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$20K reward offered for student who vanished at Michigan State University

$20K reward offered for student who vanished at Michigan State University

iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — It’s been nearly three months since 18-year-old Brendan Santo vanished while visiting friends in East Lansing, Michigan, the weekend of the Michigan-Michigan State football game. There have been no clues yet as to what happened to the Grand Valley University student who disappeared on Halloween weekend, […]

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Timeline of synagogue hostage standoff sheds light on suspect’s travel in US

Timeline of synagogue hostage standoff sheds light on suspect’s travel in US

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (NEW YORK) — The British national who allegedly took a rabbi and three other people as hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday arrived in the United States last month and gave customs agents a hotel in New York as his local address, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC […]

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s family leads march urging lawmakers to pass federal voting rights

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family leads march urging lawmakers to pass federal voting rights

Getty Images/Emma Espejo (NEW YORK) — As voting rights legislation remains stalled in Congress, Martin Luther King Jr.’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, and his 13-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, were among a coalition of civil rights activists who led the annual Peace Walk in Washington on Monday to […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Latest surge has yet to peak for much of US

COVID-19 live updates: Latest surge has yet to peak for much of US

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 851,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.9% of the […]

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New Virginia governor signs executive order to end mask mandate in schools

(NEW YORK) — Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed several executive orders over the weekend, including one removing masking requirements in schools across the state. However, a growing number of school districts have said that their masking policies will remain in place. “There is no greater priority […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Italian police arrest nurse accused of faking shots for anti-vaxxers

COVID-19 live updates: Italian police arrest nurse accused of faking shots for anti-vaxxers

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 850,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.9% of the […]

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Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect

Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect

Mario Tama/Getty Images (LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo.) — An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to determine why the train traveled for miles before any passengers or crew members reported it, authorities said. The victim […]

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Tsunami advisory issued for American Samoa after another volcano eruption in Tonga

Tsunami advisory issued for American Samoa after another volcano eruption in Tonga

Tonga Geological Services (NEW YORK) — The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption near the island of Tonga. While the volcano has been erupting for the past month, its most explosive event occurred Saturday, triggering a tsunami advisory for the […]

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Texas rabbi ‘grateful to be alive’ as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID’d

Texas rabbi ‘grateful to be alive’ as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID’d

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on social media Sunday saying he is “grateful to be alive.” Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was leading Shabbat services at […]

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East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system

East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system

Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east. The storm that brought dangerous conditions to Midwestern states on Saturday is expected to bring heavy snow that later turns […]

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