Georgia State

Columbus, OH

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Georgia voters kicked out incumbents, picked replacements for departing legislators and set the stage for June runoffs as well as the big show in November. Ballot casters up and down the Peach State made choices Tuesday that are already set to reshape the state Legislature, which could have an even greater effect on the average Georgian than who sits in the White House this time next year.

Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff

Texas State

Kentucky State

At least 19 people, including four children, are dead in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky after tornadoes and severe weather struck the central United States.

Video shows devastating tornado hit Kentucky

Oklahoma State

CNN meteorologist Elisa Raffa reports on a tornado and large hail amid severe weather near north Texas and Oklahoma

Watch tornado on the ground recorded from car

Massachusetts State

Four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 were stabbed inside a movie theater in Massachusetts. They all sustained non-threatening injuries. Lisa Dembowski, mother to three of the girls, spoke to CNN affiliate WCVB about the incident. 

Mother describes what happened inside theater where her 3 daughters were stabbed

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

More than 120 million people across the US are under severe threat of possible tornadoes, wind gusts, and large hail. CNN’s Derek Van Dam reports.

Meteorologist breaks down severe weather threat in US

The threat of severe weather expands to millions in the East on Memorial Day after intense and deadly storms ravaged a large area of the central United States over the weekend.

Severe storms threaten millions on Memorial Day following a weekend of destructive, deadly weather

Northern Kentucky Tribune

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Monday on the Senate floor regarding Iran:. “Last night, Iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. The condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift.

Opinion – Sen. Mitch McConnell: Untimely death of president of Iran does not change regime’s threats

New York City, NY

Alem Hadzic’s father was diagnosed with cancer during his senior year of high school. Hadzic is his school’s Valedictorian and decided to continue ahead with his graduation speech, even though the ceremony was on the same day of his father’s funeral.

‘My father died yesterday’: High schooler gives graduation speech hours after dad’s funeral

CNN’s Don Riddell looks at the life of Grayson Murray, who died on May 25, one day after withdrawing from a PGA tournament.

Grayson Murray’s parents confirm the pro golfer died by suicide

Pennsylvania State

More than 90 years after Alexander McClay Williams was wrongfully executed, his family is suing the Delaware County, Pennsylvania, for damages, alleging he was sentenced to the electric chair for a crime he did not commit.

A Black teen was wrongfully executed for murdering a White woman in 1931. Now, his family is suing to defend his name

South Carolina State

Walterboro, SC

South Carolina authorities are searching not for a fugitive prisoner or a stolen vehicle, but rather for a resident’s wayward primate.

A pet primate remains on the loose in South Carolina

Millions of people in the United States face severe weather threats, at least 19 people were killed across four states on memorial day weekend, CNN’s Ed Lavandera gives a reality check from the ground. 

Deadly storms move east, 19 killed across four U.S. states

Fresno, CA

Golden Gate Media

An inmate who walked away from a reentry program has been captured in Fresno, as confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Estefani Saldana-Lemus, 27, had been reported missing following a security check on Sunday night, prompting a swift response from law enforcement agencies.

Lady inmate with hard-to-ignore facial tattoos apprehended after she escapes California prison camp

Accident, MD

Bethesda, MD

Vicki Hill was startled awake by the sound of explosions outside her home in Bethesda, Maryland. The loud bangs, she learned later, had come from the airbags of the family’s SUV, a 2015 Nissan Murano that was parked in the driveway. It was on fire.

Their Nissan SUV was parked in the driveway. Then it caught fire and exploded

Tennessee State

At least 18 people, including four children, are dead after suspected tornadoes struck the central United States overnight and as millions face continued severe weather threats through the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend.

At least 18 people are dead after tornado-spawning storms strike the central US on Memorial Day weekend

California State

La Quinta, CA

Late Sunday evening, residents in and around La Quinta, California, experienced a light earthquake. The quake, which registered a magnitude of 3.5, struck at 10:58 PM local time. Its epicenter was located 46 kilometers (28 miles) from La Quinta and had a very shallow depth of 4.4 kilometers (2.7 miles).

Sunday Evening Shaker: Magnitude 3.5 earthquake rattles California near site of recent 'quake swarm'

New Jersey State

Trenton, NJ

MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - Joshua Cobb, a 23-year-old resident of Trenton, New Jersey, was arrested Friday night for transmitting threats via the internet to kill white people, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Cobb has been charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce and is set to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh in Trenton federal court.

NJ Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill White People, Planned Attacks

Minneapolis, MN

The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honor.

George Floyd’s family calls on Congress to pass police reform, 4 years after his murder

San Francisco, CA

A San Francisco man has been convicted of assaulting a teenage girl on a Muni train in 2023, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. The conviction comes after a harrowing incident on May 4, 2023, during which other passengers witnessed the assault but did not intervene.

California DA: Passengers on train did nothing to help girl who was being assaulted by creep

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Activist: New Georgia law will ‘ultimately increase racial profiling’

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed immigration enforcement legislation pushed in the wake...

Activist: New Georgia law will ‘ultimately increase racial profiling’

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