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Thousands of people in trucks and on motorcycles rallied and rode through Macedon, New York, to take part in the county’s “Back the Blue” rally.

A Phoenix, Arizona, bakery is giving away birthday cakes to families who cannot afford them, especially due to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 60 emergency 911 calls went unanswered overnight in Portland, Oregon, as police officers were preoccupied with riots downtown.

A 36-year-old man died after getting involved in a fight outside of a New York City bagel shop Saturday morning.

An off-duty New York City Rikers Island correction officer was shot dead in Queens early Saturday, according to the police.

A Chicago convenience store owner who has been looted twice since May plans to sue the city after the police failed to respond each time his store was destroyed.

Cannon Hinnant’s mother is heartbroken that her son was fatally shot at point-blank range in North Carolina, but she remains hopeful.

The Tampa Police Department arrested four people — three adults and one juvenile — for vandalizing the “Back the Blue” mural painted in the city’s downtown area.

Two boys were robbed of their hard-earned money while running a lemonade stand in their front yard in Peoria, Illinois, last week, according to a surveillance video.

At least five mainstream media outlets have not reported on the alleged murder of five-year-old Cannon Hinnant, who was reportedly killed at the hands of a 25-year-old North Carolina man, causing the hashtag #SayHisName to trend on social media on Thursday.

Tennessee lawmakers approved a bill on Wednesday that would make it a felony to camp outside the State Capitol, including the Capitol grounds.

A homeless encampment in New York City has thrived on a street corner in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio learning about the encampment three weeks ago and vowing to take action “right away.”

A newly released video showed the horrifying moment when a Mercedez Benz SUV plowed through another vehicle and then through the doors of an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital emergency room back in June.

One person died and four others were injured in a machete attack that took place in Colorado on Tuesday night, police said.

The Ronald McDonald House in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago was targeted by looters early Monday morning.

A North Carolina woman with 173 descendants celebrated her 100th birthday over the weekend.

An Idaho boy set up a lemonade stand on Saturday to raise money for his little sister, Josie, who was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy.

A Chicago alderman is calling Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot “unprepared” to handle the rioting and in the city and thinks federal intervention to quell the violence is necessary.

A Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting the two mothers of his children admitted that he committed both murders during an interview with law enforcement officials, police said.

An additional 5.9 million people in the United States are on food stamps since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, according to the latest data from the USDA.

An anonymous donor is matching all monetary donations made to the Jacksonville, Florida, Salvation Army this August up to $30,000, according to the organization.

A tree fell on a New Jersey home during the middle of Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday afternoon, trapping a seven-year-old girl inside the rubble.

A six-year-old Pennsylvania girl is spending her summer selling lemonade, not to raise money for a new toy, but to support her local fire department.

An anonymous donor offered to completely cover the funeral expenses for a Texas man whose wife died unexpectedly of a heart attack.

A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, group got together to organize a “Back the Blue” rally to show support for law enforcement on Saturday.

A 26-year-old jail inmate caught a lucky break when a judge freed him earlier this year due to the coronavirus.

Three men suspected to be involved in the shooting death of an off-duty Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper on Friday have been arrested and are now in custody.

A Miami teenager surprised two nurses working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, providing them with an apartment after they lost theirs and a dog in a fire.

A homeless veteran and his family recently received the keys to a refurbished, remodeled home in Lawton, Oklahoma.

An eight-year-old boy from east Los Angeles, California, started a plant business to financially help his single mother and raise money to bring his sister back from Mexico.

The King County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state honored five teens for saving the life of one of its deputies.

A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly spat on a child wearing a mask in a restaurant on Sunday and told him, “You now have coronavirus,” police said.

A nine-year-old boy from Florida is being hailed as a hero after saving his father, who fractured his neck while diving into the Santa Rosa Sound in Florida on Saturday.

A large fence erected to protect the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, remains in place, but the city says it is illegal.

A couple hiking in South Dakota with their 11-year-old Yorkshire Terrier last Friday encountered a rattlesnake on their journey.

A Texas woman is determined to be with her husband and pray for him under his window while he is hospitalized with the coronavirus.