Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Public employees in Puerto Rico protest over wages as frustration with governor grows
iStock/Tero Vesalainen(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of public employees from across Puerto Rico took to the streets Wednesday to demand higher salaries and better pensions. The demonstration followed a prot...
Feb 09, 2022
South Carolina officer charged in fatal shooting following high-speed chase, authorities say
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) -- A South Carolina police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting an unarmed man who led her on a high-speed pursuit, authorities sai...
Feb 09, 2022
Juror dismissed in federal trial of former cops involved in George Floyd's death
iStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- A juror was dismissed Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights during the 2020 fatal arre...
Feb 09, 2022
University of California reaches $243.6 million settlement in UCLA sex abuse scandal
Survivor Kara Cagle speaks during a news conference to announce a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps in Irvine, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022....
Feb 09, 2022
Second guilty plea made in alleged kidnapping plot of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- A second man charged in a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday and has agreed to testify for the prosecutio...
Feb 09, 2022
Nine-year-old girl in critical condition after apparent road rage shooting: Police
ABC13 (KTRK-TV)(HOUSTON) -- A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hurt in an apparent road rage shooting in Houston, police said. The suspect, believed to be in a white GMC Denali p...
Feb 09, 2022
ABC News analysis: 50 years later, segregated neighborhoods are still pervasive
DNY59/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Milwaukee resident Exie Tatum III grew up in heart of the city and still lives there. The African American father owns a home in a predominantly Black neighborhood but ...
Feb 09, 2022
COVID-19 live updates: Five more states to soon end indoor mask mandates
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 911,000 Americans, according to r...
Feb 09, 2022
DC-area sniper appeals life sentences given to him as a juvenile
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Maryland Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Tuesday over whether Lee Boyd Malvo, the last living D.C.-area sniper, should be given a revised s...
Feb 09, 2022
Gun violence interrupters point to promise of intervention programs
iStock (NEW YORK) -- In North Lawndale, a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago laden with crime and poverty, Derek Brown, founder of Boxing Out Negativity, has taken the fight against gun violence...
Feb 08, 2022