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This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness

This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness

Homeless encampment in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN. (Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Karen Staples Gonzalez had been living out of her car with her son from 2015 until 2023, when she was first approached by Hennepin County, Minnesota workers, who began to […]

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What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464 million civil fraud judgment?

What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464 million civil fraud judgment?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump walk together as they prepare to vote at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Mar. 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump has boasted that his […]

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Riley Strain’s stepdad opens up about family’s difficult conversations as Nashville search intensifies

Riley Strain’s stepdad opens up about family’s difficult conversations as Nashville search intensifies

@MNPDNashville/X (NEW YORK) — Over 10 days into the search for missing college student Riley Strain, his family said they’re starting to have difficult conversations. “Put yourself in our shoes,” Strain’s stepfather, Chris Whiteid, told ABC News on Wednesday. “Your family, your brother, your sister — they’ve been missing for […]

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4th white Mississippi officer sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

4th white Mississippi officer sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday for his role in two attacks, including the torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. […]

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How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms

How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more […]

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New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment

New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing […]

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Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say

Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say

Boise Police Department (BOISE, Idaho) — An inmate escaped from an Idaho hospital Wednesday with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him, striking two, in a “brazen” attack, authorities said. Both suspects remain at large following the early morning “ambush,” the Idaho Department of Correction said. […]

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4 young kids, 1 adult killed in devastating house fire in Pennsylvania

4 young kids, 1 adult killed in devastating house fire in Pennsylvania

Marco_Piunti/Getty Images (JEANETTE, Pa.) — Four young children and one adult were killed in a devastating house fire in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, officials said. The victims were: a 1-month-old girl, Korbyn John; a 3-year-old boy, Keagan John; a 6-year-old girl, Kinzleigh John; a 7-year-old boy, Kyson John; and a 27-year-old […]

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Judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling

Judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday cleared the way for former President Donald Trump to appeal the judge’s ruling that ultimately kept Fulton County DA Fani Willis on the election interference case. McAfee granted the joint request from Trump and some of his codefendants […]

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2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder

2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder

Taylorsville Police Department (NEW YORK) – Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man whose body was found in a remote desert area in Utah County, according to police. The 15-year-old and a 17-year-old have been booked into the Salt Lake […]

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