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Kansas City mass shooting timeline: How the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade ended in tragedy

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Kansas City, Missouri, continues to reel in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting that rang out at the end of the Chiefs' Super Bowl parade, authorities are piecing together a timeline of events that left one person dead and 21 injured. Less than 30 minutes after the parade at Union Station concluded on Wednesday, gunfire erupted near the stage where Kansas City Chiefs players and coaches had addressed the crowd, according to authorities. […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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FDA approves first medication to treat severe frostbite

Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufactured by Eicos Sciences Inc, is an injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. "This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment option for severe frostbite," Dr. Norman Stockbridge, director of the division of cardiology and nephrology in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Two firefighters in critical condition, several others hurt from explosion in Los Angeles

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Seven firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred when the firefighters responded to a semi-truck on fire early Thursday, the department said. The semi-truck does "not run on diesel or on gasoline, but it is actually propelled ... with compressed natural gas," Fire Department Capt. Eric Scott said at a news conference. Two 100-gallon tanks were on […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Judge says Trump hush money trial set for March, despite pleading from defense team

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The judge in former President Trump's criminal hush money case in New York City says Trump's trial will proceed on March 25 as planned. In the case's final hearing before the trial gets underway, Judge Juan Merchan began the proceedings Thursday by denying Trump's motion to dismiss the case, saying the trial would begin March 25 with jury selection. With Trump in the courtroom, his attorney Todd Blanche responded by arguing for a delay, saying […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Fulton County hearing live updates: Judge to hear arguments over DA Fani Willis’ disqualification

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that she benefited financially from a personal relationship with a prosecutor she hired for the case. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign staffer, filed a motion last month seeking to dismiss the charges against him and disqualify Willis, alleging that she improperly benefited from a […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Investigators search for answers in deadly mass shooting at Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration

Kansas City police are seen at Union Station, where a shooting broke out during the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Glenn E. Rice/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Investigators are searching for answers after gunfire erupted near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 21 others. The mass shooting unfolded outside Union Station […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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‘Devastated’ family of missing North Carolina mom speak out as police share new info on search

Greensboro Police Department(GREENSBORO, N.C.) -- The family of Marissa Carmichael say they are devastated as they've marked one month since her disappearance and police in Greensboro, North Carolina, are sharing new information about the search for the missing mother of five. Carmichael, 25, vanished on Jan. 14 from an Exxon gas station in the 800 block of E. Market St. in Greensboro shortly after making a distressed call to 911, according to police. Police said in a statement on Tuesday […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Bystanders tackled suspected Kansas City gunman after shooting that left one dead and 21 injured: Witness

People take cover during a shooting at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII victory parade, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Bystanders sprung into action as gunfire rang out at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade on Wednesday, which left one person dead and at least 21 others injured, according to authorities. Alyssa Marsh-Contreras told ABC News her father, Paul Contreras, tackled a man believed to be a […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Permission slip controversy in Florida school highlights debate on race education

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- An activity permission slip for a reading of a Black author's book at a Miami-Dade public school library stoked anger and confusion among parents and school board members. In a now-viral post on social media, a parent posted a photo of a required permission slip for an event in which "students will participate and listen to a book written by an African American" hosted during Black History Month, the slip read. The district told ABC News that […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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