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Karen Read on trial again for alleged murder of police officer boyfriend
Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald (BOSTON) — A Massachusetts woman is on trial again for the death of her police officer boyfriend, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the initial murder trial last [Read More…]
Judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act to remove noncitizens in Colorado
Salvadoran Government via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration’s attempt to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua hit another legal roadblock Tuesday with a [Read More…]
Hearing set on New York judge’s order blocking deportations without due process
Alex Peña/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York is set to hear arguments Tuesday after he temporarily ruled that detained migrants being held in the Southern District of New York could not be [Read More…]
Abrego Garcia’s attorneys decry administration’s ‘failure to comply’ with court order
Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia are requesting a conference Tuesday to address what they say is the Trump administration’s “failure to comply” with a [Read More…]
39-year-old man dead in New Hampshire skiing accident
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (JACKSON, NH) — A 39-year-old man has died in a skiing accident after going off a trail he had been traversing near a ski resort in New Hampshire, [Read More…]
13-year-old girl dead after 25-foot fall through attic floor at her after-school program
(COLORADO SPRINGS, CO) — A 13-year-old girl has died after falling approximately 25 feet through the attic floor of an after-school program, police said. The Pueblo Police Department in Colorado say they received a call [Read More…]
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth after ICE denied his request to attend delivery
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wife of pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil gave birth to their first child while he remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. Khalil, who is being held [Read More…]
Scott Peterson murder case: LA Innocence Project files petition to overturn conviction
Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — After investigating the case for more than a year, the Los Angeles Innocence Project has filed voluminous evidence it says shows Scott Peterson [Read More…]
‘Doomsday mom’ Lori Daybell delivers closing argument in murder conspiracy trial
Natalie Behring/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Lori Daybell, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, delivered her closing argument Monday during her latest trial in Arizona, where she is [Read More…]
Nadine Menendez, wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez, found guilty in federal bribery trial
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A jury has found Nadine Menendez guilty in her federal bribery trial, following the conviction of her husband, former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, on similar crimes. [Read More…]
DOJ tells judge accused migrants can have at least 24 hours to contest deportations under AEA
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for the Justice Department, facing pushback on the Trump administration’s efforts to deport alleged migrant gang members under the wartime Alien Enemies Act, told a federal judge in [Read More…]
Venezuelan migrant whose deportation was blocked by SCOTUS speaks out
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After his deportation was temporarily blocked by a Supreme Court order, 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant Alessandro Paredes spoke to ABC News from a detention center in Texas. “This is not being done [Read More…]
Judges in Colorado, California to hear arguments over administration’s deportation policies
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal judges in Colorado and California are hearing arguments Monday over the Trump administration’s deportation policies as government officials press to remove accused migrant gang members. In Colorado, a [Read More…]
Venezuelan migrant whose deportation was blocked by SCOTUS speaks out
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After his deportation was temporarily blocked by a Supreme Court order, 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant Alessandro Paredes spoke to ABC News from a detention center in Texas. “This is not being done [Read More…]
4 killed in Illinois plane crash, officials confirm
(TRILLA, IL) — Four people from Wisconsin were killed on Saturday when their private, single-engine plane crashed in a field near an airport in rural Illinois after reportedly striking powerlines, authorities said. The Cessna 180G [Read More…]
FSU shooting latest: Victims identified, police release timeline
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida State University community is reeling and police are searching for a motive after a gunman opened fire on the Tallahassee campus on Thursday, killing two [Read More…]
More than 30 million on alert for severe weather over Easter weekend
Forecast via ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 30 million Americans are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and [Read More…]
3 dead after plane crashes into Nebraska river
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Three people have died, and their bodies have been recovered after a small plane crash in Nebraska, authorities said. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said that “a small plane [Read More…]
Grad student shot at FSU recounts harrowing moment gunman reloaded as she played dead
ABC News (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A Florida State University graduate student shared with ABC News the harrowing moments she was shot on campus and forced to play dead as the gunman reloaded. Madison Askins, 23, [Read More…]
NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return from ISS on 70th birthday
Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, capping off his fourth mission to space, [Read More…]