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Woman visits over 90 HBCUs on mission to bring the experience to students

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A New Jersey woman is on a mission to bring the HBCU experience to students who might not know about or realize the many historically Black colleges and universities serving students today.Eleise Richards, an alumna of Howard University, started in 2016 with a college fair in her hometown of Irvington, New Jersey, which has now grown into the nonprofit Experience the Legacy.She drew on her personal experience as a first-generation college student and the daughter […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Search continues after 11-year-old girl disappears from Texas school bus stop

Audrii Cunningham is seen in this undated photo released by Texas Police following her disappearance. -- Polk County Sheriff's Office via Facebook(LIVINGSTON, Texas) -- Authorities are searching for an 11-year-old Texas girl who vanished Thursday and police say a person of interest in the case has been taken into custody.Audrii Cunningham was last seen on the morning of Feb. 15 near her father's home in Livingston, Texas, at about 7 a.m., the time neighbors say they usually see the girl […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Joel Osteen prays for 7-year-old shot at Lakewood Church in 1st Sunday service since shooting

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Joel Osteen preached for "restoration and healing" in the first Sunday service following the shooting that erupted at his Lakewood Church in Houston last week."Lord, we think of your faithfulness, especially this week, Lord, what you brought us through," Osteen said during the service.Osteen noted how the shooting, which took place last Sunday in between services, could have been far more deadly. "We don't take it for granted. Your angels were watching over […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Flooding, mudslides threaten California amid back-to-back winter storms

Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some 37 million people remain on alert for flooding in California, spanning the coast from the cities of Eureka to San Diego.An area just northwest of Santa Barbara is under a flash flood warning until at least 10:30 a.m. PT on Monday, due to back-to-back winter storms bringing up to 4 inches of rainfall with another 3 to 4 inches expected. Flash flooding, mud and debris flows, as well as landslides and rockslides […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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One dead, five injured in shooting at Indianapolis Waffle House, police say

mphotoi/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) -- At least one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Indianapolis, Indiana, early Monday, police said.Authorities said they were dispatched to the scene at approximately 12:40 a.m. ET and, upon arrival, they found five people with gunshot wounds.Those five victims -- three men in stable condition, one woman in stable condition and one woman in critical condition -- were transported via ambulances to area hospitals, according to the […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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2 police officers, 1 firefighter killed after responding to a domestic call in Minnesota: Officials

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, STOCK(BURNSVILLE, Minn.)-- Two police officers and one firefighter were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Sunday after responding to a "call of a family in danger," according to Gov. Tim Walz."Horrific news from Burnsville," Walz began his statement on X. "While responding to a call of a family in danger, two police officers and one firefighter lost their lives, and other officers were injured.""We must never take for granted the bravery and sacrifices our police officers […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

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37 million California residents on flood watch amid back-to-back storms

ABC News(NEW YORK)-- An already drenched California is bracing for a second storm as a multiday atmospheric river is projected to bring rainfall, wind and snowfall to the Golden state Sunday and extend through Wednesday.The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for nearly the entire coast of California -- from Redding to San Diego and the Mexico border -- putting about 37 million residents on alert.The first storm hit central California on Saturday, dumping less than half an inch […]

todayFebruary 18, 2024

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One firefighter killed, 10 more injured in ‘catastrophic’ house explosion in Virginia: Officials

Courtesy Loudoun Fire Rescue on X(STERLING, Va.) -- A firefighter was killed and 10 others injured when a house in Virginia exploded while they were responding to a gas leak, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the home in Sterling around 7:48 p.m. Friday after a resident reported smelling gas, according to Keith Johnson, chief of the Combined Fire & Rescue System in Loudoun County. A 500-gallon underground propane tank on the side of the house was leaking gas into the home, […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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Alleged Maine gunman told police he was ‘capable’ of doing ‘something’ 3 months before shooting

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(LEWISTON, Maine) -- Three months before the alleged Maine mass shooter would open fire at a bar and a bowling alley, killing 18 people and injuring 13 more, Robert Card told police in New York he was "capable" of doing "something," as they coaxed him to go for psychological treatment and evaluation, police body camera shows. New York State troopers were called by members of Card's Army Reserve unit out of concern for his mental decline in July, as […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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