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Pete Rose among players removed from MLB’s banned list, eligible for Hall of Fame
Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images (COOPERSTOWN, NY) — Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased baseball players have been removed from MLB’s permanent list of banned players, according to a memo from the [Read More…]
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan indicted by grand jury on federal charges
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge who was arrested and charged last month with allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah [Read More…]
US v. Combs day 6: Freak offs, violence and fear – Cassie Ventura takes the stand at Diddy trial
John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For six hours on Tuesday in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Cassie Ventura testified about how her decade-long relationship turned violent as her then-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, seized control of [Read More…]
2 juveniles arrested for murder after allegedly shooting man, striking him with car in Texas
Austin Police Department. (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — Two juveniles were arrested and charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting a man and striking him with a vehicle during a carjacking, according to the Austin Police Department. [Read More…]
Lawyer calls Trump tariffs ‘unlawful’ as they face 1st test against small businesses
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are an “unprecedented and unlawful expansion” of executive power, a lawyer for a group of small businesses told a federal court Tuesday morning. The [Read More…]
Judge seizes control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City’s notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports [Read More…]
Menendez brothers’ long-awaited resentencing hearing underway; cousin pleads with judge to free them
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s much-anticipated resentencing hearing is underway, with lawyers set to battle over whether the brothers should get a lesser sentence, clearing the way for [Read More…]
Florida State shooting suspect makes 1st appearance in court after weeks in hospital
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The 20-year-old who allegedly killed two and wounded several others in a mass shooting on the Florida State University campus last month made his first appearance in court on [Read More…]
Trump’s tariffs face their 1st legal test against small businesses
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In an obscure courthouse in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday, a group of small businesses will take on one of President Donald Trump’s boldest uses of executive authority. A panel [Read More…]
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers challenge Trump administration’s invocation of state secrets privilege
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia pushed back on the Trump administration’s invocation of the state secrets privilege in a court filing Monday, saying that the government has [Read More…]
Meet the 12 jurors who will decide Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering case
Aristide Economopoulos For The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As testimony begins in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial, his fate is in the hands of a jury that represents the city that [Read More…]
Georgia college student remains in ICE custody after mistaken traffic stop
(DALTON, GA) — A 19-year-old college student from Georgia remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a traffic stop led to her detainment, records show. Ximena Arias-Cristobal was arrested on May 5 in [Read More…]
‘Exploding birds’ freak out residents in California city
KGO-TV (SAN FRANCISCO) — A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds “exploding.” Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond, northeast of San [Read More…]
FAA launches emergency task force to ensure safety flying in and out of Newark
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEWARK, NJ) — The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it’s launching an emergency task force to ensure safety, among other [Read More…]
Tory Lanez stabbed 14 times while in prison for Megan Thee Stallion shooting
Johnny Nunez/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after a fellow inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi attacked the rapper at around 7:20 a.m. local time, a spokesperson for [Read More…]
Menendez brothers’ long-awaited resentencing hearing to begin Tuesday
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s much-anticipated resentencing hearing will be held Tuesday and Wednesday with lawyers set to battle over whether the brothers should get a lesser sentence, [Read More…]
Alexander brothers face new charges, including sex trafficking of a minor
ABC News A high-profile case against prominent real estate moguls took a new turn this week as federal prosecutors filed new charges against Oren and Tal Alexander, as well as their brother Alon, on May [Read More…]
Deadly multi-vehicle crash on I-75 near Tennessee-Georgia border: Officials
Tennessee Highway Patrol Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on I-75 near the Tennessee-Georgia border on Sunday, saying there were fatalities. The incident involved six passenger vehicles and a tractor-trailer, with two [Read More…]
1 dead, dozens injured in fiery tour bus collision near Los Angeles
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured in a fiery collision Sunday morning between a packed tour bus and a disabled SUV stalled on a freeway in [Read More…]
Pope Leo XIV’s family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans
(Photo by Francesco Sforza Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records [Read More…]