Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Gusty winds are fanning the already giant flames of wildfires scorching Western states and forcing thousands of residents to leave their homes. A frontal system moving into the region will bring winds with speeds up to 40 mph, which, combined with extremely dry vegetation, won’t bode well…… read more »
Marilyn Nieves/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Three former Minneapolis police officers facing federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights have filed motions asking that their cases be severed from Derek Chauvin’s, arguing they won’t get a fair trial if they have to go to court with the convicted murderer of the 46-year-old Black man. Attorneys for…… read more »
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one of the 11 women accusing him of sexual misconduct, is calling for the governor’s immediate impeachment. “September is not soon enough,” Bennett, 25, said Wednesday on Good Morning America. “This needs to happen now.…… read more »
Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office(MIAMI) — Five Miami Beach police officers are now facing criminal charges after they were seen on body camera and security video kicking a handcuffed Black man in a hotel lobby and tackling and pummeling a Black witness who was recording the incident on his cellphone. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle…… read more »
Monica McGivern/Xinhua via Getty Images(SURFSIDE, Fla.) — The screams of people shouting for help can be heard in newly released body cam footage from police officers responding to the collapse of Champlain Towers South in the minutes after the Surfside, Florida, building fell to the ground. Ninety-eight people were killed when the 12-story condominium building…… read more »
Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who were charged with waving guns at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home last year. Mark McCloskey was seen holding a…… read more »
Eisenlohr/iStock(NEW YORK) — Evacuation orders have been issued in several regions in the West due to spreading wildfires. Thousands of residents in Northern California and Montana were ordered to flee their homes as both new and existing wildfires neared neighborhoods. Currently, about 90 large wildfires are burning in 12 states in the West — much…… read more »
Lubo Ivanko/iStockCOVID-19 live updates: Arkansas sees highest hospitalization increase since start of pandemic (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 613,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.2 million people have died worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by…… read more »
Darcie Addington via US Park Rangers(CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — An Illinois woman is facing federal charges for allegedly disturbing wildlife in Yellowstone National Park after a video surfaced of her attempting to get an up-close cellphone photo of a momma grizzly bear and her three cubs. Bob Murray, the U.S. attorney for the district of Wyoming,…… read more »
Ivan Cholakov/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Pentagon police officer was attacked during a shooting and stabbing incident at the Pentagon Transit Center earlier Tuesday, Department of Defense officials have confirmed. Chief Woodrow Kusse, who leads the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, joined Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at an afternoon press briefing to address the incident, but he would not…… read more »
