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Mildred Mahazu (NEW YORK) — The contentious debate surrounding New York City’s struggle to address homelessness and mental illness has clouded the memory of who Jordan Neely was. But to some who cared for him, Neely is remembered for breaking out into dance and singing along with the hits on the radio as a joyous […]
ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with just about two weeks to go. Harris, Cheney to make the case to disaffected Republican voters Harris […]
Houston Fire Department (HOUSTON) — Four people, including a child, were killed when a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston, officials said. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday when a private aircraft struck a radio tower in Houston’s Second Ward, Houston police said. All four people on the helicopter were killed. […]
Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rick Singer, the man convicted of orchestrating the so-called “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, has continued to advise prospective undergraduates on their college applications while serving his sentence in federal prison in Florida, and now from a California halfway house. Singer, 64, a one-time college admissions […]
Houston Fire Department (HOUSTON) — A helicopter that crashed into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, Sunday left four people killed, including a child, officials said. The crash happened at approximately 7:54 p.m. local time, when a private aircraft struck a radio tower in Houston’s Second Ward, Houston police said in a press conference Sunday […]
Omar Havana/Getty Images (LONDON) — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday morning for his third visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022. The Pentagon said in a statement that Austin “will meet with Ukrainian leadership and underscore the U.S. commitment to providing Ukraine with the security […]
Tendaji Bailey (SAPELO ISLAND, G.A.) — The “catastrophic failure” of an aluminum ferry gangway caused the deaths Saturday of seven people who were attending an annual cultural event on historic Sapelo Island off the coast of Georgia, officials said Sunday. Three other people were critically injured and remained hospitalized Sunday afternoon, Commissioner Walter Rabon of […]
Jalaa Marey via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli forces continued their intense operations inside Gaza after Hamas leader and Oct. 7, 2023 attack mastermind Yahya Sinwar was killed in a firefight with Israeli forces. The development comes as Israel continues intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza […]
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, KY) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the federal retrial of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer accused of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and their neighbors in 2020, when Taylor was shot and killed in a botched police raid. The initial trial […]
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection. The trial is expected to last between four and six weeks, […]
