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Police release footage of suspects wanted in livestreamed robbery of Brooklyn bishop

Police release footage of suspects wanted in livestreamed robbery of Brooklyn bishop

NYPD (NEW YORK) — Police released footage of three suspects wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Brooklyn, New York bishop during a livestream of his service. Bishop Lamor Whitehead said he and his wife were robbed of “hundreds of thousands” in jewelry, including his wedding band, during […]

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Suspected forest arsonist detained and tied to tree by local residents before arrest

Suspected forest arsonist detained and tied to tree by local residents before arrest

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man who was suspected of purposefully setting forest fires in a remote section of woods was tracked down and confronted by three local residents who tied him to a tree until authorities could arrest him, police say. The incident occurred on Monday at […]

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Athlete, rapper Flau’jae Johnson ready to profit from new NCAA rules

Athlete, rapper Flau’jae Johnson ready to profit from new NCAA rules

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Lakia Johnson, the mother of Flau’jae Johnson, remembers her daughter’s basketball journey like only a mother can. “She goes, ‘I want to play basketball.’ And I said, ‘Basketball? Well, there’s no 4-year-old girls playing basketball’,” said Lakia Johnson. “So I put her on a team […]

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Seventy-six-million-year-old dinosaur heads to auction

Seventy-six-million-year-old dinosaur heads to auction

RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A skeleton of one of history’s most ferocious predators is headed to auction in July. Sotheby’s announced that a fossilized Gorgosaurus, a relative of T. Rex, is set to be the highlight of the Natural History auction in New York later this month. The specimen […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 7/27/22

Scoreboard roundup — 7/27/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 4, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 4 Colorado 6, Chi White Sox 5 St. Louis 6, Toronto 1 NY Mets 3, NY Yankees 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE LA Angels 4, Kansas City 0 […]

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9/11 families slam Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament in New Jersey

9/11 families slam Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament in New Jersey

Jamie Squire/LIV Golf via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Terry Strada, the chair of the organization 9/11 Families United, which advocates for families of victims and survivors of the 2001 attacks, was shocked when she heard that the LIV Golf Tournament would be playing at the Bedminster Golf Course […]

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Abbott commits $1.25M for trauma counseling for Uvalde

Abbott commits $1.25M for trauma counseling for Uvalde

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he will provide a $1.25 million grant to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for counseling students and faculty impacted by the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. “As the community of Uvalde continues to heal, Texas […]

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Family files lawsuit against Sesame Place, alleging racial discrimination

Family files lawsuit against Sesame Place, alleging racial discrimination

Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (PHILADELPHIA) — A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed by a Baltimore family against Sesame Place, alleging racial discrimination from the theme park. The family said it decided to come forward after videos of a Sesame Place character seemingly waving off two young Black girls […]

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School district responds to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law with transgender reporting rule

School district responds to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law with transgender reporting rule

STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (LEE COUNTY, Fla.) — Transgender students in Lee County School District in Florida who want to be identified by teachers and principals with pronouns that correspond with their gender identity will now have to fill out a Gender Support Plan. “If a student does complete a gender […]

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‘Trigger laws’ on abortion temporarily blocked in Wyoming, North Dakota

‘Trigger laws’ on abortion temporarily blocked in Wyoming, North Dakota

boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Trigger laws” that would place a near-total ban on abortion were temporarily blocked in Wyoming and North Dakota on Wednesday, just as they were to go into effect. Both states are among more than a dozen that had passed laws that would enact bans […]

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