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Appeals court won’t hear Trump’s request to lift limited gag order in hush money case
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has all but exhausted his efforts to eliminate the limited gag order in his criminal hush money case, after New York’s highest court [Read More…]
Bomb threats reported at City Hall, multiple other buildings in Springfield, Ohio
Paul Vernon/AP (SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) — A bomb threat prompted a major police response in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, according to the city commission office. The threat was sent via email “to multiple agencies and [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Francine tracker: Forecast to become hurricane as it approaches Louisiana
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Tuesday as it takes aim at the Gulf Coast. By Tuesday night, Francine is expected to become a Category [Read More…]
National Guard deployed to help fight raging California fire
Stock-zilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Firefighting teams battling the southern California Line Fire achieved 5% containment of the blaze Monday night, with 23,714 acres burned. Cal Fire’s latest update on the wildfire in San Bernardino [Read More…]
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission lifts off ahead of planned first commercial spacewalk
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — After two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, launched early Tuesday morning. The four-person civilian [Read More…]
Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023: FBI
Liu Junfeng/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday. Scammers use elaborate tactics to assure potential victims [Read More…]
Wanted suspect Joseph A. Couch allegedly threatened to ‘kill a lot of people’ prior to Kentucky freeway shooting: Warrant
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LONDON, Ky.) — As a massive search continued Monday afternoon for the suspect in a Kentucky interstate shooting that injured five people and left a dozen vehicles with bullet holes, an arrest [Read More…]
Delayed Polaris Dawn mission aims for launch this week, despite weather concerns
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — After facing two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, has set a target launch date [Read More…]
Trump asks federal appeals court to delay his criminal hush money case
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to delay his criminal hush money case in New York, after the [Read More…]
DOJ indicts two alleged leaders of white supremacist ‘Terrorgram’ chat group
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday charged two California individuals who were alleged leaders of a white supremacist group that wanted to ignite a race war in the United States and [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Francine tracker: Storm forecast to make landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane
An ABC News graphic shows the expected path of a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Francine is churning in the [Read More…]
Federal trial of former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death to begin
Jason Marz/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers charged in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley [Read More…]
Mom of Georgia school shooting suspect: ‘If I could take their place, I would’
Booking photo of Apalachee High School shooting suspect, Colt Gray, released by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office. — Barrow County Sheriff’s Office (WINDER, Ga.) — The mother of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspected of opening [Read More…]
Suspect in Kentucky freeway shooting bought weapon legally that morning: Officials
This handout image taken and released by the Mount Vernon Fire Department shows rescue vehicles on Interstate 75 during an active shooter incident near London, Ky., Sept. 7, 2024. — Mount Vernon Fire Department (LONDON, [Read More…]
Tropical system in Gulf forecast to strengthen to hurricane ahead of Louisiana landfall
An ABC News graphic shows the expected path of a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — A tropical system churning in the southern [Read More…]
Southern California’s Line wildfire surpasses 20,000 acres amid evacuation orders
Hand crews clear a defense line during severe temperatures in California as the Line Fire burns near Mentone, California, Sept. 8, 2024. — David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The wildfire tearing through [Read More…]
GOP probe details deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, finds no direct role by Harris
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Monday released the results of a sweeping three-year investigation they say is the most detailed public accounting yet of the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that [Read More…]
AR-15 rifle found as search continues for person of interest in Kentucky freeway shooting that injured seven
Kali9/Getty Images (LONDON, Ky.) — An AR-15 rifle investigators believe was used in a Kentucky freeway shooting Saturday evening that left seven people injured and nine vehicles with bullet holes was found Sunday afternoon near [Read More…]
15-year-old shot in Maryland high school bathroom, 16-year-old student in custody
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (JOPPA, Md.) — A 16-year-old student allegedly shot a 15-year-old boy during an “altercation” in the boys’ bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland, on Friday, authorities said. The 15-year-old was [Read More…]
Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays sentencing until after election
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has delayed his sentencing from Sept. 18 until Nov. 26 — after the presidential election. The decision, issued [Read More…]