

Fatal Philadelphia fire investigation getting help from national response team
Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A National Response Team is being activated to help with the investigation into Wednesday’s devastating fire in Philadelphia. A residential fire in a converted apartment building killed 12 people, including eight children.

More than 90 million people, 37 states on alert for hazardous weather conditions
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 90 million people around the country are expecting hazardous weather on Thursday into Friday morning. Thirty-seven states are under winter weather alerts for heavy snow, ice, brutal cold and wind

Alleged ‘ghost guns’ trafficker charged by feds
US Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — As police across the country have grappled with illegal guns on American streets, an increasing number of those weapons are “ghost guns” they say — guns that lack serial numbers

FBI arrests man who allegedly spied on Egyptian president’s opponents
Jon Hicks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Egyptian American has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of Egypt as he “tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents” of the Egyptian president, federal prosecutors in New

2 men with alleged ties to ‘boogaloo’ movement built explosive devices to use against police: FBI
Nes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Washington state men were indicted on federal charges this week that they conspired to build explosives to use against law enforcement, according to newly unsealed court records. Daniel Anderson and Connor

COVID live updates: 126,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by

Parents in ‘limbo’ as schools close, return to virtual learning amid COVID-19 surge
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As schools returned from winter break this week amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, more did so virtually than at any point so far this school year. The third school year during the

Father of missing 7-year-old girl last seen 2 years ago arrested in connection to case
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — The father of a missing New Hampshire girl who was last seen over two years ago has been arrested in connection to the case, police said. The Manchester Police Department

Several HBCUs receive bomb threats on same day
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At least seven historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to school officials. The threats forced campuses to lockdown or evacuate and local law enforcement was