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What we know about the Michigan State mass shooting victims

What we know about the Michigan State mass shooting victims

mphotoi/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Three students were killed and five others were wounded in Monday night’s mass shooting at Michigan State University. The Michigan State University Police Department has released the names of the young lives lost. Arielle Anderson Arielle Anderson was a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Her […]

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Waterways along Ohio River still contaminated following train derailment carrying hazardous materials: Officials

Waterways along Ohio River still contaminated following train derailment carrying hazardous materials: Officials

ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Waterways along the Ohio River are still contaminated with hazardous materials following a train derailment that spilled multiple toxic chemicals, but officials are confident that those waterways are contained and not affecting water supplies. Officials announced the latest news during a press conference on Tuesday. […]

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Missouri man accused of holding woman captive indicted by grand jury on kidnapping, rape charges

Missouri man accused of holding woman captive indicted by grand jury on kidnapping, rape charges

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.) — A Missouri man accused of holding a woman captive for a month in his basement has been indicted by a grand jury on charges including kidnapping and rape, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Timothy M. Haslett, 40, was arrested in October 2022 after a woman reportedly […]

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Great Lakes reach record lowest ice extent for this time in the season

Great Lakes reach record lowest ice extent for this time in the season

ABC News (CLEVELAND, Ohio) — For the second day in a row, the Great Lakes are at a combined ice cover low. On Feb. 13, the combined ice cover across the Great Lakes was 7.3%, breaking the old record from 2002. The historical average for ice cover season-to-date is 40%. […]

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Who is Anthony McRae, the suspected Michigan State mass shooter?

Who is Anthony McRae, the suspected Michigan State mass shooter?

Michigan Department of Corrections via AP (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Law enforcement officials on Tuesday named Anthony Dwayne McRae, a 43-year-old resident of Lansing, Michigan, as the suspect in the overnight shooting at Michigan State University that took the lives of three students and wounded five others. McRae led police […]

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East Palestine, Ohio, resident weighs in on fears following train derailment, chemical spill

East Palestine, Ohio, resident weighs in on fears following train derailment, chemical spill

fhm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Ben Ratner has spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to survive a freight train chemical disaster. After all, he appeared in a movie about it. In 2020, Ratner and some family members traveled from his home in East […]

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Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron set to be sentenced to life in prison

Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron set to be sentenced to life in prison

John Normile/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother died in the Tops supermarket massacre last May, said he’s not interested in hearing what the gunman has to say when he plans to apologize to victims’ families on Wednesday. “Nothing he’s going to say to me is […]

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FBI announces investigation into Harris County Jail amid inmate deaths

FBI announces investigation into Harris County Jail amid inmate deaths

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (HOUSTON, Texas) — The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations of federal rights violations following the deaths of two inmates at the Harris County Jail in Texas after a request by the sheriff’s office. “These investigations will be fair, thorough, and impartial, and will […]

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5 years after Parkland shooting, teachers struggle with ramifications of gun violence

5 years after Parkland shooting, teachers struggle with ramifications of gun violence

David McNew/Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — Five years later, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is still very much on the mind of English teacher Sarah Lerner. Lerner was teaching at the school on Feb. 14, 2018, when gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people — 14 students and […]

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How Michigan State University shooting unfolded: Timeline

How Michigan State University shooting unfolded: Timeline

Scott Olson/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Three Michigan State University students were killed and five more wounded in a mass shooting on the East Lansing campus Monday night. For several hours, terrified students sheltered in place following warnings of an active shooter at the university, before a suspect was […]

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