Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images (BALTIMORE, Md.) — More than 150 priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore are accused of sexually abusing more than 600 children in a newly released report from Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown. The report, which examined thousands of documents […]
Kali9/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A day after Cash App Founder Bob Lee was killed in San Francisco, a customer walked into a cafe blocks away from the crime scene and began to cry. “She was looking at our pastry case and I did my normal, ‘Hey how is it […]
JOHN AMIS/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Nashville, Tennessee, Mayor John Cooper publicly called on lawmakers to pass an extreme risk protection law and take action on gun safety one week after a shooter killed six people at a local private school. Tennessee has “some of the weakest […]
Stephanie Mendez/ABC News (TEXAS) — As Miah Cerrillo and Khloie Torres made their way to the stage at the Galveston Island Ballroom in Galveston Texas, the entire convention erupted in a standing ovation. The two 11-year-old students—who called 911 during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas—were […]
East Cleveland Police Department/Facebook (NEW YORK) — Police departments across the country are facing a “vicious cycle” of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires, according to policing experts, leaving the communities they protect with understaffed departments and potentially underqualified officers. A survey released on April 1 from the Police Executive Research […]
Hugh T. Clements/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The new director of a Department of Justice office that financially supports police departments nationwide says that community engagement is what defines successful law enforcement. And he knows from experience. Before being chosen to head the Community Oriented Policing Services within the DOJ, Hugh […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Two former teachers at Kanye West’s Donda Academy are suing the recording artist and entrepreneur and California private school, alleging they were wrongfully terminated after raising concerns about the institution’s practices. According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Cecilia […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHESTERLAND, Ohio) — Local officials in Ohio are commending the quick thinking of a high school student who they say potentially averted a school shooting. After the 17-year-old student alerted a school resource officer on Monday morning about a bullet found in one of the school’s bathrooms, […]
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Bob Lee, Cash App founder and executive at cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin, died after “apparent stab wounds,” the San Francisco Police Department said on Thursday. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Wednesday described the killing of Lee as “horrific.” Police responded to […]
Mikhail Pivikov/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a man convicted of murder who apparently left an Atlanta correctional facility while on parole. The Georgia Department of Corrections issued an alert Wednesday for residents to be on the lookout for Charles Smith, who it said […]
