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An off-duty New York City corrections officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an 18-year-old in the Bronx, authorities said. The NYPD said in a statement that a little after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to a report of a shooting and found an 18-year-old …

The bodies of three children and their mother have been recovered from a lake just north of St. Paul, Minnesota. Authorities said they are now conducting a homicide investigation. On Friday at about 10:30 a.m. local time, police were called to a reported suicide in the town of Maplewood, a …

After winning a Tony Award Sunday for producing the hit Broadway musical “A Strange Loop,” Jennifer Hudson achieved EGOT status —meaning she has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award in her career. Hudson became the 17th person to win all four major awards. A Strange Loop had 11 nominations …

The 10 victims of the mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York supermarket include a church deacon, a beloved security guard and the mother of a retired fire commissioner.  The victims represented a cross-section of life in the predominantly Black neighborhood. They were gunned down by an 18-year-old white man …

Rep. Jim Banks, an Indiana Republican, is threatening not to support the extension of Disney’s copyrights after the conglomerate opposed Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in March. The Republican-backed legislation, called the Parental Rights in Education Act, states that “classroom instruction by …

Four people were killed Monday evening when a father fatally shot three of his children and one other person at a church in Sacramento, California, local officials said. David Mora Rojas, 39, died by suicide after shooting the four others, officials said.  The victims were identified by the coroner’s office …

A jury in Alaska found a man guilty on Thursday of the rape and murder of a woman at a university dormitory that went unsolved for more than two decades until a DNA match for the assailant was found using genetic genealogy tracing. The killing of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie at …

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Friday unveiled a proposal to ban nearly all abortions, mimicking a Texas law that leaves enforcement up to private citizens through lawsuits instead of through prosecutors and criminal charges. The governor has previewed the legislation for weeks, and it has received an enthusiastic reception …

Amy Schneider continued her climb up the “Jeopardy!” leaderboard on Friday, tying Matt Amodio’s second-place record for consecutive wins. Schneider, the first woman to break $1 million in winnings on the quiz show, has now won 38 games and $1,307,200.  To win her 38th game, she beat out an office …

A homicide has been solved more than a quarter-century after 14-year-old Nacole Smith was raped and murdered while on her way to school, Atlanta police announced Tuesday. Detectives used DNA testing and genealogy tools to finally identify a suspect, who is now dead, police said at a news conference. In …