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DOGE won’t get broad access to IRS personal taxpayer info, agreement states
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A member of the DOGE team assigned to work at the IRS will not be granted broad access to Americans’ personal tax information, according to an agreement obtained by [Read More…]
Menendez brothers case: DA asks court to deny their petition for new trial
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images, FILE (LOS ANGELES) Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he’s asked the court to deny the Menendez brothers’ habeas corpus petition, which aims to get a new trial or [Read More…]
Los Angeles removes fire chief in wake of massive wildfires
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been removed by Mayor Karen Bass in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires that [Read More…]
Luigi Mangione’s defense cites evidence concerns, no trial date set
(Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is set to return to a New York City courtroom on Friday for a brief appearance in his state murder case. [Read More…]
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested at US Capitol
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys and who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, was arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, according to authorities. Tarrio, [Read More…]
Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect found guilty of attempted murder
David Levenson/Getty Images (MAYVILLE, N.Y.) — A jury has convicted a New Jersey man for attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie while the author was on stage at a speaking event in [Read More…]
3 shot dead outside driver’s licensing office in Louisville, no known suspects: Police
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Three people were shot and killed in a parking lot outside a driver’s licensing office in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, police said. A male victim died at the scene while two female [Read More…]
Gas grill explosion at Hawaii condo leaves 7 injured, 3 in critical condition
(mbbirdy/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Maui Police Department in Hawaii is investigating what led to a gas grill explosion at a Kaanapali Beach condo Thursday evening that left seven people injured. The victims’ ages [Read More…]
Woman who sought asylum in US believed to be deported hours before judge blocked her removal, lawyers say
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of eight asylum seekers on Thursday, but the move was too late for one woman who her lawyers believe has already been deported by the [Read More…]
Record-breaking Arctic blast to end, warmup finally on the way
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nineteen states from Nebraska to Florida are facing cold weather alerts on Friday morning as a relentless Arctic blast persists — but a warmup is finally on the way. Friday [Read More…]
Luigi Mangione set to appear in court in New York state case on Friday
(Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is set to return to a New York City courtroom on Friday for a brief appearance in his state murder case. [Read More…]
Fired US Forest Service and National Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines
(Stock-zilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — When unemployed marine biologist Lanny Flaherty poked his head into the ranger’s station at the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in the Pacific Northwest and asked to be a volunteer, he said [Read More…]
IRS layoffs underway around the country as millions prepare to file taxes
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday began laying off more than 6,000 new and newly promoted employees across the country, sources familiar with the planning told ABC [Read More…]
Here are all the agencies federal workers are being fired from
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies have had their roles eliminated. The mass culling [Read More…]
Idaho college killings: Judge denies Bryan Kohberger request to exclude DNA evidence
McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a major ruling, the judge overseeing the case of the man charged with killing four Idaho college students in 2022 has denied a request to exclude potentially key DNA [Read More…]
Two Texas teenage girls in custody after FBI, police disrupt possible ‘mass casualty’ school plot
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The FBI became aware on Tuesday of threats that were communicated involving two teenage girls, ages 15 and 16, plotting what the FBI called a “mass casualty attack” using pipe [Read More…]
Winter storm moves east: 80 million Americans in path of snow, brutal cold
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least nine states from Georgia to Delaware are under snow and ice alerts as a winter storm moves east — with brutal, record-breaking cold temperatures in the Midwest and [Read More…]
Andrew Lester dies while awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in shooting of teen Ralph Yarl
ABC News (KANSAS) — Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has died while awaiting sentencing, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson [Read More…]
2 dead after small planes collide in Arizona
(MARANA, Ariz.) — Two people were confirmed dead after two small planes collided midair at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on Wednesday. There were two people onboard each aircraft, a Lancair and a Cessna, according [Read More…]
DOT says it has terminated approval for NYC’s congestion pricing plan
Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has “terminated approval” of New York City’s congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in [Read More…]