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A Brooklyn woman busted for allegedly assaulting three Orthodox Jewish women— even though she was released twice under New York City’s recently implemented bail reform laws— has been charged with committing a federal hate crime.

A man arrested for alleged drug possession reportedly lit a joint in front of a judge Monday in Wilson County, Tennessee. 

A Georgia community is coming together to help a local family in need of a service dog to replace one that is aging and experiencing health issues of its own.

More Americans chose to visit their local library rather than take a trip to the movies in 2019, according to a Gallup poll published Friday. 

A mural honoring the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, appeared Monday in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. 

General Motors (GM) will invest $2.2 billion to produce electric and self-driving cars at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan, the company announced Monday.

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — Boaters leaped into the water to escape a fire that consumed at least 35 vessels docked along the Tennessee River early Monday. Authorities said there were fatalities as 7 people were sent to hospitals and 7 others were initially reported missing.

An anonymous donor gifted a $500,000 home in Santa Clarita, California, to a military family in need through a local veterans’ organization.

Rescue crews saved a moose struck on an active railroad bridge in Vermont on Wednesday after the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife received a report of the animal getting its hoof stuck in one of the tracks.

The Phoenix Police Department is looking for an Arizona man who reportedly set five vehicles on fire in a parking lot, according to surveillance video of the incident.

U.S. health officials announced Sunday that a Maricopa County, Arizona, resident is the fifth confirmed coronavirus case in the country. 

A policeman in Lexington, Kentucky, became a wildlife rescuer Wednesday when he got a call about a deer stuck in a neighbor’s pool. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly begun a probe into allegations of ‘deep-rooted’ academic fraud in New York City’s public schools.

A young firefighter’s first day on the job got even more exciting when he delivered a baby girl in Yonkers, New York, January 14. 

Newly-installed San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has dropped charges against a man whom police officers shot several times last month after he allegedly struck one of them with a glass vodka bottle, ran away, then attacked again.

A man was found guilty Tuesday after he sexually assaulted a woman on a flight from London, England, to Seattle, Washington, in January 2018.

Members of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio surprised an eight-year-old girl battling stage four brain cancer with a ride on a “unicorn.”

A Kentucky woman was able to reunite with her canine companion after spending more than two years apart, according to a heartwarming video of the reunion.

An eight-year-old boy from Louisville, Kentucky, battling brain cancer landed an “honorary” job as a Taco Bell employee for a day.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit north of Barstow, California, Friday evening in the Mojave Desert. 

A police officer died after she was dragged by a suspect’s car following a traffic stop in Newport News, Virginia, on Thursday. 

A woman was reportedly robbed at gunpoint outside her apartment door in Oakland, California, on Monday night. 

A brewery in Bradenton, Florida, is using special beer cans to help adoptable dogs find their forever homes. 

A former teacher plead guilty to sexually assaulting half a dozen of her male students in Essex County, New Jersey, Thursday. 

The Naval Station Great Lakes is on lockdown Friday as law enforcement search for a “gate runner” ahead of a graduation ceremony slated to take place at the Illinois station. 

HOUSTON (AP) — A worker was missing following a large explosion at a warehouse in Houston early Friday that heavily damaged nearby buildings and homes, left rubble scattered in the area and was felt miles away, authorities said.

A young woman with Down syndrome is using her own health journey to inspire others to do the same in McCloud, California.

A mother was arrested Friday after her teenage son was admitted to a hospital in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, weighing only 26 pounds.

A community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is rallying behind a Mexican national on the waiting list for a double-lung transplant.

Authors and free speech advocates said Wednesday that they want a professor reinstated after he was fired for joking that Iran should make a list of American cultural heritage sites to bomb. 

Authorities arrested a 65-year-old grandmother and her 19-year-old granddaughter at a San Diego border crossing after they allegedly tried to sneak 200 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S.

A former policeman accused of rape was indicted Tuesday in Prince George’s County, Maryland, after investigators discovered he was also HIV positive. 

A Good Samaritan in Michigan found a box filled with cash outside an ATM at a bank on Tuesday and decided to return the money to the credit union where it belonged.

A five-year-old from Illinois had one birthday wish: to ensure every child had a bed to sleep in. So he asked for bedding donations instead of traditional birthday gifts.

A Georgia middle school teacher accused of molesting a 13-year-old student could face deportation because she is not a U.S. citizen.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking public comment on a proposal issued Wednesday defining what can and cannot be labeled a service animal on an aircraft.