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Spring begins with snow heading toward Midwest, flash flooding threatening Northeast

Spring begins with snow heading toward Midwest, flash flooding threatening Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The first weekend of spring will be ushered in with snow in the Midwest and New England, and heavy rain and possible flooding in major Northeast cities. The storm will first move through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan from Thursday into Friday morning, bringing […]

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Modern female crash dummies can improve safety for women, experts say

Modern female crash dummies can improve safety for women, experts say

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to die or be injured in a car crash […]

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Alabama governor signs bill prohibiting DEI programs at schools, state agencies

Alabama governor signs bill prohibiting DEI programs at schools, state agencies

Fotosearch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a sweeping bill that prohibits the use of state funds for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and offices at state agencies, higher education institutions and other public entities. “My administration has and will continue to value Alabama’s rich diversity, […]

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This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness

This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness

Homeless encampment in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN. (Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Karen Staples Gonzalez had been living out of her car with her son from 2015 until 2023, when she was first approached by Hennepin County, Minnesota workers, who began to […]

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What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464 million civil fraud judgment?

What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464 million civil fraud judgment?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump walk together as they prepare to vote at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Mar. 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump has boasted that his […]

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Riley Strain’s stepdad opens up about family’s difficult conversations as Nashville search intensifies

Riley Strain’s stepdad opens up about family’s difficult conversations as Nashville search intensifies

@MNPDNashville/X (NEW YORK) — Over 10 days into the search for missing college student Riley Strain, his family said they’re starting to have difficult conversations. “Put yourself in our shoes,” Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, told ABC News on Wednesday. “Your family, your brother, your sister — they’ve been missing for […]

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4th white Mississippi officer sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

4th white Mississippi officer sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday for his role in two attacks, including the torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. […]

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How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms

How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more […]

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New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment

New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing […]

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Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say

Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say

Boise Police Department (BOISE, Idaho) — An inmate escaped from an Idaho hospital Wednesday with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him, striking two, in a “brazen” attack, authorities said. Both suspects remain at large following the early morning “ambush,” the Idaho Department of Correction said. […]

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