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Funeral held for 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody

Funeral held for 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Relatives and friends poured into a funeral home in the Bronx Friday to pay respect and condolences to the family of Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez, an 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas last month. Teddy bears and pink balloons […]

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Six dead, including three children, in Tennessee murder-suicide

Six dead, including three children, in Tennessee murder-suicide

Kali9/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Six people were found dead, including three children, at a Tennessee home in an apparent murder-suicide. Marion County deputies and Jasper police officers responded to reports of shots fired around 9 p.m. local time on Thursday, only to find the home was set on fire, […]

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One person killed in bear attack in Arizona; bear also dead

One person killed in bear attack in Arizona; bear also dead

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (PRESCOTT, Ariz.) — A person was killed by a bear in Arizona on Friday, marking the second reported deadly bear attack in the state, authorities said. The bear involved in the attack has also been killed, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred in […]

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Surfside condo that collapsed and killed 98 was not built to code, federal investigators say

Surfside condo that collapsed and killed 98 was not built to code, federal investigators say

GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Federal investigators looking into the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse that killed 98 people in 2021 said Thursday the structure did not meet building codes when it was erected 42 years ago. “Our preliminary analysis of the original structural design of CTS shows […]

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Tornadoes rip through Texas and Florida, killing at least four

Tornadoes rip through Texas and Florida, killing at least four

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The residents of Perryton, Texas, are digging out after a deadly tornado ripped through the small town, destroying at least 200 homes. Devastation in Texas Three people in Perryton were killed: Becky Randall, a woman in her 60s who was found in a print shop; […]

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Delphi double murder suspect confessed multiple times: Prosecutors

Delphi double murder suspect confessed multiple times: Prosecutors

mphotoi/Getty Images (DELPHI, Ind.) — Prosecutors are alleging that Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen, while in custody, confessed five or six times to the killings. Defense attorneys didn’t dispute the allegation in a Thursday hearing, but argued the confessions were unreliable because of Allen’s deteriorating mental and physical […]

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Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter found guilty in federal death penalty trial

Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter found guilty in federal death penalty trial

Mint Images/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Robert Bowers was found guilty on Friday on all counts in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Bowers was convicted on all 63 charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. Bowers offered to plead guilty if […]

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Juneteenth commemorated in Galveston, Texas, where holiday began

Juneteenth commemorated in Galveston, Texas, where holiday began

City of Galveston, Texas/Government/Facebook (GALVESTON, Texas) — Ahead of Juneteenth, Galveston, Texas, was recognized as being the original birthplace of the African American holiday. The City of Galveston hosted an event Friday that featured an unveiling of a new welcome sign along the highway to greet visitors who enter the […]

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Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting: Verdict reached in federal death penalty trial

Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting: Verdict reached in federal death penalty trial

Mint Images/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — A verdict has been reached in the federal death penalty trial of Robert Bowers, who is accused of killing 11 worshippers in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Bowers allegedly stormed the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, gunning down 11 people […]

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Pattern of discriminatory, unlawful policing in Minneapolis made George Floyd murder ‘possible,’ DOJ finds

Pattern of discriminatory, unlawful policing in Minneapolis made George Floyd murder ‘possible,’ DOJ finds

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minneapolis Police Department for years engaged in a pattern of discriminatory law enforcement practices against Black and Native American people, using unnecessary excessive force and violating the rights of protesters expressing their First Amendment rights, a more than two-year investigation by the Justice Department […]

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