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Idaho college killings suspect Bryan Kohberger set to appear in court Friday
Ted S. Warren – Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Bryan Kohberger, the doctoral candidate accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, is scheduled to appear in court on Friday. The hearing is scheduled [Read More…]
Idaho college killings prosecutors challenge Kohberger request to toss indictment
August Frank-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Three weeks after the man accused of killing four Idaho college students asked the court to dismiss the capital murder charges against him — arguing that the indictment was [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Maui official resigns one day after defending not activating sirens
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials say the wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history. The blazes spread [Read More…]
Why Trump, other Georgia defendants might try to move case to federal court
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Now that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has filed a motion to move the Georgia election interference case to federal court, his former boss — Donald Trump [Read More…]
Super PAC’s debate advice for DeSantis’ revealed, and more takeaways from the trail
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The countdown to the first Republican primary debate has begun, with just six days until candidates take the stage in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. A slew of documents drawing back [Read More…]
Western Canada firefighters bracing for massive spread of wildfires
Jesse Winter/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada) — Fire officials in British Columbia warned they would be facing “the most challenging 24 to 48 hours of the summer,” as wildfires that have been ravaging [Read More…]
Ukraine taking heavy casualties 10 weeks into its counteroffensive
Artem Hvozdkov/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — There is mounting evidence that Ukraine has been taking heavy casualties in its counteroffensive, which began roughly ten weeks ago. ABC News spoke with two former U.S. soldiers who [Read More…]
Iran arrests women’s rights activists ahead of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ anniversary
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 11 women’s rights activists were arrested by security forces in Iran in the northern province of Gilan Wednesday, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). [Read More…]
Mortgage rates surge to 21-year high
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mortgage rates have climbed to their highest levels in 21 years, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% over the week [Read More…]
Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, charged in Georgia election probe, files motion opposing trial schedule
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — A lawyer for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark has filed a motion opposing the trial schedule proposed by the Fulton County district attorney following [Read More…]
Trump asks judge to schedule his federal election interference trial for 2026
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has requested that the judge overseeing his federal 2020 election interference case schedule his trial for April of 2026 — more than two and [Read More…]
Woman reunites with stranger who carried her on his back to evacuate Maui wildfires
ABC News (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Lani Williams and her mother, Sincerity Mirkovich, have lived in the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui for most of their lives. Last week, as wildfires [Read More…]
Los Angeles launching task force to address organized retail crime
Noelskeez/Twitter (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles is launching a new task force to address organized retail crime in the region, officials announced Thursday. The task force will include multiple Southern California law enforcement agencies, including [Read More…]
‘Helping others up to the very end’: Family believes missing Lahaina man likely died trying to help neighbors
Courtesy of Bill Schilling (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — The family of a kind-hearted Maui resident known as “Uncle Joe” believes the 67-year-old died trying to help his elderly neighbors, as the flames from Hawaii’s deadliest wildfire [Read More…]
AMC releases new images and teaser for ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’
AMC AMC has released new images and a new teaser from its forthcoming spinoff The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. The new footage from the show, which starts in September, shows Norman Reedus‘ Daryl not getting [Read More…]
‘The Blind Side’ author Michael Lewis sounds off on “sad” controversy surrounding the film
David Levenson/Getty Images Michael Lewis, the author behind the book that became the movie The Blind Side, has sounded off to The Washington Post about the controversy that now surrounds it. As reported, Michael Oher [Read More…]
Ousted ‘Big Brother’ contestant Luke Valentine says he should’ve gotten “slap on the wrist” for dropping N-word
CBS In an Instagram Live from Havana, Cuba, Big Brother contestant Luke Valentine addressed his dropping of the N-word during a broadcast that got him kicked off the CBS reality show. Wearing a tropical shirt [Read More…]
Robert De Niro turns 80
Lionsgate Legendary actor and new dad Robert De Niro turns 80 years old on Thursday, August 17. Born in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City in which he still lives, the man considered to be [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Hawaii AG announces independent review of fire response
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images Officials say the wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history. The blazes spread rapidly due to [Read More…]
Gulf of Mexico experiences heatwave as ocean scientists prepare for mass
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Yet another heatwave is warming waters off U.S. coasts as oceans all over the world endure warmer-than normal temperatures, according to experts. The Gulf of Mexico has become the latest [Read More…]