Courtesy of Alicia Burke (NEW YORK) — Astrid Burkle, a 10-year-old transgender girl who lives in Ohio, said she wishes she “could have a normal life.” Her desire for normalcy — a life of baking cookies with her grandmother, singing with her friends in the local choir, and going on […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (FRIENDSWOOD, Texas) — A Texas teenager accused of shooting two people at his home, one fatally, allegedly told police that he wanted to “commit a homicide for a long time,” according to newly released court documents. The suspect — 17-year-old Connor Hilton — was showing the two […]
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With 2023 ticking down, the nation is poised to finish the year with its biggest annual drop in homicides on record, according to preliminary data from law enforcement agencies both large and small. The homicide rate in the United States is expected to plummet nearly […]
NYPD (NEW YORK) — Two New York City police officers helped save a man who had fallen onto the subway tracks this week — marking their second dramatic rescue in recent months. The NYPD officers were conducting an inspection at the Carroll Street F/G subway station early Tuesday when they […]
mphotoi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The off-campus house where four University of Idaho students were killed was demolished on Thursday — despite mixed feelings from victims’ families. The demolition began before the sun came up. The three-story house in Moscow, Idaho, was torn down in under two hours. The excavator […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Much of the Northeast was soaked by heavy rainfall overnight and into Thursday morning, after daily records were set in several areas of Pennsylvania and Delaware on Wednesday. The heavy rain overnight targeted Philadelphia, New York City and New […]
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year, state legislators introduced and passed a record-breaking number of legislative efforts targeting LGBTQ healthcare, access to public accommodations, inclusion in education, and more in the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union said it recorded at least 508 bills impacting the community in […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot has grown from an estimated $700 million to $760 million after no one matched all of the numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing. The winning numbers drawn for Wednesday’s jackpot were: 4, 11, 38, 51, 68 and red Powerball 5. The power […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman sent to prison for the murder of her mother, Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blanchard, who allegedly abused her daughter and kept her sick for years, was released on Thursday. She was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center at 3:30 a.m. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Highway Patrol troopers all across the state are going to be keeping an eye out for impaired drivers from now through New Year’s Day. A Highway Patrol spokesperson said troopers are encouraging people to make plans for getting home before they get to where […]
