Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two children were shot and injured overnight in Washington, D.C., during two separate incidents Sunday and Monday, police said, describing both girls as innocent bystanders. The latest string of shootings comes as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled new legislative efforts aimed at increasing public safety […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ALLEN, Texas) — Police in Allen, Texas, where eight people were killed in a shooting at an outdoor mall earlier this month, say a man who said he tried to help some shooting victims is “not a credible witness.” There were discrepancies in what the witness, Steven […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — A 6-year-old girl was nearly abducted after walking home from church with her mother on Mother’s Day, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. Authorities responded at around noon on Sunday to reports of an attempted abduction in Daytona Beach, Florida, police said in […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (FARMINGTON, N.M.) — Three people were killed and six others injured, including two officers, after a suspect opened fire in Farmington, New Mexico, before officers shot and killed the alleged gunman, police said Monday. The suspect, who police said was 18, fired at least three different weapons, […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community are on the rise and intensifying, according to a new briefing by the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS document, distributed to government and law enforcement agencies on May 11, said that domestic violence extremists […]
COROIMAGE/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the unofficial start of summer almost here — AAA projects 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, a 7% increase over last year. “This is expected to be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000,” […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, the Uzbekistan native who planned and carried out a 2017 ISIS-inspired terror attack on the west side of Manhattan, deserves multiple life sentences “to provide just punishment” for killing eight people, federal prosecutors said Monday in a sentencing memorandum to the judge. […]
Detroit Police Department (DETROIT) — The search for a kidnapped Detroit nurse ended with the grim discovery of her body in her own car, and police said Monday afternoon that her ex-boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of killing her. Patrice Wilson, 29, a nurse at Detroit Medical Center, was […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former associate is suing Rudy Giuliani for alleged sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct, accusing the former mayor and Trump lawyer of making “sexual demands” and going on “alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist, and antisemitic remarks,” many of which […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Pacific Northwest was hit by a record-breaking heat wave over the weekend, with the highest temperatures seen at this point in the season. Portland, Oregon, reached 93 degrees on Saturday — breaking a record set in 1973 — and 92 degrees on Sunday, according […]
