A man was arrested in the random knife killing of UCLA student Brianna Kupfer, who was working alone in a furniture store when she was killed
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‘They have destroyed us’: Family, Rev. Al Sharpton attend funeral for teen killed by LAPD officer in Burlington store
Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, was killed by an LAPD officer two days before Christmas as she shopped in a Burlington store with her mother.
8,000+ US flights canceled, delayed amid omicron surge; COVID-19 enters fourth calendar year: Updates
Americans ushered in 2022 with exploding COVID-19 cases, thousands of canceled flights and quickly-filling hospital beds. COVID-19 updates.
‘Heart has been ripped out’: Mom of teen killed by LA cop in Burlington store prayed, held daughter as she died
Parents of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, said she loved skateboarding and dreamed of becoming a U.S. citizen.
FDA makes abortion pills permanently available through mail and telehealth by removing in-person restriction
The FDA, since first approving medical abortion in 2000, has required an in-person doctor’s visit before prescribing the so-called “abortion pills.”
‘Readiness and courage’: Coast Guard rescuers pull body from car near edge of Niagara Falls
U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew members on Wednesday pulled a woman’s body from a vehicle in frigid rapids near the brink of Niagara Falls.
Storm clobbers Hawaii with wild winds, flooding rain; thousands left without power
An unusually powerful storm battered Hawaii, leaving thousands without power and flooding streets across the archipelago.
‘Untouchable super citizens’: Will the Rittenhouse verdict fuel vigilantism – or a needed step toward more freedom
Reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict has been polarizing: Right-wing groups celebrating, and liberal leaders decrying the decision as a harbinger of lawless vigilantism and domestic terrorism.
Will there be a mistrial in the Kyle Rittenhouse case? Here’s what it would mean
Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense team has asked for two different types of mistrials, one that would prevent him from being tried again
L.A., Chicago giving away cash with no strings attached to residents in need. Are universal basic income programs working?
Los Angeles and Chicago will be the two largest cities to offer no-strings-attached payments to lower-income households as part of a universal basic income program.