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Following a tragic scooter accident last month that killed a 12-year-old Delaware County girl

State senator working with family of girl who died in scooter accident on new safety bill

By Alicia Roberts Click here for updates on this story     DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Following a tragic scooter accident last month that killed a 12-year-old Delaware County girl, a Pennsylvania state senator is pushing for legislation to make sure something like this never happens again. On June 14, 12-year-old Abby Gillon and her close

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An image taken from video released by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office show's McNeil on the ground.

Florida police under fire as video of Black man punched, dragged by deputies during traffic stop goes viral

JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE By Danya Gainor, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of

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Feds charge man with making improvised explosive devices and placing them on Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan rooftops

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A 55-year-old man was indicted Tuesday after authorities say he created and placed at least seven improvised explosive devices in different areas of New York City, including subway track on the Williamsburg Bridge and on Manhattan residential apartment building rooftops, according to an indictment announced Tuesday. Michael Gann, who

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Police push back protesters as they gather outside of Columbia University's Butler Library in New York

Columbia University sanctions more than 70 students for campus protests as it tries to get federal funds restored

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University disciplined dozens of students this week after its Judicial Board investigated pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the university’s largest library this year and at another campus location last year – as the school tries to get millions in federal funding restored. “While the University does not release individual disciplinary

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The Olympic rings are on display in Cortina d'Ampezzo

US Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will comply with Trump’s order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has pledged to follow a Trump administration order by banning transgender women athletes in an update to its athlete safety policy – falling in line with other groups that have banned transgender women from sports competition in the women’s category. Trump’s “Keeping Men

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Riot police scatter protesters with water cannons during demonstrations to mark the historic 1990 Saba Saba protests for democratic reforms in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi

As protesters are hit with terrorism charges, critics accuse Kenya’s government of criminalizing dissent

By Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — One of Kenya’s most prominent human rights activists has been released on bail after being charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, as critics accuse authorities of ramping up efforts to stifle dissent in the East African country. Boniface Mwangi was arrested over the weekend “in connection with

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British musician Ozzy Osbourne poses for photographs at his mansion in May 2002 in Chalfort St Peter

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dead at 76

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Members of the California National Guard load a truck outside the private prison company GEO Group Adelanto ICE Processing Center detention facility in Adelanto

2,000 National Guard troops expected to be called up to assist at ICE detention facilities, sources say

By Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 2,000 National Guard troops across multiple states are expected to be mobilized to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement at detention facilities, according to a US official and a source familiar with the planning. It’s unclear when the troops will be mobilized, though the US official

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More than 100 criminal cases could be dismissed this week in Boston as defendants go without lawyers.

More than 100 criminal cases could be dismissed this week as defendants go without lawyers

By Kevin Rothstein Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — With no resolution in sight, the Massachusetts court crisis caused by bar advocates’ work stoppage is set to escalate this week as criminal defendants continue to go without legal representation. In a new filing, the Committee for Public Counsel said there

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