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Immigrant advocacy groups file lawsuit after legal orientation programs are shuttered
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of immigrant advocacy centers and nonprofits has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for shutting down legal orientation programs [Read More…]
Six dead, including child, in medical jet crash near Philadelphia mall
(Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images) (PHILADELPHIA) — A medical transport plane, carrying a child, her mother and four other people, crashed in Philadelphia Friday night near a busy mall, killing all aboard and resulting in [Read More…]
Immigrant advocacy groups file lawsuit after legal orientation programs are shuttered
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of immigrant advocacy centers and nonprofits has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for shutting down legal orientation programs [Read More…]
Small plane crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia in fiery explosion
(PHILADELPHIA) — A small plane crashed in Philadephia on Friday, officials said, with a fiery explosion observed upon impact. The incident occurred near the Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed around 6:30 [Read More…]
Immigrant advocacy groups file lawsuit after legal orientation programs are shuttered
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of immigrant advocacy centers and nonprofits has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for shutting down legal orientation programs [Read More…]
OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping order this week freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, senior White House officials had not reviewed it [Read More…]
Woman randomly stabbed while walking down Los Angeles street, suspect at large: Police
LAPD (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Police in Los Angeles said they are looking for a man who stabbed a woman while she was walking down a street and then fled. The Los Angeles Police Department [Read More…]
Eric Adams’ attorney meets with Justice Department over future of federal case: Sources
Alexander Drago, Pool via AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mayor Eric Adams’s criminal defense attorney was at Justice Department headquarters in Washington on Friday to discuss the future of the mayor’s criminal bribery case, sources [Read More…]
Drone operator charged for hitting ‘super scooper’ plane during Palisades Fire: DOJ
Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — A California man has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison for operating a drone that collided with [Read More…]
DC plane crash victims: College professor, newly engaged pilot among the 67 people killed
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash since 2009. The aircraft went [Read More…]
‘Hearts are heavy’: 14 members of figure skating community among victims of DC plane crash
Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching [Read More…]
Trump border wall is on New Mexico ranchers’ wish list
Rangers await restart of border wall construction. Via ABC News. (COLUMBUS, N.M.) — As the conflict between U.S. law enforcement and the cartels continues, some New Mexico residents are hopeful that Trump will be successful [Read More…]
Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens
(Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a longstanding federal ban that prevented the sale of handguns to Americans between the ages of 18 and 20 — [Read More…]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with new indictment in sex trafficking case
Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires” over a longer period of time than first alleged, federal prosecutors in [Read More…]
DC plane crash: A timeline of the deadly collision
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of people are presumed dead after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Wednesday night. The Bombardier CRJ700 [Read More…]
DC plane crash victims: What we know about those aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, Army Black Hawk
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash [Read More…]
‘Hearts are heavy’: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash
Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching [Read More…]
‘Shower of sparks’: Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While driving home Wednesday night on the George Washington Parkway near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Ari Shulman said a “spray of sparks” in the sky caught his attention [Read More…]
Some government employees dismayed after Musk jokes about buyout offer
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the architect of Trump’s effort to reduce the size of [Read More…]
‘Devastated’: Figure skaters, coaches aboard flight that collided with Black Hawk over DC
Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching [Read More…]