WLS-TV (CHICAGO) — Community members on Chicago’s West Side gathered for a prayer vigil on Wednesday evening after a drive-by shooting on Halloween night left 14 injured, including 10 members of the same family and three children. Another person was injured after being hit by a car on the scene, […]
Google Maps Street View (NEW ALBANY, Ind.) — An Indiana school announced it is temporarily closing to stop the spread of flu and RSV. At Community Montessori in New Albany — located on the border of Indiana and Kentucky — 13 students are out with influenza, director Barbara Burke-Fonden told […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Members of a group accused of voter intimidation have been banned from coming within 75 feet of ballot drop boxes in Arizona, a federal judge has ordered. The ruling also prohibits members who openly carry firearms or wear visible body armor from coming within […]
Dustin Satloff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Brooklyn Nets and their all-star point guard Kyrie Irving have announced that each of them will donate $500,000 to the Anti-Defamation League after Irving tweeted a link to a film that critics say promotes antisemitic tropes. “The events of the past week have […]
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — At least three people were shot in Houston on Wednesday during what police described as a human smuggling operation. Officers from the Houston Police Department were dispatched to an IHOP restaurant on West Sam Houston Parkway in the Westchase neighborhood of the Texas metropolis at […]
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Now at an estimated $1.5 billion, the Powerball jackpot is quickly approaching a world record amount after 39 consecutive drawings yielded no grand prize winner, lottery officials said. The next drawing is Saturday night, marking the 40th Powerball drawing since the jackpot was last won […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore.) — Multiple razor blades have been found hidden in children’s Halloween candy and authorities have narrowed down their hunt for a suspect to a small neighborhood where the families may have been trick or treating for the holiday. Police in Eugene, Oregon — located approximately […]
IronHeart/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Democratic Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez announced a policy proposal to establish a $300 million fund to support victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers in May. Gutierrez said he will file […]
Louisiana State Police (NEW YORK) — Residents in a Louisiana parish were evacuated Wednesday after a train derailment caused an acid leak, officials said. Louisiana State Police said crews were on-site Wednesday afternoon evaluating the derailment in St. James Parish, located about 50 miles west of New Orleans. The derailment […]
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors will dismiss dozens of gun and drug possession cases, as the D.C. Police Seventh District Crime Suppression Team continues to undergo a months-long investigation. Police Chief Robert Contee said on Wednesday that until the U.S. Attorney’s Office comes to a final […]
