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New York City names its first-ever ‘rat czar’

New York City names its first-ever ‘rat czar’

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City now has a “rat czar.” Kathleen Corradi has been named the city’s director of rodent mitigation. “You’ll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats,” Corradi said Wednesday after she was introduced by Mayor […]

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Federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in Shanquella Robinson’s death

Federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in Shanquella Robinson’s death

Obtained by ABC News (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not bring charges in the murder of Shanquella Robinson, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident who was killed in October while vacationing in Mexico. U.S. Attorneys Sandra J. Hairston and Dena J. King — who represent the Middle and […]

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Mom shot dead in targeted attack in drive-thru line while son was in backseat

Mom shot dead in targeted attack in drive-thru line while son was in backseat

Courtesy King family (CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — Pennsylvania authorities are searching for the suspect who gunned down a mom in her car in an apparent targeted attack while her 11-year-old son sat in the backseat. Rachel King, 35, was in a Dunkin’ drive-thru line in Cheltenham Township, outside of Philadelphia, when […]

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Donald Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500 million

Donald Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500 million

Jefferson Siegel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday sued his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, seeking at least $500 million for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. “Defendant breached his fiduciary duties owed to Plaintiff by virtue of their attorney-client relationship by both revealing […]

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Louisville shooting updates: 911 call from suspect’s mom released

Louisville shooting updates: 911 call from suspect’s mom released

avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville, police said. Here’s […]

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Search underway for teen who fell off cliff into St. Croix River

Search underway for teen who fell off cliff into St. Croix River

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A search is underway for a teen who fell off a cliff and into the St. Croix River, which runs through Wisconsin and Minnesota, Tuesday night. The 18-year-old from Wisconsin was at Interstate State Park in Taylors Falls, Minnesota, near a rock ledge when […]

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Record heat heading to Northeast: What to expect

Record heat heading to Northeast: What to expect

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Record heat is moving from the Southwest to the Midwest and Northeast, where temperatures could approach 90 degrees in some areas this week. On Tuesday, at least one dozen cities from Phoenix to Billings, Montana, broke or tied record high temperatures. Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, […]

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Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse.

Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse.

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kimberly Dukes is up as early as 4 o’clock some mornings, driving around Atlanta in her Ford Expedition, knocking on families’ doors. The executive director of the local group Atlanta Thrive, better known as “Momma Dukes,” said she takes as much time as she can […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 4/11/23

Scoreboard roundup — 4/11/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Angels 2, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 7, Houston 4 Chi Cubs 14, Seattle 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 11, Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay 7, Boston 2 Toronto 9, Detroit 3 Baltimore 12, Oakland 8 […]

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Louisville shooting updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

Louisville shooting updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville, police said. Here’s […]

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