At least five people were injured in a shooting Tuesday at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury, Connecticut, authorities said. A person of interest is in custody, according to the Waterbury Police Department. The incident took place at about 4:40 p.m. in what started as a “conflict” between two …
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Two men charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning were found guilty Tuesday after a two-week trial. The 2022 tragedy in San Antonio was the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border. Jurors in federal court in San Antonio took …
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NEW YORK — A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later in the day, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an …
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NEW YORK — Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was arrested for sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy, was given a May 2025 trial date by a judge in New York. According to the indictment, Combs allegedly abused women for years as associates and employees kept quiet and allegedly helped. Victims were …
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There’s new hope for people with sickle cell disease, which affects mainly African Americans. It’s gene therapy research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that’s being called a game changer. The first patient to get the therapy outside a research setting is a Cherry Hill college student who’s …
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UPDATE: As of June 9, 2025, Linda Tirado has not died from her injuries. MINNEAPOLIS — A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say. Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests …
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MINNEAPOLIS — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months – even as he denied wrongdoing. Thao had testified he merely served as a “human traffic cone” when …
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