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(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 […]

(NEW YORK) — The family of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot and injured last year when he knocked on the wrong door, filed a civil lawsuit in Missouri on Monday against the accused shooter, Andrew Lester. The complaint, which was filed on behalf of Yarl’s mother, Cleo Nagbe, names Lester and the […]

(SAN DIEGO) — A pair of giant pandas are set to travel from China to the San Diego Zoo this summer, marking the first time the Southern California wildlife facility will house giant pandas since 2019. On Monday, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced that care team leaders recently traveled to meet the two […]

(NEW YORK) — A 40-year-old man who allegedly kicked a bison in the leg while under the influence of alcohol at Yellowstone National Park, was injured by the animal and arrested, officials say. Clarence Yoder, a 40-year-old man from Idaho Falls, Idaho, approached a bison in Yellowstone National Park on the afternoon of April 21, […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old boy was killed and another child was injured when a strong gust of wind sent a bounce house they were playing in flying into the neighboring lot, according to police. Authorities from the Pinal County Sheriff officials say they were called at approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday to […]

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A lieutenant with the Conroe Police Department was critically injured when a tornado tore through his home in Trinity County, Texas, the department said. James Waller, a 22-year veteran of the force, was critically injured and remained hospitalized on Monday, law enforcement said. “His recovery will be lengthy and require […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Four members of law enforcement were shot and killed and four were wounded while they attempted to serve two warrants in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said Monday. Around 1:30 p.m. local time, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force was serving active felony warrants for possession of a firearm by a felon and […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Authorities recovered an AR-15 rifle and .40-caliber handgun from the scene where four law enforcement officers were fatally shot while attempting to serve warrants at a residence in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said. Additional magazines and ammunition for both firearms were also recovered from the scene, where there are believed to have […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Authorities have identified the four law enforcement officials who were fatally shot Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Thomas M. Weeks Jr., William “Alden” Elliott, Samuel “Sam” Poloche and Joshua Eyer were killed in the incident, which occurred at a residence in the city’s North Tryon Division while the officers were attempting to […]

(NEW YORK) — In the race to understand the potential habitability of Saturn’s icy and active moon, Enceladus, scientists could have a newfound understanding of the moon’s defining stripes and eruptions. Enceladus harbors a global, subsurface ocean more than 30 miles deep, that periodically erupts jets of ice crystals and plumes of gas above its […]