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NEW YORK CITY—This weekend the New York City Police Department reported 34 shootings, 15 of which occurred on Sunday, July 26.  Seven people were killed on the Sunday, two of the victims teenagers: Kleimer P. Mendez, 16 and Antonio Villa, 18. They were playing basketball in Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills when they were killed during a drive-by shooting. A third victim...

CHICAGO—On Wednesday, August 5, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced that first degree murder charges will be pressed against Christopher Lara, 19. He was involved in the death of a 10-year-old girl in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on June 27. Lena Marie Nunez, 10, was shot in the head while sitting at her grandma’s apartment with...

NORTH CAROLINA—A North Carolina man was charged with first degree murder for the homicide of a 5-year-old boy who was shot in a Wilson neighborhood on Sunday, August 9. Officials identified the boy as Cannon Blake Hinnant, who according to family members that spoke to WRAL, was riding his bike outside his father’s house when he was shot in the...

SEATTLE —Detectives arrested a 62-year-old man for the murder of two people after their remains were found in Alki Beach in June, according to a Seattle Police report released on Thursday, August 20. At a residence in Burien on Wednesday afternoon, detectives arrested the suspect in the homicide case of 35-year-old Jessica Lewis and 27-year-old Austin Wenner whose remains were...

CHICAGO—On August 26, two teenage girls were stabbed in the Englewood neighborhood after an argument that started on social media, ABC 7 Chicago first reported. According to a police report for the Chicago Police Department, three teenage females got into an argument with another group of five people, four females and one male of unknown ages, at about 8:50 p.m.,...

SAN FRANCISCO—Speaker of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen walking through a hair salon for a wash and blow on Monday September 1, while the city of San Francisco keeps salons closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Security footage showed Pelosi walking in the E-Salon, wearing a mask on her neck, not over her mouth or nose. She follows a...

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR—Residents in Clackamas County have decided to take the law in their own hands, leaving death threats in evacuation zones for those who attempt to loot in the region. Signs that read "Home and Armed. You Loot we Shoot" were reportedly seen all over the county. Devin Eskew, a photographer for the KTUV news took photos of...

UNITED STATES−On Sunday, December 27, President Donald Trump signed the coronavirus relief package with Americans receiving payments of $600 for individuals with an adjusted gross income of $75,000 annually or less. The POTUS signature will prevent a government shutdown. https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1343370217129390089 On December 22, President Trump made a video announcement to Congress deriding the $2.3 trillion that included appropriations for items such...

UNITED STATES—In a March 15 email obtained by the Associated Press, government officials announced they would be housing up to 3,000 boys between the ages of 15-17 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, starting Wednesday, March 17. According to the memo, authorities plan to use the facility for 90 days as a decompression center due to...

UNITED STATES—On Thursday, May 19, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, instructed the Priest of the Diocese not to administer Holy Communion to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. On May 20, in his Letter to the Faithful, Archbishop Cordileone issued the following statement: “There are those who speak of such actions that I am taking as ‘weaponizing...