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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Seven police officers have been shot one after the other after responding to a call made from inside a home in San Antonio, Texas, police said. The incident occurred Wednesday evening when police officers received a call from an apartment in San Antonio, Texas, from somebody reporting that their […]

In this screen grab from a video released by the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station, a tortoise was sucessfully rescued after the owner’s home was destroyed by fire. Via San Dimas Sheriff’s Station/Instagram (LOS ANGELES) — A beloved pet tortoise has been found safe in the wake of California wildfires. The rescue occurred after the family’s […]

(SEATTLE) — President Donald Trump’s executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom Thursday. A federal judge will hear a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order signed by Trump that purports to limit birthright citizenship to people who […]

(NEW YORK) — In the days since President Donald Trump assumed office, many people online have begun expressing alarm to find they were unwittingly following Trump on Instagram and Facebook. Across social media, posts have proliferated by people concerned after discovering they were automatically following accounts for Trump, as well as Vice President JD Vance, […]

Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon wants more aggressive lawyers to represent him when he stands trial on charges he defrauded donors to an online campaign to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, he argued in a court hearing Wednesday. “I’ve been smeared by a political prosecution, persecution, for years and […]

(LOS ANGELES) — Much-anticipated rain could be headed to drought-stricken Southern California this weekend — but rainfall also brings the threat of landslides in the wake of Los Angeles County’s devastating fires. Rain and mountain snow are expected in Southern California on Saturday and Sunday. Rainfall rates are expected to be light, up to 1 […]

ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) —  A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Nashville high school on Wednesday, killing one student and wounding a second student, according to police. The teenager, who was armed with a pistol, fired multiple shots in the cafeteria at Antioch High School around 11:09 a.m., Nashville police said. The suspect then […]

ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Antioch High School in Nashville is on lockdown after shots were fired inside the school, according to Metro Nashville Public Schools. At least two students were shot in the cafeteria, according to Nashville police. The shooter then shot himself, police said. The shooter “is no longer a threat,” the school […]

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Florida man who prosecutors alleged attacked police with an explosive device during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — and whose case was dropped following President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons and commutations issued Monday, was arrested Wednesday on pending federal gun charges, according to court records. Daniel Ball, […]

Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways. Over 2,000 flights were canceled on Tuesday and more than 1,300 flights have been canceled on Wednesday. Multiple fatalities have been reported due to car crashes […]