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Measures are taken by security forces on the scene of mass shooting at Apalachee high school in Winder, Georgia, United States on September 04, 2024. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WINDER, Ga.) — As investigators worked to determine a motive behind Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Georgia, they said they were also seeking answers about […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court for a stay that would delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case, which is scheduled for Sept. 18. The longshot attempt to delay the sentencing comes one day after District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Trump’s bid to move […]
Idaho Fish and Game (NEW YORK) — An archery hunter who was knocked down and bitten by a bear while hunting elk with his friend has survived the surprise attack, officials said. The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the hunter and his friend were hunting elk west of Henrys Lake in Island Park, Idaho, […]
Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last month he was suspending his struggling independent campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump, voters in many states are still likely to see him on their ballot this fall. Announcing his decision in Phoenix, Arizona, Kennedy said that he would remove himself from […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Joshua Maloch thought his Georgia high school was holding an active shooter drill when an alarm went off Wednesday morning alerting a school lockdown. “We all had to get into the corner of my class and duck down,” the 10th grader at Apalachee High School in Winder, told ABC […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Another nine victims were taken to hospitals with injuries, the GBI said. The suspect — 14-year-old Colt Gray, a student at Apalachee […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a sweeping crackdown Wednesday on dueling efforts by the Russian government to influence the upcoming 2024 election through covert networks aimed at spreading disinformation to American voters. For months, the Biden administration has been publicly warning of Russia’s efforts to influence Americans through disinformation and […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y.) — Police are investigating after human remains were found inside a suitcase Tuesday on Long Island. Officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning reporting “suspicious activity” in a wooded area near an apartment building in Huntington Station, New York, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. “Upon arriving, […]
Elliott Kaufman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City is implementing a new Black Studies curriculum in its public schools from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 as students return this week. “This is not a curriculum about a particular racial group, necessarily, but about the history of inequality and stratification hierarchy in the United States,” Sonya […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of more than 30 current and former Republican officials filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday condemning a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. “States have no business overruling the decisions of fit parents who make an informed medical choice for […]