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The trial for a former Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been pushed back to February 1, 2022, according to a pre-trial hearing held in Kentucky’s Jefferson County on Friday. Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Ann Bailey Smith postponed the trial of Brett Hankison from its original date of August

While the family of George Floyd, supporters and civil rights activists celebrated a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter, they insist it’s only a small step toward progress in an unjust policing system. The announcement of the guilty verdict has renewed calls for police reform, placing increasing pressure on Congress

At least 24 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN. At least 34 were also wounded in the explosion at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, according to the health officials. “Civil defense teams are still at the scene of the accident, investigating

A new map reveals the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, including a wave of stars disturbed by a small galaxy on a collision course with our own. Data collected from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission and NASA’s Near Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has been used by astronomers to map the

At least 19 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN. Officials are still trying to figure out how many people were wounded in the explosion at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, but they say there are “many.” Social media videos showed a

Chicago police on Saturday announced the filing of than a dozen criminal charges, including first-degree murder, against an 18-year-old in connection with the shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in a McDonald’s drive-thru last weekend. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown identified the suspect as Marion Lewis, who was shot and wounded by police Thursday after

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A family cat in north St. Louis nearly burned one of her nine lives after spending more than 24 hours in a tree. One young boy couldn’t stand to lose her so the professionals came out to get her down. “I heard her meowing

An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, according to authorities and 911 audio released Friday. Isaiah Brown, 32, was taken to a local hospital after the shooting early Wednesday with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to statements from the Virginia State Police, which said

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Multiple agencies responded this morning after a tractor trailer tanker ruptured and began leaking. The Homeland Security District 6 Hazardous Materials Team comprised of Manchester Fire and Rescue, Tullahoma Fire and Rescue, and other agencies responded to a tractor trailer that was parked behind

Click here for updates on this story     GRANBY, Connecticut (WFSB) — April 18 to the 24 is National Pediatric Transplant week. It’s a week dedicated to ending the pediatric transplant waiting list. A young girl in Connecticut was able to get off that list when she found an unexpected match for a kidney transplant. Piper

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A now-fired Mobile County corrections deputy, a convicted murder and that defendant’s wife have been indicted on charges relating to an alleged contraband-and-bribery scheme at the county’s lockup. The indictments and authorities allege that Prichard resident Danell Michael Davis, who pleaded guilty to murder

A year after losing everything in a flood, a Michigan man won $2 million from a scratch off lottery ticket, according to lottery officials. The 29-year-old man, who decided to stay anonymous, bought the ticket at a grocery store in Midland. “Last year, I lost everything in a flood, so to win this prize is

Click here for updates on this story     CONECUH COUNTY, Alabam (WALA) — Human remains found in Conecuh County were identified as a woman who disappeared almost three years ago. 70 year-old Shari Saunders was traveling to Monroeville when she vanished. Her death is being called a homicide. Saunders’ niece, Amanda Reed, said she wants to

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE (WALA) — As the sun set over Eight Mile, light blue balloons were set free from the hands of loved ones who gathered to remember Ariel Jasper and her baby boy Noah. In front of family and friends, Gloria Luckie recalled the night she got the devastating

Click here for updates on this story     CLAYTON COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Clayton County police said they arrested a woman who plowed down three juveniles with her vehicle. According to police, officers responded to a person hit by a vehicle Thursday night at the Zaxby’s in the 6000 block of Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro. When

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Emory University Hospital in midtown Atlanta is seeking the public’s help identifying a patient who has been in the hospital for more than five months. On November 20, Atlanta Police brought a man to the hospital’s emergency department after he was found wandering throughout