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(WASHINGTON) -- On the nation's largest Native American reservation – spanning 16 million-acres across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah – one in three households lacks running water, according to the Navajo Nation. At the Supreme Court on Monday, the tribe will face off with the federal government and a group of states over what it calls a "broken promise" to bolster the reservation's water supply. The dispute involves the vital […]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (SCARSDALE, N.Y.) -- Five minors have been killed in a crash after a vehicle veered off a highway in Westchester, New York, according to officials. The victims, four boys and a girl, ranged in age from 8 to 17 years old, according to a news release from Westchester County Public Safety. The Nissan Rogue the children were traveling in struck a tree and caught fire after it veered […]

Steven Ferdman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A New York state assemblyman landed a small plane on a Long Island beach after the aircraft experienced engine failure. Assemblyman Clyde Vanel said he landed the airplane at the nearest safe location while he was out practicing maneuvers in his airplane. A video shows the plane making the emergency landing on Long Island’s Shoreham Beach. "As per my training, I landed the airplane at […]

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images/STOCK (BALTIMORE) -- Three children are dead after a fire broke out at a rowhome in Baltimore early Saturday, authorities said. The fire was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. and appeared to start on the second floor of the West Baltimore home, according to Baltimore Fire Assistant Chief Roman Clark. Firefighters rescued three children from the home in critical condition, though fire officials updated that all three died […]

(NEW YORK) -- Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill banning medication abortions into law, making it the first state to target the abortion pill. A second bill he will allow to go into law without his signature will ban most abortions. The most effective medication abortion regimen involves taking two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol. Medication abortion is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for up to 10 weeks into […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A California family is desperate for news after their mother was kidnapped outside her home in Mexico more than five weeks ago and has not been seen or heard from since. Maria del Carmen Lopez, 63, a dual U.S.-Mexico citizen, was kidnapped in Pueblo Nuevo in the state of Colima on Feb. 9, according to the FBI, which is conducting a joint investigation with law enforcement authorities in […]

(HOUSTON) -- The announcement that Texas state officials are taking over leadership of Houston Independent School District later this year is drawing concerns from some community members and educators about state government overreach and the decision's impact on schools. Some experts are calling the move a major "blow" to Texas' largest public school district, marking a turning point in education policy that follows years of controversial decisions in the state, including […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man was charged Friday with transmitting a threat after he allegedly threatened to kill police officers at a St. Patrick's Day parade just outside of New York City. Ridon Kola's alleged online threats were made toward officers and the mayor of Yonkers, New York, who are set to participate in Yonkers' parade on Saturday, according to prosecutors. Kola allegedly wrote, "I will crucify Yonkers cops and […]

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) -- California health officials have shut down an elementary school in Long Beach after at least 136 students and staff reported symptoms of norovirus as of Thursday, according to the city's health department. "Despite stringent control measures, there has been evidence of ongoing transmission and, as a result, the school will be temporarily closed until Wednesday so that deep cleaning -- an outbreak management strategy -- can […]