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Belyay/iStock(ST. LOUIS) -- To help combat a wave of violence and the recent rise in shooting incidents involving children, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced he’s sending additional law enforcement officers to St. Louis.On Oct. 1, Parson will send 25 state employees, mostly state troopers, to the city. So far this year, at least 22 children have been shot in gun-related incidents across the St. Louis metropolitan area.Last week a 3-year-old […]

miroslav_1/iStock(RACHEL, Nev.) -- The drama of the Area 51 event was meant to be out of this world, but the lack of humans brought it back to reality.After more than two million people responded on Facebook that they would attend the "Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” event, just about 75 actually showed up as of Friday morning.None made it past the first gate at the site.The […]

WLS-TV(CHICAGO) -- A suspect is in custody after allegedly crashing a car into a mall in a Chicago suburb on Friday, officials said. Only minor injuries were reported in the incident at the Woodfield Mall, according to officials with the Village of Schaumburg, Illinois, which is 30 miles outside of Chicago.Photos show the door to Sears shattered. The mall has been evacuated, officials said.Lauren Potts Carney had just parked at […]

New Jersey State Police(BRIDGETON, N.J.) --  The search for 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez entered its fifth day Friday with no significant leads or suspects, as authorities increased the reward for any information on the missing New Jersey girl to $35,000."I'm hopeful that we'll find Dulce alive because we have no physical evidence," Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McCrae said at a press conference Friday afternoon. Bridgeton Chief of Police Michael Gaimari […]

manonallard/iStock(LONGVIEW, Wash.) -- A Washington state bus driver school bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence after a student got home and called 911 to report her.On Sept. 12 around 3:58 p.m., officers were tasked with locating a driver suspected of being under the influence, Longview police said in a statement. A person had called 911 to report that a woman was driving a Longview School Bus […]

Michael Warren/iStock(BRYCE CANYON, UT) -- At least four people are dead after a tour bus rolled over on a Utah road, ejecting some passengers, authorities said.Thirty people, including the driver, were on board when the bus rolled over near Bryce Canyon National Park on SR-12, Garfield County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said.At least four people are dead after a tour bus rolled over on a Utah road, ejecting some […]

DisobeyArt/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of thousands of young people are gearing up for the Global Climate Strike to raise awareness on climate change and urge lawmakers to create policies to help save the planet ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit next week.The march is building on a "historic surge" of student protests and strikes for climate action, but adults also are formally invited to participate, according to the organizers […]

ABC News(FAIRHAVEN, Mass.) -- Michelle Carter, who as a teenager sent texts urging her then-boyfriend to kill himself, has been denied parole.Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 after her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, died of carbon monoxide poisoning from locking himself in his truck in Massachusetts in 2014.Prosecutors argued Carter, then 17, was reckless and caused Roy's death by telling him over the phone to get back […]