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Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s order targeting law firm: ‘Shocking abuse of power’
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at Susman Godfrey, the law firm that has for years represented Dominion Voting Systems — [Read More…]
DHS says it will receive Abrego Garcia at a port of entry — but it can’t extract him from El Salvador
Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fifteen minutes before a scheduled hearing in wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration said in their daily status report to [Read More…]
Columbia student’s naturalization interview before ICE arrest was last step to citizenship, his lawyer says
People take part in a protest to demand the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi; Photo credit: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who [Read More…]
At least 1 student shot at Dallas high school in student-on-student violence: Sources
ABC News (DALLAS) — At least one student was shot in the leg at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday, multiple sources told ABC News. Preliminary information indicates the shooting was student-on-student violence and [Read More…]
Trump administration has done nothing to facilitate release of wrongly deported Maryland man, his lawyers say
Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after a highly anticipated Oval Office meeting in which the president of El Salvador said he would not return a wrongly deported [Read More…]
Teen charged with murder in track meet stabbing released from jail after $1 million bond reduced
Frisco Police Department (FRISCO, Texas) — The 17-year-old student charged with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school track meet has been released from jail after his $1 million bond [Read More…]
15-year-old charged with killing Lyft driver: Police
amphotora/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged for fatally shooting a Lyft driver in North Carolina, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The teen was arrested on Friday in connection [Read More…]
Man wanted for allegedly stabbing estranged wife to death outside elementary school
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE) — A man is at large after allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death outside the elementary school where she worked, Nashville police said. Niurka Alfonso-Acevedo, 52, was attacked Monday [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein faces #MeToo retrial as imprisoned movie mogul returns to court
Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sequel to the biggest victory of the #MeToo era starts Tuesday when disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is retried in New York for alleged sex crimes. It could [Read More…]
Two hikers stranded in remote areas of Arizona desert rescued in separate incidents
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (TUSCON, Ariz.) — Two people have been rescued in separate incidents after being stranded in remote areas of the desert in southern Arizona, authorities said. The first incident took place on Saturday [Read More…]
$1 million bond reduced for teen charged with murder in track meet stabbing
Frisco Police Department (FRISCO, Texas) — The $1 million bond has been reduced for the 17-year-old student charged with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school track meet. Karmelo Anthony, a student [Read More…]
Man charged for arson attacks at Tesla dealership, New Mexico GOP office
A New Mexico man has been arrested and federally charged in connection with two separate arson attacks on a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party’s state headquarters in Albuquerque, according to newly unsealed court documents. [Read More…]
Florida woman arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace: Police
Volusia County Jail (ORANGE CITY, Fla.) — A Florida woman has been arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace, according to the Orange City Police Department. Kymberlee Schopper, 52, was arrested last week and [Read More…]
5.2 magnitude earthquake shakes San Diego area
ABC News (SAN DIEGO) — A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered in San Diego County but was felt as far north as [Read More…]
Lawyer for wrongly deported Maryland man says it might take contempt order to get him back
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man and alleged gang member who was deported in error to El Salvador, said Monday that it might take a contempt order [Read More…]
Former NCAA woman of the year, 5 other family members killed in upstate New York plane crash
Paul Rutherford/Getty Images (COPAKE, N.Y.) — The 2022 recipient of the prestigious NCAA woman of the year award, a former soccer player at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was one of the six victims killed [Read More…]
Menendez brothers’ aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: ‘We are devastated’
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s 85-year-old aunt, Terry Baralt, has been hospitalized after prosecutors showed graphic crime scene images at the brothers’ hearing, the family said. The relatives are slamming the Los [Read More…]
Blue Origin mission with all-female crew, including Katy Perry, completes space trip
Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (VAN HORN, Texas) — Blue Origin’s all-female crew, which includes pop star Katy Perry, completed their trip into space Monday morning. It marks the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, [Read More…]
Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The closer Rory McIlroy came to fulfilling his lifetime dream — winning the Masters — the more it kept slipping away. Sunday at Augusta National felt like his last 11 years [Read More…]
Tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson did not have a flight recorder: NTSB
NTSB As divers continue to use “side-scanning sonar” to search the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed six people, the National Transportation Safety Board said the aircraft was not equipped with [Read More…]