Black Lawyers for Justice (BRANDON, Miss.) — The shooting of a Black man in Mississippi during a drug raid is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The Justice Department was joined by the FBI and federal prosecutors in making the announcement Wednesday. […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police are investigating after two Jewish men were reportedly shot after leaving religious services in Los Angeles within 24 hours. The Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News they have no indication of a hate crime at this time. Initially police did not believe the […]
Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten/North American Aerospace Defense Command (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke to the nation on Thursday about the recent shoot-downs of flying objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. He addressed how the military responded in the immediate aftermath of discovering a suspected Chinese sky balloon flying […]
ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — As she stared down the teenager who murdered her sister and nine other Black people in the racially motivated Buffalo mass shooting, Barbara Massey Mapps said her blood was boiling to the point she wanted to reach out and wring his neck. As Mapps gave […]
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fox News anchors and producers privately acknowledged that former President Donald Trump and his allies’ allegations of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false despite their network’s promotion of those claims, according to a new court filing by Dominion Voting […]
Gaelen Morse/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The family of a 20-year-old man who was fatally shot by Columbus police is now filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer who shot him. According to the complaint, Donovan Lewis, an expecting father, was unarmed and in his bed when he was […]
ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (NEW YORK) — Since late January, four vessels, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon, have been seen in U.S. and Canadian airspace and were all subsequently shot down by the U.S. military. Some details link the incidents, including all of them occurring within a few days […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The mayor of an Ohio village where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month told ABC News that he “wasn’t built for this” and needs “help.” East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway briefly spoke to reporters on Wednesday evening, before a […]
Google Maps Street View (MIAMI) — A Miami, Florida, preschool is under fire after photos appeared to show children in one class in blackface during Black History Month. The children can be seen dressed up in costumes based on different professions – including police officers and construction workers. Their faces […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — For years, Daniel Levin and Felicia Rosario suffered cruel physical, sexual and psychological abuse at the hands of Lawrence Ray – much of the terror disturbingly recorded by Ray or at his behest. Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison in January for manipulating […]
