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A year after racist shooting rampage, Buffalo struggles to correct decades of segregation and systemic racism

A year after racist shooting rampage, Buffalo struggles to correct decades of segregation and systemic racism

ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — While testifying in front of a federal commission last summer, Professor Henry Louis Taylor issued a startling summation of the evidence he said he’s drawn from the racially motivated May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a supermarket on Buffalo’s predominantly Black east side. Taylor, director […]

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Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than previously thought, scientists say

Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than previously thought, scientists say

Lukasz Larsson Warzecha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the coldest regions on the planet appears to be losing its ability to retain the frigid climate necessary to regulate temperatures in the rest of the world. Scientists have determined that in the last 10 to 20 years of steady global […]

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Uvalde families demanding gun control see a win as Texas state bill passes committee vote

Uvalde families demanding gun control see a win as Texas state bill passes committee vote

ABC News (AUSTIN, Texas) — The rotunda of the Texas state Capitol echoed Monday morning with pleas from more than 160 activists who gathered in Austin to demand the legislature take action on gun reform. Monday marked the last day the Texas legislature could vote on House Bill 2744 — […]

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1 year after Buffalo mass shooting, some residents feel they’re left to save themselves

1 year after Buffalo mass shooting, some residents feel they’re left to save themselves

Alysha Webb/ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — In the wake of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store a year ago this week, there was an outpouring of sympathy and support. Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the funeral for Ruth Whitfield, at 86 the oldest of the 10 […]

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Makeshift altar marks Brownsville spot where migrants were struck by vehicle

Makeshift altar marks Brownsville spot where migrants were struck by vehicle

Armando Garcia/ABC News (BROWNSVILLE, Texas) — A makeshift altar marks the spot where multiple migrants were struck and killed by a vehicle on Sunday. People have been trickling in and paying respect. “¡Arriba Venezuela!,” a passerby yelled. Sofía Nuñez, who lives right around the corner, was fighting back tears as […]

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Two sisters, in 2nd grade and 4th grade, among dead in mall shooting

Two sisters, in 2nd grade and 4th grade, among dead in mall shooting

Courtesy family of Aishwarya Thatikonda (ALLEN, Texas) — Eight victims were killed when a gunman opened fire at shoppers at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, on Saturday. Here is what we know about the lives lost: Christian LaCour Christian LaCour, 20, died during the Allen, Texas shooting, his […]

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Eight killed after car plows into 18 pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas; alleged driver charged

Eight killed after car plows into 18 pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas; alleged driver charged

Thomas Cristofoletti/Getty Images (BROWNSVILLE, Texas) — Eight people were killed and 10 others were injured when a car plowed into 18 pedestrians who were waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, police said. The crash occurred at 8:29 a.m. Sunday near the Ozanam Center, according to Brownsville police. Some […]

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Texas shooting witness describes ‘massive trauma’ as he helped victims

Texas shooting witness describes ‘massive trauma’ as he helped victims

Joshua W. Barnwell speaks to “Good Morning America,” on May 8, 2023. — ABC News (ALLEN, Texas) — The moments after Saturday’s shooting at an outdoor mall near Dallas, Texas, will never leave Joshua W. Barnwell’s memory. Barnwell, who rushed in to help those who were wounded, said he had […]

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Tory Lanez fights for new trial after guilty verdict in Megan Thee Stallion shooting

Tory Lanez fights for new trial after guilty verdict in Megan Thee Stallion shooting

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Tory Lanez is set to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday where his attorneys are expected to argue for a new trial for the rapper, who was convicted in Dec. 2022 of felony assault in the shooting of fellow hip-hop star Megan […]

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Gunman on the loose after Dallas train shooting that killed one, injured two

Gunman on the loose after Dallas train shooting that killed one, injured two

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (DALLAS) — One person is dead and two are injured after a fight broke out between two people on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train, a spokesperson said. DART police officers are searching for the alleged shooter, officials said in a statement. A man involved in the […]

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