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Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca’s sister pleads for public to help in catching the killer: ‘The pain is unbearable’

Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca’s sister pleads for public to help in catching the killer: ‘The pain is unbearable’

Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — Describing her family’s pain as “unbearable,” the sister of slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca is pleading with the public to help investigators identify and catch a suspect who allegedly gunned him down and stole his gun and car as he arrived home from […]

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Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction overturned in New York

Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction overturned in New York

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 4, 2022. (ETIENNE LAURENT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York’s highest court. The New […]

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Dozens dead as floods wreak havoc across Kenya

Dozens dead as floods wreak havoc across Kenya

Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — Days of torrential rain have triggered widespread flooding across parts of Kenya, turning roads into raging rivers and claiming dozens of lives. Half of Kenya’s 47 counties have been affected by the flooding, which has killed at least 32 people and displaced more than […]

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Gotham Whale, a New York City-based nonprofit, allows citizen scientists to assist in conservation efforts

Gotham Whale, a New York City-based nonprofit, allows citizen scientists to assist in conservation efforts

Artie Raslich/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A whale-watching excursion that embarks straight from New York City offers passengers an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle and assist in a much-needed conservation efforts for the marine mammal. Gotham Whale, and research education and advocacy organization based in Staten Island, collects […]

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Trump trial updates: Jury will hear again from former “National Enquirer” publisher

Trump trial updates: Jury will hear again from former “National Enquirer” publisher

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried […]

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Trump hush money trial Day 7: “National Enquirer’s” David Pecker to resume testimony

Trump hush money trial Day 7: “National Enquirer’s” David Pecker to resume testimony

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside the courtroom during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is set to return […]

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College protests live updates: 93 arrested at USC

College protests live updates: 93 arrested at USC

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the […]

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Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face

Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face

Warren County Police Dept. (WARREN, Mich.) — Michigan prosecutors charged a father for violating the state’s newly enacted safe storage law after his son allegedly got a hold of a firearm and shot himself in the face in their home. Theo Nichols’ 8-year-old son was in “extremely critical condition,” at […]

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Trump asks judge in Georgia election case to dismiss 2 more counts against him

Trump asks judge in Georgia election case to dismiss 2 more counts against him

Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him. Trump’s filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to […]

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Jewish student protesters celebrate Passover Seder in encampments

Jewish student protesters celebrate Passover Seder in encampments

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As pro-Palestinian protesters gather in solidarity and their tents, sleeping bags and banners dot the greenspace on campuses across the U.S., many students — Jewish and non-Jewish alike — could be seen at makeshift tables this week over a Seder dinner to honor […]

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