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Ahmaud Arbery killers get life in prison; only 1 gets parole possibility

Ahmaud Arbery killers get life in prison; only 1 gets parole possibility

Stephen B. Morton-Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced. Travis McMichael, 35, was sentenced to life without the possible of parole. He delivered the deadly shot and was convicted on all nine charges: malice murder, four counts of felony murder, aggravated […]

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Snowstorm, backed by arctic blast, slams Northeast

Snowstorm, backed by arctic blast, slams Northeast

Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 45 million people on Tuesday morning were under snow alerts from Virginia to Maine. The first significant snowstorm of the season in the Northeast, has hit New York and Boston, after wreaking havoc earlier this week, when weather conditions left […]

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COVID-19 live updates: COVID-19 live updates: Florida allowed up to 1 million tests to expire, official says

COVID-19 live updates: COVID-19 live updates: Florida allowed up to 1 million tests to expire, official says

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 833,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.4% […]

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Three men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder to be sentenced

Three men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder to be sentenced

Stephen B. Morton-Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery are set to be sentenced on Friday. A Georgia jury in November, after deliberating for about 11 hours, convicted the three white men of chasing and fatally shooting Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was […]

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Fatal Philadelphia fire investigation getting help from national response team

Fatal Philadelphia fire investigation getting help from national response team

Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A National Response Team is being activated to help with the investigation into Wednesday’s devastating fire in Philadelphia. A residential fire in a converted apartment building killed 12 people, including eight children. Officials initially reported 13 people had been killed while conducting search and recovery […]

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More than 90 million people, 37 states on alert for hazardous weather conditions

More than 90 million people, 37 states on alert for hazardous weather conditions

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 90 million people around the country are expecting hazardous weather on Thursday into Friday morning. Thirty-seven states are under winter weather alerts for heavy snow, ice, brutal cold and wind Thursday night. More than 2,000 flights on Thursday have been canceled as of […]

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Alleged ‘ghost guns’ trafficker charged by feds

Alleged ‘ghost guns’ trafficker charged by feds

US Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — As police across the country have grappled with illegal guns on American streets, an increasing number of those weapons are “ghost guns” they say — guns that lack serial numbers or other traceable components. On Thursday, federal prosecutors in New York charged a […]

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FBI arrests man who allegedly spied on Egyptian president’s opponents

FBI arrests man who allegedly spied on Egyptian president’s opponents

Jon Hicks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Egyptian American has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of Egypt as he “tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents” of the Egyptian president, federal prosecutors in New York said. It’s the latest example of an autocratic leader extending their grip […]

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COVID live updates: 126,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19

COVID live updates: 126,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19

Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.3% of the […]

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2 men with alleged ties to ‘boogaloo’ movement built explosive devices to use against police: FBI

2 men with alleged ties to ‘boogaloo’ movement built explosive devices to use against police: FBI

Nes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Washington state men were indicted on federal charges this week that they conspired to build explosives to use against law enforcement, according to newly unsealed court records. Daniel Anderson and Connor Goodman, self-described members of the “Verified Bois” whose members allegedly espouse the anti-government […]

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