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1 dead, ‘multiple’ people shot at party in Muncie, Indiana

1 dead, ‘multiple’ people shot at party in Muncie, Indiana

Victoria Arancio/Getty Images (MUNCIE, Ind.) — One person has died, and multiple others were injured following a shooting at a large gathering in Muncie, Indiana, overnight, according to the city of Muncie. Delaware County dispatchers received a call at 1:14 a.m. Sunday morning for multiple gunshot victims at a large party […]

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Family of Black mother fatally shot by neighbor urges DOJ to consider hate crime charges

Family of Black mother fatally shot by neighbor urges DOJ to consider hate crime charges

Anthony D. Thomas via AP (OCALA, Fla.) — The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother of four who was fatally shot through a closed door by her white neighbor on June 2 in Ocala, Florida, is calling on the Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and the U.S. Department […]

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5 injured in shooting at community outreach event in Seattle: Police

5 injured in shooting at community outreach event in Seattle: Police

KOMO (SEATTLE) — Five people were injured, two critically, in a shooting that broke out in a parking lot during a community outreach event in Seattle Friday night, police said. Police responded to reports of a shooting in a parking lot in Rainier Valley shortly before 9 p.m. local time […]

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More than 110 million Americans across 29 states on alert for dangerous heat

More than 110 million Americans across 29 states on alert for dangerous heat

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 110 million Americans across 29 states are under heat alerts Saturday from southern California to Massachusetts. The Northeast has one more day of its first heat wave of the season, with highs reaching near 90 degrees along the I-95 corridor and heat indices […]

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One urban heat island has a plan to bring residents some relief

One urban heat island has a plan to bring residents some relief

Courtesy Angela M. Chalk (NEW ORLEANS) — As extreme heat takes over the U.S., millions of Americans will be faced with the “urban heat island” effect. The lack of vegetation and shade, as well as an increase in paved surfaces and buildings, is causing temperatures to rise as much as […]

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Oxford school shooting victim testifies on seeing classmates shot: ‘I just prayed’

Oxford school shooting victim testifies on seeing classmates shot: ‘I just prayed’

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Victims of the 2021 Oxford school shooting in Michigan appeared in court to give emotional testimony Friday in a hearing that will determine whether the shooter, Ethan Crumbley, could be sentenced to life in prison or have the possibility of parole. The hearing — […]

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Louisville officer shot in head at mass shooting to be discharged over three months later

Louisville officer shot in head at mass shooting to be discharged over three months later

Louisville Police Dept. (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A Louisville, Kentucky police officer critically wounded in a mass shooting at a bank in April will finally be heading home on Friday. Officer Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie who was shot in the head, will be discharged Friday after more than three months […]

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Arizona medical examiner’s office at 106% capacity, brings in refrigeration units

Arizona medical examiner’s office at 106% capacity, brings in refrigeration units

fstop123/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The medical examiner’s office in Arizona’s Maricopa County is over capacity and has had to bring in refrigeration units due to a spike in deaths this month amid a record-breaking heat wave, officials said. It’s the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that the […]

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Jadarrius Rose, Black trucker attacked by Ohio police dog while surrendering, speaks out

Jadarrius Rose, Black trucker attacked by Ohio police dog while surrendering, speaks out

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 23-year-old truck driver who was attacked by an Ohio police dog while trying to surrender with his hands up, broke his silence about the horrific ordeal Thursday night, telling ABC News, “I just didn’t want to die.” Jadarrius Rose, 23, of Memphis, Tennessee, spoke […]

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Suspect arrested in 1993 abduction and murder of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom: Sheriff

Suspect arrested in 1993 abduction and murder of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom: Sheriff

Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Thirty years ago, 12-year-old Jennifer Odom was abducted after getting off her Florida school bus and found dead six days later, law enforcement officials said. On Thursday, authorities announced the arrest of a suspect in the homicide cold case. Jeffrey Crum, 61, has […]

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