Sandy Hook Promise’s chilling back-to-school PSA hopes to prevent mass shootings
It begins with a smiling teen boy, opening his locker to retrieve the “perfect” backpack that his mom bought him. It ends with a young…
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Someone put up a Nazi flag at a Michigan elementary school
Police in Battle Creek, Michigan, are investigating after a Nazi flag was found flying at an elementary school. The flag was discovered Saturday when…
Continue ReadingAmber Alert issued for 5-year-old girl in New Jersey who may have been abducted from playground
New Jersey officials issued a statewide Amber Alert for a missing 5-year-old girl who authorities say may have been abducted from a playground on…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania state senator resigns amid child pornography investigation, lawmakers say
Pennsylvania state Sen. Michael Folmer handed in his letter of resignation Wednesday amid allegations that police found child pornography on his…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Jerry has formed in the Atlantic and could become a hurricane later this week
Another tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic and could strengthen into a hurricane by the end of the week. Jerry, the 10th named storm of this…
Continue ReadingVA puts regional director on leave after veteran found covered in ants at assisted-living facility
The head of the Veterans Health Administration announced a series of major changes at an assisted-living facility days after a dying Air Force…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Tuscaloosa police officer’s killing charged with capital murder
Authorities charged a 20-year-old man Wednesday with capital murder in this week’s fatal shooting of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police officer…
Continue ReadingChick-fil-A employee springs into action to save a customer’s life after they went into cardiac arrest
Chick-fil-A saves lives. Literally. A man who went into cardiac arrest last week at a Chula Vista, California, location was saved in part by Tauya…
Continue ReadingMosquito-borne virus victim went from healthy to brain dead in 9 days
A Michigan man went from healthy to brain dead in just nine days after contracting Eastern equine encephalitis, his brother said. Gregg McChesney,…
Continue ReadingDemocratic donor Ed Buck charged with a felony for running a drug den
Democratic donor Ed Buck has been charged with operating a drug house after a 37-year-old man suffered a nonfatal overdose at his apartment last…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials ban the trapping of this cute, weasely creature in a bid to revive its population
There are fewer than 200 of the beady-eyed and bushy-tailed Humboldt marten in Oregon. But conservation groups are hoping that number will rise in…
Continue ReadingA California school district is fed up with school threats, so they’ve produced PSAs on social media awareness
Local TV in Fresno, California, now features two public service announcements created by the Fresno Unified School District aimed at educating…
Continue ReadingMerriam-Webster adds the nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ to its dictionary
Merriam-Webster has officially added the nonbinary pronoun “they” as an entry in its dictionary. Merriam-Webster announced Tuesday that…
Continue ReadingA fan held a sign on ‘College GameDay’ asking people to Venmo him money for beer. Now he’s donating it all to a children’s hospital
A college football fan who held up a sign on national TV asking for beer money says he’s giving the thousands of dollars he raked in to a…
Continue Reading31 horses have now died at Santa Anita this season
A 4-year-old horse died Monday at California’s Santa Anita Park, bringing the total number of horse deaths this season to 31. The gelding,…
Continue ReadingPittsburgh Pirates’ closer Felipe Vázquez accused of sex crimes in Florida and Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-star closer Felipe Vázquez was arrested Tuesday on a felony count of soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct…
Continue ReadingChinese parent arrested for bribery in Spain as part of the college admissions scam
A Chinese woman who allegedly paid $400,000 in bribes to get her son into UCLA as a fake soccer recruit was arrested in Spain as part of the…
Continue ReadingFBI seeking help identifying a bank robber dressed as a mummy
Authorities in Texas are on the search for a bank robber they have dubbed the “Mummy Marauder.” The robbery took place on Friday the 13th…
Continue ReadingA woman was arrested after she bought an AK-47 and threatened her old school
An 18-year-old Oklahoma woman was arrested for making terroristic threats against her former high school, according to a Pittsburg County…
Continue ReadingHe was a Yale graduate, Wall Street banker and entrepreneur. Today he’s homeless in Los Angeles
Shawn Pleasants has the kind of resume that would attract the attention of any job recruiter: high school valedictorian, economics major from Yale…
Continue ReadingKFC is testing some kind of Chicken & Donuts sandwich and we’re ready for it
In case you missed it, America has been kind of obsessed with chicken sandwiches lately. But KFC’s iteration may be taking it a bit too far. Or…
Continue ReadingA man shot this month by an ICE officer while fleeing arrest has been caught in Nashville
Twelve days after being shot by an ICE officer who was attempting to arrest him, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was arrested Tuesday on the…
Continue ReadingA father was arrested when his 11-year-old son was killed after falling from a boat in California
A California father was arrested after his 11-year-old son was killed during a boating trip in the San Francisco Bay, police say. Javier A. Burillo,…
Continue Reading‘Take care of it’: North Carolina sheriff wanted ex-deputy with dirt on him killed, indictment says
A grand jury has indicted the sitting Granville County, North Carolina, sheriff on two felony obstruction of justice charges, alleging the lawman…
Continue ReadingSurfing legend Sunny Garcia ‘has said a few words’ since April hospitalization
Surfing legend Vincent “Sunny” Garcia has begun to speak since his hospitalization in April and remains in daily physical, speech and…
Continue ReadingNew York mayor gives 9/11 responder’s family a key to the city
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio gave the key to the city to the family of Luis Alvarez, a 9/11 first responder and activist who died in late June from…
Continue ReadingThis giant Texas corn maze honors military families
An agricultural maze. In Texas. Honoring military families. Could this get any more American? Every year, the Graff 7A Ranch in Hondo, Texas, hosts…
Continue ReadingFlorida mother and 4 children were missing for weeks. Then a bystander smelled something horrible.
Levi Strickland was picking berries in Brantley County, Georgia, on Sunday night when he heard what sounded like an explosion. He ran over toward the…
Continue ReadingNYC says its 1.1 million students can skip class for the climate strike (as long as their parents say OK)
New York City’s 1.1 million school students will be excused from class to participate in the global climate strike protests that are scheduled…
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