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(SHREVEPORT, La.) -- As an investigation continued into the motive of Sunday's fatal shootings of eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana, allegedly by the father of seven of the victims, police officials released a timeline detailing the 68-minute massacre."April 19 ... will be written in the pages of history as one of the worst days that could have ever happened here in Shreveport," Chief Wayne Smith of the Shreveport Police Department […]

(NEW YORK) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down, with the company announcing on Monday that John Ternus will take his place as the head of the technology giant.Cook will become the executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors, the company said. Ternus will officially become CEO on Sept. 1."It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted […]

(WAYNE COUNTY, Mich.) -- The Justice Department has demanded 2024 federal election ballots and records from Wayne County, Michigan, according to a letter posted online by state officials early Monday morning.The letter, from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, references three voter fraud convictions from the 2020 election and a civil case alleging fraud that was dismissed in 2020."Based on this history of fraud convictions and other allegations concerning the election […]

Stock image of police lights. (Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) -- Multiple people were shot, including two fatally, after a "planned fight" between two juveniles at a North Carolina park escalated and several people opened fire, authorities said.Gunfire broke out at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem on Monday morning, according to police."This stemmed from a planned fight between two young individuals," the Winston-Salem Police Department said.The two met shortly before 10 […]

(NEW YORK) -- Don't put away those winter coats just yet.Summer-like temperatures will give way to chilly weather across the Northeast beginning on Monday as residents in the Midwest and Plains clean up after a spell of severe weather that spawned multiple tornadoes.Morning temperatures are forecast to be near 40 degrees along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York Monday and into Tuesday, just days after 90-degree weather […]

(NEW YORK) -- The severe weather threat is expected to ramp down this weekend after one more day of possible severe storms.There is a slight risk for severe storms in Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and western New York. This includes Buffalo, New York; Cleveland; Pittsburgh; and Charleston, West Virginia.Damaging winds and some large hail will be the main threat, but a tornado and some isolated flash flooding cannot be […]

The newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Pope Leo addressed President Donald Trump on Saturday while aboard the papal plane on his trip to Angola.The pope said recent remarks that appeared to address the U.S. president were prepared two weeks ago, before Trump had […]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference joined by members of his prosecution team as he comments on the outcome in the retrial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein on June 12, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, has pledged to remove imposter accounts tied to scams that were recently flagged by the Manhattan […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for President Donald Trump say they are "in discussions" with the Department of Justice to potentially resolve a $10 billion lawsuit that Trump, two of his sons, and his company filed against the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year.According to a court filing on Friday, lawyers for the Trumps requested a deadline extension so they can "engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation." President […]