JIM WATSON/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 842,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the […]
Virginia State Police (SMITHFIELD, Va.) — A Navy Seahawk helicopter was forced to make a hard landing near Smithfield, Virginia, on Wednesday, and one of the three crew members aboard sustained minor injuries, according to the Navy. The Navy had previously said all three personnel suffered non-life-threatening injuries. “We can […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — No last-minute plea deals are in the works for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd, a federal prosecutor announced as the defendants’ joint trial in U.S. district court is set to begin next week. […]
Eric Yang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marginalized communities, especially those with higher-than-average minority populations, are more likely to be exposed to air pollution in the U.S., according to new research. Communities with large populations of Black, Asian and Hispanic or Latino residents have been found to experience more exposure to […]
JIM WATSON/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 842,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the […]
SCOTT SERIO/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A record number of law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2021, according to a report from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund Wednesday, with most losing their lives to COVID-19. In 2021, 458 law enforcement officers died — […]
SCOTT SERIO/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A record number of law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2021, according to a report from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund Wednesday, with most losing their lives to COVID-19. In 2021, 458 law enforcement officers died — up […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Orlando Police Department created a new unit in 2021 that sends behavioral health experts instead of law enforcement officers to respond to 911 calls for mental health crises. It’s in an effort — one of a number around the country — to avoid […]
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Penn.) — A medical helicopter that crashed while transporting an infant to a Pennsylvania hospital Tuesday afternoon made a “miraculous landing,” with no serious injuries reported, authorities said. The helicopter was traveling to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia when the accident […]
Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — More than 350,000 public school students in Chicago are expected to resume in-person learning on Wednesday after a tentative agreement was reached between the school district and the Chicago Teachers Union to bolster classroom safety amid a wave of COVID-19 infections. A deal […]
