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Sonya Massey, woman killed in home by police, died by homicide with gunshot to head, autopsy shows
ABC News (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Sonya Massey, the Illinois woman fatally shot by a deputy while responding to her 911 call, died by homicide due to a gunshot wound to her head, according to an [Read More…]
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A woman who took an abortion pill was charged with murder. She is now suing prosecutors
Getty Images – STOCK/Andrey Denisyuk (AUSTIN, Texas.) — A Texas woman who self-managed her abortion is suing prosecutors and a local sheriff after she was held in jail for two nights on a murder charge [Read More…]
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Wildfires break out across California: Latest fire and smoke maps
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to be the biggest in the state this year. There are currently 11 wildfires [Read More…]
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Where is Susan Powell? Her disappearance, young sons’ horrific deaths haunt family
Courtesy of The Cox Family (NEW YORK) — A special encore “20/20” airing Friday, July 26, at 9 p.m. ET, which originally aired in 2020, revisits the case of missing Utah mom Susan Powell. The [Read More…]
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Top Sinaloa cartel leaders, including son of El Chapo, taken into US custody: DOJ
Andrew Brookes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group’s vast drug [Read More…]
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Manhattan DA asks judge not to throw out Trump’s criminal hush money conviction
Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) –Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday asked a New York judge to reject former President Donald Trump’s attempt to throw out his criminal hush money conviction, arguing that the [Read More…]
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Ex-deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey was discharged from the Army for serious misconduct
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The Illinois deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home while responding to her 911 call was discharged from the U.S. Army for “misconduct (serious offense),” according [Read More…]
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Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says
NASA via AP (NEW YORK) — Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut-crewed capsule, which launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5, remains docked at the station with no official return date, NASA said Thursday. [Read More…]
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Officials charge man for starting California wildfire that has burned more than 71,000 acres
Oregon Department of Transportation via AP (CHICO, Calif.) — A Northern California wildland fire that exploded overnight into the state’s largest blaze this wildfire season, destroying structures and prompting thousands of evacuations, was allegedly started [Read More…]
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Court sets Aug. 27 deadline for brief appealing Trump classified docs dismissal
Travis Dove/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s opening brief appealing the dismissal of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is due on Aug. 27, according to a briefing notice Thursday [Read More…]
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High school coach, 28, randomly shot and killed at bar while attending conference
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old high school coach was “randomly shot and killed” standing on a rooftop bar while she was in town for a conference, police said. Ayden Burt, a 28-year-old [Read More…]
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Judge issues ruling to vacate Missouri man’s murder conviction
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — A judge in St. Louis issued a written order Monday vacating the murder conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has served 33 years in a Missouri prison for a murder [Read More…]
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Yellowstone geyser explosion sends visitors running
Daniel Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A geyser explosion in Yellowstone National Park sent dozens of visitors running Tuesday morning, officials said. Videos taken of the event show the dramatic moment, with water and debris [Read More…]
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‘Horrendous’ Southern California wildfire sparked by illegal fireworks: Mayor
Homes are threated as the Hawarden Fire burns in Riverside, Calif., July 21, 2024. (David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Officials in Southern California said they are searching for suspects in a fire [Read More…]
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Man wounded in Philly mass shooting now under arrest on murder charges: Police
Obtained by ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — A 28-year-old man who was wounded in a mass shooting that broke out at a West Philadelphia party early Sunday in which nine people were shot, three fatally, has [Read More…]
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns
Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who came under scrutiny for the agency’s failure to prevent the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, [Read More…]
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Trump appeals his $454 million New York civil fraud case
Presidential nominee former President Donald J. Trump holds his first public campaign rally with his running mate, Vice Presidential nominee U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) (not pictured), at the Van Andel Arena on July 20, [Read More…]
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Body camera footage released by Illinois State Police of woman killed by former sheriff’s deputy
Courtesy Ben Crump (NEW YORK) — Police body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who was shot in her own home by a deputy after calling 911 to [Read More…]
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Search underway for 70-year-old California man who went missing after taking Jeep on off-road trail
Authorities in Placer County, California, search for missing Jeeper Warren Elliott, who was last seen on July 19, 2024. (Placer County Sheriff’s Office) (NEW YORK) — A 70-year-old man has been missing since Friday after [Read More…]
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Karen Read murder case: Judge sets 2025 date for retrial
Jason Marz/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A Massachusetts judge has scheduled the retrial in Karen Read’s murder case for early next year, three weeks after declaring a mistrial in the high-profile case. Read was accused of [Read More…]