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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — About seven people were injured in a shooting in Long Beach, California, late Saturday, police said. Officers responded at about 11:15 p.m. to the area near the intersection of South Street and Paramount Boulevard, the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement. Four of the injured were […]

(NORTH CAROLINA) — Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is in an ongoing battle with the IRS and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Trustees after the historically Black school’s previous finance department “mismanaged” a $34 million budget, according to university officials. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), both public and […]

(NEW MEXICO) — An urgent search is underway in Clovis, New Mexico, after police say a 10-month-old baby was abducted, two women were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds, including the child’s mother, and the mother’s 5-year-old child was found injured on the scene. Police issued an Amber Alert for the baby, Eleia Maria Torres, […]

(NEW YORK) — College campuses in the U.S. have been at the center of controversial debate since Hamas launched a terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded with a widespread bombing and invasion of the Gaza Strip. Students, faculty and other members of university communities supporting Palestinians in Gaza or the Israeli […]

Edith Polverini/Getty Images (TEXAS) — A flood watch remains in effect for more than 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday morning as a number of flood warnings are in effect as residents are urged not to drive on flooded roads. Several rivers in the Houston area are at major flood stage, with […]

(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 protests antisemitic and said they are scared for […]

(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) — The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said. A federal jury found Jerry Boylan, 70, of Santa Barbara, guilty of seaman’s manslaughter in November 2023 […]

Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The Houston area is facing “life-threatening” flood conditions, officials warned, as severe weather pummels parts of Texas. A flood watch is in effect Thursday in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. Numerous flash flood warnings are also in effect, as up to 8 inches of rain has already fallen in […]

(WASHINGTON) — It was a toast to teaching at the White House Thursday night as more than 50 of the nation’s top educators gathered for the first-ever Teachers of the Year State Dinner. “How can we be the most powerful country in the world without having the best education system in the world?” President Joe […]

mphotoi/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A homicide investigation is underway after a pregnant woman was found stabbed to death in her Los Angeles County home, authorities said. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Palmdale Tuesday night to conduct a welfare check, authorities said. “When deputies arrived on scene, they forced entry […]