avid_creative/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Police in Memphis have detained two people after three juveniles and one adult were left critically injured in a shooting incident on Tuesday night, officials said. Memphis Police responded to a shooting call at 5:12 p.m. CT near 240 West and Poplar Avenue. Four peopleRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigations said Tuesday night it’s stepping in at the request of the Atlanta Police Department to investigate following an officer-involved shooting at an Atlanta mall earlier in the day. Jeremy Malone, 34, who the GBI has identified as a suspect,Read More →
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Xavier Walker’s biggest fear when he was outed as gay was that he would be killed. “In the community, going to school, I had to be very mindful,” Walker, an asylum seeker from Jamaica living in the United States, told ABC News, reflecting onRead More →
ABC (ATLANTA) — One person was fatally shot in connection with a bus hijacking that prompted a police chase through two Georgia counties on Tuesday, authorities said. The incident began at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET in downtown Atlanta, when police responded to a report of gunfire on a Gwinnett CountyRead More →
Ross Lewis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest no longer cuts the mustard for all-time eating great Joey Chestnut. The 16-time winner of the contest, including every year since 2016, will not be competing at this year’s contest, according to Major League Eating.Read More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the second time in as many years, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has defeated a fierce primary challenge in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. With 27% of the vote reporting as of 8:40 p.m ET., the Associated Press projects Mace will win South Carolina’s firstRead More →
ABC (ATLANTA) — One person was fatally shot in connection with a bus hijacking that prompted a police chase through two Georgia counties on Tuesday, authorities said. The incident began at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET in downtown Atlanta, when police responded to a report of gunfire on a Gwinnett CountyRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (DETROIT) — School officials are investigating after a now-former employee at a Michigan middle school allegedly choked a 14-year-old student with a shirt, in an incident captured on surveillance footage. The employee is no longer working at Ypsilanti Community Schools “effective immediately,” the school district saidRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can choose to offer it instead as a locally approved honors course without college credit. The move has been criticized by free speechRead More →
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A federal judge has called Florida policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults “unconstitutional,” blocking the state’s policies from being enforced. “Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs,” Judge Robert L. Hinkle said in the 105-page decision on Florida’s SBRead More →
