In a city that saw a 136% increase in minors arrested with a gun from 2018 to 2024, a unique effort is underway to empower some of those young people to put their lives on a new path. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice runs “Flip the …
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CHICAGO (CBS) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday that its officers seized more than 1,500 devices to turn weapons fully automatic throughout last year. The agency said its officers seized 473 shipments containing 1,507 weapon-modifying devices from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024. The agency said it stopped …
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BALTIMORE — A man was arrested Tuesday evening after police found 80 illegal ghost guns and an arsenal of weapons inside a home, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Police said Jerod Taylor, 39, fled the scene of a reported domestic assault on November 7 before police responded …
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A mass shooting that killed a man and injured eight other people happened after Philadelphia police officers tried to break up a roving pop-up party, city leaders said in a news conference Friday. Police said around 11:30 p.m. on the Fourth of July, a person in the …
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NEW YORK — Actor Steve Buscemi appeared to be looking at his phone moments before he was randomly punched in New York City, exclusive video obtained by CBS New York shows. Buscemi was attacked in Manhattan last week, according to his publicist. Police on Tuesday identified the suspect as 50-year-old …
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MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Officials say that a school shooting threat was “neutralized” at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school. Shortly after 11 a.m., school officials posted on social media that an active shooter had appeared on the school’s …
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NEW YORK — Multiple arrests were made and at least one officer was hurt after a pro-Palestinian rally Monday in Manhattan, the NYPD said. Protesters were out for hours, starting along Fifth Avenue near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree before heading downtown. Video showed tense moments while some demonstrators were …
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A 69-year-old man died after an altercation while two sides rallied over the Israel-Hamas conflict Sunday afternoon in Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office identified the 69-year-old man as Paul Kessler, a pro-Israel protester. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles described him as an “elderly Jewish man,” and …
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Josh Kruger, a Philadelphia journalist and activist, was shot and killed inside his home in the Point Breeze neighborhood early Monday morning, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Watkins Street. Kruger, 39, was shot seven times, according to police. …
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NEW YORK — The NYPD is investigating the deaths of a family of four on the Upper West Side. Police said a man and a woman, ages 41 and 40, along with their children, ages 3 and 1, were found stabbed to death inside their apartment at 328 W. 86th …
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