(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 776,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 59.1% of the population in the United States…
(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Barbara Sampson, the first woman to lead the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in its 100-year history, announced her departure Monday for a job in the private sector. Sampson has been with the agency 23 years, nine as chief, and steered it…
(PHILADELPHIA) -- A "thriving" Temple University student months away from graduating has been gunned down near the school's Philadelphia campus. Samuel Collington, a 21-year-old senior, was shot Sunday afternoon, the university said, becoming one of more than 500 people killed in Philadelphia this year. He was taken to Temple University…
(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.1 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 775,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 59.1% of the population in the United States…
(LOS ANGELES) -- Several mall shootings and flash mob robbery sprees cast a pall on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Three people were shot, including a 10-year-old, and another three suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the subsequent evacuation when gunfire broke out at Southpoint Mall…
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Three people were killed and four injured in a shooting at an apartment in Nashville, Tennessee, Friday night, police said. The incident happened around 9:45 p.m. local time and "claimed the lives of 3 young men," the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said on Twitter. Four other people…
(DURHAM, N.C.) -- A North Carolina mall was evacuated Friday afternoon after a shooting took place on the premises, police said. Three people were shot on the second floor of the Southpoint Mall in Durham around 3:23 p.m., police said. The shooting victims included a 10-year-old who suffered a bullet…
(NEW YORK) -- A man was fatally stabbed near New York's Penn Station on Thanksgiving, said police, who are now seeking two people in connection with the attack. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday near the busy rail hub, hours after people packed the area for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day…
(MICHIGAN) -- The death of a 21-year-old Michigan State University student has prompted the school to suspend a fraternity he recently joined as police investigate whether alcohol played a role in the tragedy that unfolded at an off-campus frat house, officials said. The student, identified as Phat Nguyen by the Ingram…
(CALIFORNIA) -- Yosemite National Park officials warned visitors not to feed or approach wildlife after a girl was attacked by a buck. The girl, whose identity has not been made public, was approaching a deer being fed by other visitors when the animal became spooked and charged her with his antlers,…
