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Maryland prosecutor Marilyn Mosby indicted for allegedly lying on loan application spent on vacation home

Maryland prosecutor Marilyn Mosby indicted for allegedly lying on loan application spent on vacation home

Larry French/Getty Images for BET Networks (BALTIMORE) — A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City, on two counts of perjury and making false statements on mortgage applications that she allegedly used toward the purchase of two vacation properties in Florida, according […]

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1 woman dead, 2 children injured in car crash with deputy chasing robbery suspect

1 woman dead, 2 children injured in car crash with deputy chasing robbery suspect

KTRK-TV (HOUSTON) — A woman was killed and two children injured when a deputy collided with their vehicle while chasing a robbery suspect. Now, multiple authorities are investigating. The incident occurred Wednesday night in Houston, after a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy picked up a call about a nearby robbery where […]

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What to know about Biden’s plan to ship Americans 1 billion free at-home COVID tests

What to know about Biden’s plan to ship Americans 1 billion free at-home COVID tests

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Last month, President Joe Biden announced that 500 million free at-home rapid tests for COVID would be mailed out to American homes. On Thursday, Biden announced that he was doubling that promise and would now ship out another 500 million — to make 1 billion […]

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COVID-19 live updates: US death toll up 50% since Christmas

COVID-19 live updates: US death toll up 50% since Christmas

Liao Pan/China News Service 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 843,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% […]

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Navient agrees to $1.7 billion student loan settlement

Navient agrees to $1.7 billion student loan settlement

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan services, agreed Thursday to pay nearly $2 billion to settle claims by 38 states and the District of Columbia it deceived thousands of borrows into costly, long-term, forbearance plans that caused students to […]

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2 boys ‘robbed of their futures,’ gunned down in separate Chicago slayings hours apart

2 boys ‘robbed of their futures,’ gunned down in separate Chicago slayings hours apart

WLS-TV (CHICAGO) — The head of the Chicago Police Department is speaking out after two 14-year-old boys were gunned down in separate slayings within hours Wednesday. Just before 4 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was on a street on Chicago’s West Side when he was shot in the abdomen, according to […]

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Plaintiff in historic same-sex marriage lawsuit found dead

Plaintiff in historic same-sex marriage lawsuit found dead

Walter Michot/Pool/The Miami Herald/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Police are looking for clues into the murder of a prominent figure in Florida’s LGTBQ community. Jorge Diaz-Johnston was found dead in a Jackson County Landfill over the weekend, the Tallahassee Police Department announced Wednesday evening. Diaz-Johnston, 54, was reported missing on […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Biden sending medical teams to hospitals in overwhelmed states

COVID-19 live updates: Biden sending medical teams to hospitals in overwhelmed states

Liao Pan/China News Service 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 843,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% […]

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Maryland school district requests National Guard to fill in for sick bus drivers

Maryland school district requests National Guard to fill in for sick bus drivers

Mint Images/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) — One of the largest school districts in Maryland is asking for help at the highest level to address its bus driver shortage brought on by the omicron surge. Montgomery County Public Schools asked county officials to urge the state to deploy the National […]

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New winter storm headed toward Midwest, moving into Northeast by early next week

New winter storm headed toward Midwest, moving into Northeast by early next week

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A winter storm is expected to bring up to 8 inches of snow across the Midwest beginning Thursday evening. Winter storm watches are in effect for parts of South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa into Friday. The system is expected to move southeast this weekend. Some […]

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