,000 laying hens died on Saturday after a fire broke out at a bird warehouse in Arizona. Flames engulfed three massive warehouses containing…
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The key question for jury selectors in the George Floyd trial
Jury selection is one of the most difficult — and crucial — steps in any criminal trial. A veteran defense lawyer once told me,…
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Border Patrol arrests two wanted felons off of I-8
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested a man and woman after fleeing the I-8 checkpoint in a grey BMW sedan on Thursday evening, March 5, at about…
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This teen was offered over $1 million in scholarships when she applied to colleges
After applying to more than 20 colleges, one high school senior from Philadelphia has been offered a total of over $1 million in scholarship money.…
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US is at a tipping point of another Covid-19 surge, expert says. That’s why safety measures remain crucial now
With each day and each vaccination, the US inches closer to the finish line of what has been a brutal battle against Covid-19. But it’s not…
Continue Reading Hundreds risked everything in Selma 56 years ago today. This group is trying to identify them
Debra Barnes Wilson was 8 on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. She and her grandmother, Julia Barnes, joined the voting rights marchers,…
Continue Reading He adopted a dog that no one else wanted. It ended up saving his life
They say a dog is a man’s best friend. For one New Jersey man, his rescue dog has become much more than that. Sadie, a 100-pound German…
Continue Reading One person killed in shooting at George Floyd memorial site in Minneapolis
One person was shot to death Saturday night in Minneapolis at the same intersection where George Floyd died last year — an area that has since…
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The best of the best parachutists in town this weekend
Throughout the weekend dozens of parachutists will take over the sky above the city of Felicity, just 20 minutes west of…
Continue Reading Black mother pepper-sprayed in front of her toddler, police say
The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a…
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Teen saves friend’s life with CPR skills learned the day before
“I just saw my friend on the ground, ” recalls Norwood, “and I just knew what I had to…
Continue ReadingWidespread vaccinations are seen as one path on the journey back to normalcy in the Covid-19 pandemic
If they’re vaccinated, they will come. At least, that’s the hope of many state and federal officials who are trying to envision the road…
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New body cam video shows man telling officers ‘I can’t breathe’ before he died in 2017
Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff’s deputies and paramedics that…
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12-year-old arrested for four carjacking incidents in Washington, DC
A 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday evening after a series of attempted armed carjackings and one successful one in Washington, DC. All four…
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Amount of people hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine dropping rapidly
The release of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and its partnership with Merck means that President Joe Biden expects the US to have…
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