Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have filed a notice of appeal for the former lawyer’s convictions and sentences, a week after he was found guilty of murdering his
Senior Airman Leon Redfern/USAF (ABILENE, Texas) — An Air Force pilot has made history by becoming one of the first Air Force service members to fly a supersonic aircraft while pregnant. Maj. Lauren Olme, assistant director of
MPI/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — A new monument honoring Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman was unveiled Thursday in downtown Newark, New Jersey. “Shadow of a Face” sits in the town’s newly created Arts and Education District, replacing
Ari Perilstein/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — White supremacist propaganda, including the mass distribution of flyers containing hateful language and images, projections on buildings and in-person gatherings, reached a record high in the United States in 2022,
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (SAN BERNARDINIO COUNTY, Calif.) — Twelve people have died after powerful storms hit Southern California’s San Bernardino County and cut off mountain communities. However, only one of those deaths, which was
Barbara Laing/Getty Images, FILE (FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz.) — Former Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah, who made his mark on Native American education at his reservation and Arizona State University, has died at the age of 85. Zah
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling a conductor’s concern on a train carrying hazardous material just weeks after a similar defect
kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were shot Wednesday night in a “violent encounter,” police said. The three men, all senior officers in the Metropolitan Division K-9 unit, are now in stable
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (NEW YORK) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a fatal crash in California last month involving a Tesla that will look at the vehicle’s
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A violence prevention organization is demanding answers after one of its employees was fatally shot by police. The Paterson Healing Collective was joined by the family of Najee Seabrooks at a vigil
FBI (MICHIGAN) — The FBI is renewing its push as it searches for a Michigan woman who has been missing since December and may have been killed. Heather Mae Kelley, 35, of Portage, has been missing since
Getty Images/Catherine McQueen (VIRGINIA) — A local prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not believe the law supports charging the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting a teacher at his Virginia elementary school. “We don’t believe the law
Getty Images/Pete Lomchid (CALIFORNIA) — A Northern California woman was rescued after surviving three nights in her car when she became stranded in a historic snowstorm while driving up a winding mountain road in an attempt to
Getty Images/Mykola Romanovskyy (MEMPHIS) — The release of additional footage in the Tyre Nichols case has been delayed due to a court order, Memphis officials said. About 20 more hours of police video and audio were initially
Getty Images/Nes (CHICAGO) — The mother of Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles, who mysteriously vanished more than four years ago, is hoping the FBI will take the lead in the search for her daughter. Coles was about
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some of the regions in California buried under several feet of snow are now bracing for rapid melting due to forecasts of higher temperatures and heavy rain. Another round of atmospheric rivers
amphotora/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Louisville, Kentucky, police department and Louisville Metro Government, touched off by the killing of Breonna Taylor, found the city and law enforcement engaged in a
Frederic Genest / EyeEm/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis City Council passed new police reform policies two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, who died several days after a traffic stop with Memphis police that
Los Angeles Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — A man has surrendered to police after he allegedly fatally stabbed a 17-year-old at random while he was waiting to be picked up by his mother outside a restaurant in
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday confirmed it has launched a review into the Memphis Police Department’s use-of-force and de-escalation policies, along with a separate review of specialized police units deployed in cities across
Carnival Cruises (NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating a “suspicious death” of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship while it was en route to the Bahamas. The incident occurred on Carnival’s Sunshine during its
Big Bend National Park / National Park Service (NEW YORK) — A 64-year-old woman collapsed and died while hiking on an exposed and rugged desert trail in Texas, officials say. The incident occurred at approximately 2:45 p.m.
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) — Four people have died after two planes crashed over Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, Florida, on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified Faith Irene
Massachusetts State Police (CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.) — An airline passenger accused of attempting to open a plane emergency exit door and then swinging at a flight attendant with a broken spoon allegedly tried to attack two guards Tuesday
Henry County Chamber of Commerce/Facebook (LOCUST GROVE, Ga.) — Family and friends are mourning the shocking death of a Georgia bookstore owner whose body was found floating in a creek over the weekend. Erica Atkins, 40, the
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov is “a proud terrorist” who deserves the death penalty for the “unremorseful slaughter of innocent civilians” during a Halloween 2017 terror attack in New York City, a prosecutor argued in
Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — About 20 more hours of police video and audio in the Tyre Nichols case will be released Wednesday afternoon, according to City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it is opening a special investigation into Norfolk Southern’s safety practices and culture in the wake of a hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and
Mount Pleasant Police Department/Facebook (MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.) — What police officers thought was a routine traffic stop turned out to be a blessing in disguise for 58-year-old Tamara Palmer. On Dec. 2, 2022, police officers were called
Brad Vest/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss) — The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has grappled with crisis after crisis in recent years with the reliability of the city’s water infrastructure, and residents say they are experiencing the brunt of
