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This image provided by the Norwalk Police Department shows the scene of a tanker fire on I-95 in Norwalk, Conn., Thursday, May 2, 2024. Both sides of I-95, the East Coast's main north-south highway, were shut down — causing “horrendous” traffic jams — following the early morning crash involving a passenger car, a tractor-trailer and a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons (about 32,000 liters) of gasoline. (Norwalk Police Department via AP)

Tractor-Trailer Holding Thousands Of Gallons Of Gasoline Explodes Into Massive Fire In Connecticut

A tractor-trailer filled with thousands of gallons of gasoline exploded into a mammoth fire Thursday morning on I-95 in Connecticut.

Protests Continue Across The Country In Reaction To Death Of George Floyd NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 04: Police are seen surrounding the Tennessee State Capitol building on June 04, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on George Floyd's neck. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Across the country, Floyd's death has set off days and nights of protests as its the most recent in a series of deaths of African Americans by the police. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Tennessee: Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Teachers To Carry Firearms In Schools For Safety

Tennessee lawmakers have now passed a bill that will allow educators to carry guns on school grounds.

"Ghost guns" seized in federal law enforcement actions are displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) field office in Glendale, California on April 18, 2022. - President Joe Biden recently announceed new measures cracking down on so-called "ghost guns", with an executive order set to increase restrictions on the weapons that can be assembled at home in minutes and are difficult to trace as they lack serial numbers. "It's as simple as going on to the internet, going to a website or a company that sells the firearms components and ordering them and they will be shipped overnight to your front door," says Michael Hoffman, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Los Angeles ATF Field Division. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Case Regarding ‘Ghost Guns’

On Monday, the Supreme Court said that it would consider the topic of “ghost guns” and the appeal filed by the Biden administration to regulate self-assembled weapon kits like any other type of firearm.

Top Left: President of Columbia University Nemat Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Background: 18 of 20 | Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., question Columbia President Nemat Shafik during the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Stefanik Calls On Columbia University President To Step Down For ‘Putting Jewish Students’ Safety At Risk’

Elise Stefanik, the chair of the House Republican Conference, has called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down over the weekend, claiming that she failed to “protect Jewish students on campus.”

ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 15: Ebola patient Amber Vinson arrives by ambulance at Emory University Hospital on October 15, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. Nurse Amber Vinson joins Nina Pham as health workers who have contracted the Ebola virus at Texas Heath Presbyterian Hospital while treating patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who has since died. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

911 Emergency Lines Taken Off Grid By Outages In 4 States

Law enforcement departments in four different states were left figuring out how to get communication back with the public following reports of major 911 outages late on Wednesday.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and Palestine (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NYPD Detains Columbia Anti-Israel Protesters Post Campus President’s Order

The New York Police Department (NYPD) flooded Columbia University in riot gear on Thursday afternoon and began arresting anti-Israel protesters after the president of the IVY League school called for the campus to be cleared.