New York City has fired more than 1,400 workers who failed to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Latest news.
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Plane carrying 8 crashes off North Carolina coast, officials said; 1 person found dead
A private plane carrying eight passengers crashed off the coast of North Carolina Sunday afternoon, likely leaving no survivors, officials said.
Warrants issued for 2 Dallas police officers accused of assault during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests
The Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s office announced the filing of criminal charges against one current and one former Dallas officers.
Nearly $3 million settlement in Colorado Springs police shooting death of De’Von Bailey
Colorado Springs, Colorado, will pay the family of De’Von Bailey nearly $3 million after the Black teen was fatally shot by police in 2019.
New infections dropping fast; indoor mask mandates ease across US: Latest COVID updates
The pace of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has fallen by more than two-thirds from its peak just weeks ago. Latest COVID news.
‘A sad and dark day’: 2 campus officers killed in shooting at Bridgewater College in Virginia
Campus officers John Painter and J.J. Jefferson were fatally shot Tuesday at Bridgewater College, ranked last year as the safest in Virginia.
Connecticut police officers suspended over Lauren Smith-Fields, Brenda Rawls death investigations
Two Connecticut police officers involved in the investigations of two Black women, Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, were suspended.
100 bags of fentanyl found in bedroom of Connecticut teen who overdosed at school, police say
Authorities say they are confident that the 100 bags of fentanyl discovered in a Connecticut teen’s room are the same drugs found in his school.
Patient jeopardizes heart transplant by refusing vaccine; omicron’s new cousin in US: COVID updates
The average number of booster shots dispensed per day in the U.S. has declined from 1M in early December to less than half that number. COVID updates.
California wildfire near Big Sur caused by hot embers from pile burning operation, CalFire says
High winds blew hot embers from a pile burning operation onto nearby vegetation, sparking the 700-acre wildfire, CalFire said.