Missing 18-year-old found dead after online date; two people arrested: Police
(MONROE, N.C.) -- Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Kierstyn Williamson, a South Carolina native who went missing...
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Cruise ship damaged after striking San Francisco pier while docking
(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A Ruby Princess cruise ship startled sleeping San Fransico residents Thursday morning after it hit a pier while docking, damaging it...
Shootings in New York City are down 25% so far this year: NYPD
(NEW YORK) -- Despite a violent Fourth of July holiday weekend, the number of shootings in New York City decreased in each of the...
Social media posts by parents bring concerns for children’s privacy, safety
(NEW YORK) -- Cam Barrett was strapped to a hospital gurney and in a neck brace following an automobile accident when her mother took...
Clark Atlanta president says affirmative action ban presents ‘opportunity’ for HBCUs
(NEW YORK) -- The president of Clark Atlanta University is disappointed by the Supreme Court decision to end the use of race as a...
Ghost forest formation accelerates amid sea-level rise
(NEW YORK) -- As people around the world contend this week with the hottest temperatures ever recorded on Earth, more visual evidence of climate...
Families, investigators continue to search for answers in five college student cases
(NEW YORK) -- On Saturday, May 25, 1996, Kristin Smart, a freshman at Cal Poly State University, walked home from a party at 2...
Texas teen found after eight years had never been missing, police say
(HOUSTON) -- In a stunning twist, a Texas man who was found outside a church last week, eight years after his mother reported him...
OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations after Titan implosion
(NEW YORK) -- OceanGate said it is suspending all exploration and commercial operations after five people were killed, including the company's CEO, during its...
Justice Department moves to block Trump deposition after ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok sues over firing
(WASHINGTON) -- A week after FBI director Christopher Wray was deposed in a lawsuit over the firing of veteran agent Peter Strzok, the Justice...
Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
(MIAMI) -- Walt Nauta, the longtime aide to former President Donald Trump who was charged alongside him in the special counsel's classified documents case,...
Two firefighters die while battling blaze aboard ship in New Jersey
(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Two firefighters died while battling a blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday night, officials said.Newark...
