Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children under the age of 5.

The move puts the process in motion for the FDA …

Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images(RICHFIELD, Minn.) — One student is dead and another is critically injured after being shot on the sidewalk outside of a school Tuesday in Richfield, Minnesota, according to police.

Police said the incident to…

ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — During the omicron wave, unvaccinated Americans had much higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalization than fully vaccinated people — especially those who received a booster shot, officials said Tu…

Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three largest drug distributors agreed Tuesday to settle opioids-related claims by Native American tribes for nearly $600 million.

The settlement, announced in a filing with the…

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — A campus police officer and a campus safety officer were killed during a shooting at a Virginia college Tuesday afternoon after responding to reports of a “suspicious” person on campus, officials said.

M…

Natasha Moustache/Getty Images(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Jury selection has been rescheduled to Thursday in the trial of a former Kentucky police officer who was involved in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor.

Brett Hankison’s trial was initially s…

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — On the first day of Black History Month, several historically Black colleges and universities were forced to temporarily cancel classes after receiving bomb threats, according to authorities and the schools. No …

Stockton Police Department via Twitter(STOCKTON, Calif.) — Firefighters in Stockton, California, are mourning one of their own, 47-year-old Fire Captain Vidal “Max” Fortuna, who was gunned down while putting out a fire on Monday.

The suspect, Robert …

Rich Polk/Getty Images for Paramount Network(NEW YORK) — Over the past decade, the Black Lives Matter movement has brought attention to racism and injustice in America through the stories of hundreds of Black men, women and children, but it all starte…

Go Nakamura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 886,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s …

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — The Kansas woman who allegedly “fantasized” about committing an attack against the United States was a “highly intelligent” mom and teacher who became increasingly radicalized when she lived overseas a…

iStock/nirat(NEW YORK) — A U.S. District Court judge rejected on Monday a plea deal that would have allowed the white Georgia man and his father convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery to serve a large part of their sentences in federal prison.

Judg…

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) — For the second time this month, at least six historically black universities and colleges have received bomb threats.

Howard University, Bowie State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Southern University, Delaware…

iStock/South_agency(NEW YORK) — Two Bridgeport, Connecticut, detectives involved in the case of Lauren Smith-Fields, who was found dead in her apartment after a date last month, have been placed on administrative leave and are being investigated by th…

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Midwest is bracing for a storm that could bring major snowfall and leave dangerous ice on roadways.

The storm is set to strike Tuesday through Thursday. A winter storm watch has been issued from Colorado to Mi…

Dia Dipasupil/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died Sunday, her family confirmed. She was 30 years old.

In a statement, Kryst’s family wrote, “In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie. Her great …

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Boston is digging out from the record-tying snowfall left behind by this weekend’s massive nor’easter.

Boston tied its record for most snow in one day in January with a whopping 23.6 inches.

The Bo…

Donato Fasano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 884,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’…

Alexander Koerner/Getty Images(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — A future where motorists share streets and highways with driverless cars may still be years away, but transportation experts are saying now’s the time for elected leaders to plan for that scenario.

Pe…

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — Nine people died on Saturday in a “chaotic” traffic collision involving six vehicles in North Las Vegas, officials said.

“We have not seen a mass-casualty traffic collision like this before,” Alexander Cuevas, …

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — The man charged with shooting three Houston police officers on Thursday had a warrant issued for him in connection with a December robbery, according to court records.

In December, Roland Caballero, 31, had an op…

Scott Olson/Getty Images(WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) — A California ticket won a $421 million Mega Millions Jackpot, the equivalent of $289.5 million in cash, on Friday.

The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station in Woodland Hills, California, …

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Police announced Saturday they arrested a suspect in connection with the series of swastika graffiti markings around Washington, D.C.

Geraldo Pando, 34, has been charged with “display of certain e…

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are under winter weather alerts Saturday as a nor’easter slams the Northeast.

Whiteout conditions persist as the winter storm makes its way toward the New England coast. Parts of New Jers…

iStock/Motortion(NEW YORK) — Authorities are investigating after an upstate New York college student died after spending hours off-campus in subzero temperatures, police said.

SUNY Oneonta student Tyler Lopresti-Castro, 20, was discovered by two Oneo…

iStock(CHICAGO) — A Chicago man was released from prison on bond Tuesday after serving nearly 20 years due to his twin brother confessing to the crime.

Kevin Dugar walked out of Cook County Jail a free man at around 9:30 p.m., his lawyer told ABC New…

iStock/south agency(KENOSHA, Wis.) — The AR-15-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the shooting of three men during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be destroyed.

State prosecutors, the defense and the man who purchased the gun agreed…

iStock/nirat(NEW YORK) — A suspect charged in the murder of a Houston police officer will be held without bond, according to court documents.

Oscar Rosales, 51, faces a capital murder charge in the death of Cpl. Charles Galloway. Rosales allegedly sh…

iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Police in New Mexico performed a daring rescue to save an injured hiker who was stuck 9,100 feet in the air.

The New Mexico State police said the unidentified 50-year-old woman was stranded in the LaDrones Mountains in S…

Pittsburgh Public Safety via Twitter(PITTSBURGH) — A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, sending three people to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

Five cars and a Port Authority bus were on the bridge a…