Benjamin Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to ongoing protests in downtown Atlanta. Kemp ordered the state’s defense department to mobilize up to 1,000 state National Guard troops to be called up to active duty “as necessary.” […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CYRIL, Okla.) — Remains found last week amid the search for a missing 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma have been confirmed to be those of the child, authorities said. Athena Brownfield was reported missing earlier this month after a postal carrier found her sister wandering alone outside, according […]
LEREXIS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Following four California mass shootings in the span of eight days that left 25 people dead and 17 injured, some gun violence researchers said they’re concerned that a phenomenon known as “mass shooting contagion” is occurring across the state. The cluster of deadly incidents is […]
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — January’s record rain and snowfall on the West Coast has had a positive side effect for over 27 million California residents. California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced Thursday that the extra rainwater will allow the State Water Project (SWP) to increase deliveries to […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Jan. 7, 2023: Tyre Nichols pulled over Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was pulled over by police for alleged reckless driving. According to Nichols’ mother, Rowvaughn Wells, Tyre was 2 minutes away from his home when he was pulled over. Officials said that […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (WELLINGTON, Kan.) — A dog has shot and killed a 30-year-old man in the front seat of a car after it stepped on a hunting rifle lying in the back seat, Kansas authorities said. The victim, Joseph Smith, was in the front passenger seat at the time of […]
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal and local law enforcement in Pennsylvania said they are struggling to locate the bulk of firearms stolen in a recent string of burglaries of licensed firearm dealers. Of the 93 guns stolen, officials have been able to locate 33 — some of which […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The five Memphis police officers who were fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop on Jan. 7 have each been charged with murder and are in custody Thursday, according to Shelby County, Tennessee, jail records. Memphis police identified […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek native who drove a rented truck down a Manhattan bike path adjacent to the Hudson River in an ISIS-inspired terror attack that killed eight people, was convicted Thursday by a federal court jury of murder and attempted murder in […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek native who drove a rented truck down a Manhattan bike path adjacent to the Hudson River in an ISIS-inspired terror attack that killed eight people, was convicted Thursday by a federal court jury of murder and attempted murder in […]
