Missed signals in four mass shootings: What went wrong?
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old white man charged in connection with the murders of 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, was a senior in high school, he allegedly wrote a paper saying that he…
Moms fight baby formula shortage with online groups and interactive map
Courtesy of Kerissa Miller(NEW YORK) — Mothers across the U.S. are banding together to respond to the baby formula shortage emergency and execute short-term solutions in local communities while corporations and the federal government scramble to addre…
Nine shot, two fatally, in ‘outrageous act of violence’ outside Chicago McDonald’s
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Nine people were shot, two of whom died, in a chaotic scene outside a McDonald’s on Chicago’s Near North Side Thursday. Police said they have arrested a suspect.
A dispute broke out between two groups at approximat…
Entire Buffalo community ‘terrorized’ over mass shooting: AG Garland
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday announced the Justice Department is taking action to combat hate crimes through the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, mentioning how last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo…
Solving homelessness: Where has all the money gone? State audit seeks answers.
Some estimates say Washington spends billions of dollars a year to end homelessness. (KOMO News File Photo)
CDC urges second booster for older, high-risk Americans amid nation’s latest COVID-19 surge
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Following the nation’s latest COVID-19 resurgence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday that it is “strengthening” its recommendation for Americans over the age of 12 who are immuno…
Bill de Blasio announces run for Congress as NY Democrats grapple with new map
Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York’s political scene — upended this week by a newly drawn congressional map — got even more interesting Friday with an announcement from former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“Today I…
Amazon, Starbucks among corporations bolstering abortion coverage
JohnFScott/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Advocates on both sides of the political fight over reproductive rights have spoken out, either in protest or applause of a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked earlier this month that, if it stands, would overturn th…
No, no, Power Ranger! Actor busted for alleged $3.5 million COVID fund scam
St. John in 2015 — Bobby Bank/WireImageAustin St. John, who played the Red Ranger in the hit ’90s show Power Rangers, has been charged in an alleged scam of funds from the CARES Act for COVID relief.
The Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s Offi…
Funerals for Buffalo shooting victims begin
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The funerals for several victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, are starting to take place.
Ten people, all of whom were Black, were killed in a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in an attack …