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Northwestern University professor reported missing after leaving home to go on walk: Police

Northwestern University professor reported missing after leaving home to go on walk: Police

Evanston Police Department via Meta (EVANSTON, Ill.) — Officials in Illinois are searching for a Northwestern University professor who was reported missing after leaving home to go on a walk, according to the Evanston Police Department. Nina Kraus, a 72-year-old professor at the university’s school of communication, was last seen […]

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Trump family profits from launch of World Liberty Financial crypto token

Trump family profits from launch of World Liberty Financial crypto token

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Trump family secured a roughly $5 billion windfall on Monday as trading of a digital token belonging to its primary cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, opened. That figure is based on public disclosures that report “certain family members of Donald J. Trump [hold] […]

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13-year-old boy killed while setting off fireworks in Oklahoma: Police

13-year-old boy killed while setting off fireworks in Oklahoma: Police

A still from police body camera footage at the scene of a deadly fireworks incident in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sept. 1, 2025. Tulsa Police Department (TULSA, Okla.) — A 13-year-old boy died while setting off fireworks in Oklahoma, according to police. The incident occurred Monday evening near an apartment complex in […]

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Man charged with murder in Houston door-knock prank shooting of 11-year-old boy

Man charged with murder in Houston door-knock prank shooting of 11-year-old boy

Booking photo of Leon Gonzalo Jr. Houston Police Department (HOUSTON) — A 42-year-old Texas man is facing a murder charge in the shooting of an 11-year-old boy after the victim and his friends banged on the suspect’s door late Saturday night in what police described as a “ding-dong-ditch” prank that has been […]

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57 shot over Labor Day weekend in Chicago as governor rejects Trump threat to send National Guard

57 shot over Labor Day weekend in Chicago as governor rejects Trump threat to send National Guard

Scott Olson/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — At least 57 people have been shot, seven fatally, across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, including a drive-by attack that left seven victims wounded, according to police. The violent holiday weekend came as President Donald Trump renewed threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to […]

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3 hospitalized, including child, after minivan drives through Pennsylvania festival

3 hospitalized, including child, after minivan drives through Pennsylvania festival

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Three people have been hospitalized, including one child and a woman in a wheelchair, after a minivan drove through the Kipona Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday. It is unclear if the act was intentional at this time, according to police. The driver is […]

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Burning Man participant found dead at festival, homicide investigation underway: Sheriff

Burning Man participant found dead at festival, homicide investigation underway: Sheriff

kali9/Getty Images (BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev.) — Officials in Nevada are investigating a homicide after a Burning Man participant was found dead, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. On Saturday at approximately 9:14 p.m., a sheriff’s deputy was alerted by an event participant at Burning Man — an annual […]

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Boy dies after being shot in door-knocking prank gone wrong

Boy dies after being shot in door-knocking prank gone wrong

Sheila Para/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — An 11-year-old Texas boy has died after being shot in the back when he allegedly attempted a door-knocking prank on a neighbor, police said. The shooting unfolded around 10:55 p.m. on Saturday at a home in southeast Houston, Shay Awosiyan, a spokesman for the Houston […]

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Three more children injured in the Annunciation Church shooting: Police

Three more children injured in the Annunciation Church shooting: Police

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — As Minneapolis public schools prepare to begin the first day of classes on Tuesday, police confirmed three more children were injured in last week’s shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School. Minneapolis Police Department on Monday announced the revised number of injured, bringing the total […]

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35 shot over weekend in Chicago as governor rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard

35 shot over weekend in Chicago as governor rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard

Scott Olson/Getty Images At least five people have been killed and 30 others injured in shootings across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, including a drive-by attack that left seven victims wounded late Saturday night, according to police. The violent holiday weekend came as President Donald Trump renewed threats to send […]

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