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Museum exhibit highlights the untold story of New York City’s 19th century Black working-class families

A new exhibit at The Tenement Museum recreates the home of Joseph and Rachel Moore. CREDIT: ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For years, The Tenement Museum in New York City's Lower East Side has become a living monument to the stories of 19th and early 20th-century working-class New Yorkers.The museum is housed in a former tenement building that showcases an interactive learning space with artifacts, exhibits and other programs that have taught visitors the stories of struggle and hard work of […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Girl dies after getting buried in sand at Florida beach

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) -- A young girl has died and a boy has been hospitalized after they fell into a hole in the sand at a beach Tuesday at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida."Our hearts are heavy in LBTS today after learning two children were trapped in the sand," the Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea said in a statement.The two children were pulled out of the sand and taken to the hospital, but police later confirmed the girl had died.Police received a call […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Oklahoma death of nonbinary student Nex Benedict after in-school fight prompts calls for answers

Stella/Getty Images(OWASSO, Okla.) -- Investigators in Owasso, Oklahoma, are investigating the death of a nonbinary student one day after a physical altercation with other students.There are conflicting reports regarding the student's name and gender identity, and they are believed to be part of the transgender and gender nonconforming community. The student was identified to be 16-year-old Nex Benedict by their mother in an interview with The Independent.The student's mother, Sue Benedict, told the news outlet that Nex and another student […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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LAPD releases body camera footage of fatal shooting of man holding plastic fork

Los Angeles Police Department/YouTube(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday that shows a police officer shooting and killing a man who charged at him while holding a plastic fork earlier this month.The Feb. 3 incident that killed 36-year-old Jason Lee Maccani is under investigation by the state Department of Justice, according to Police Chief Michel Moore, who told the Police Commission last week he had "concerns relative to the actions of the officer involved."Authorities […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Suspect in Manhattan hotel murder may be multistate serial attacker of women: Police

Surprise Police Department(NEW YORK) -- The man suspected in the beating and strangulation death of a Queens woman inside a SoHo hotel earlier this month is under arrest in Arizona, where he is charged in two stabbings, according to police.Raad Almansoori, 26, is accused in the death of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, who was found earlier this month at SoHo 54 Hotel sometime on either Feb. 7 or 8. A broken iron was recovered at the scene and bits of plastic […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Librarians could be criminally charged over ‘obscene’ books in West Virginia bill

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The West Virginia legislature is considering a bill that would remove protections for librarians in case minors come across books that contain what the state considers "obscene" material at their facilities.The bill passed the House of Delegates on Feb. 16 and has now been introduced in the Senate.The bill would remove any exemptions from criminal liability for public libraries or museums that display or distribute "obscene matter to a minor."A librarian or museum who violates […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Hunter Biden informant charged with lying had high-level Russian contacts: Documents

Hunter Biden attends the House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup titled "Resolution Recommending That The House Of Representatives Find Robert Hunter Biden In Contempt Of Congress," in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The informant accused of fabricating a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden taking $5 million each in bribes allegedly had high-level Russian intelligence contacts, according to newly filed court documents.In the filing, Special Counsel […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of toxic sewage creating a ‘public health crisis’

People look towards the U.S.-Mexico border fence that runs into the Pacific Ocean, seen from Imperial Beach outside San Diego, Nov. 7, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The U.S.-Mexico border region faces a public health crisis as billions of gallons of contaminated sewage flow from Mexico into San Diego, California, according to a newly released report."South San Diego County is in a total state of emergency related to transboundary pollution, and this is a public health […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case

RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump owes an additional $87,502 in post-judgment interest every day until he pays the $354 million fine ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron in his civil fraud case, according to ABC News' calculations based on the judge's lengthy ruling in the case.Judge Engoron on Friday fined Trump $354 million plus approximately $100 million in pre-judgment interest in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, after he found that Trump […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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