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Eight teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip: Authorities
ABC News/KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — Eight teenagers got “acutely ill” and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said. [Read More…]
Michael Cohen testifies about how Trump turned his life ‘upside down’
Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
Air Force prosecutors ask for new charges for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday asked a military hearing officer to recommend that Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, be court-martialed for disobeying orders and obstructing justice after leaking national defense [Read More…]
Boeing breached 2021 deferred prosecution agreement: DOJ
The exterior of the Boeing Company headquarters is seen on March 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has notified a federal court in Texas that it has [Read More…]
Man accused in Los Angeles Jewish hate crime shooting agrees to plead guilty
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The man accused of shooting two Jewish men in Los Angeles last year has agreed to plead guilty to hate crime and firearm charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: Cohen cross-examination gets off to combative start
Former US President Donald Trump looks on during his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, on May 13, 2024. (STEVEN HIRSCH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
Albuquerque Police Department officially met reform requirement
ilbusca/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — The Albuquerque Police Department was put on notice nine years ago by the United States Department of Justice. A federal court ordered a third-party monitor to watch and report back [Read More…]
23-year-old hiker missing in Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park/Facebook (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — A search is underway for a 23-year-old hiker in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park after he did not return from an attempt to summit Longs Peak on [Read More…]
Pregnant woman among multiple people killed due to severe weather in the South
Kali9/Getty Images (PORT ALLEN, La.) — Multiple people are dead, including a woman who was nine months pregnant, after severe storms swept through the South, officials said. Three people were killed in Louisiana — including [Read More…]
New Title IX regulations intensify fight over transgender youth restrictions in schools
Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several conservative-led states are rallying against new federal Title IX regulations announced by the Biden administration that codify protections for transgender people in schools. The new federal [Read More…]
Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
Department of Justice (BALTIMORE, M.D.)– A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show. Sarah [Read More…]
Hannah Gutierrez appeals manslaughter conviction in ‘Rust’ shooting
Luis Sánchez Saturno-Pool/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Hannah Gutierrez has appealed her conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust.” Gutierrez, [Read More…]
8 killed when bus carrying 53 farmworkers crashes in Florida
Marion County Sheriff’s Office (ORLANDO, Fl.) — Eight people were killed when a bus carrying about 53 farmworkers crashed and overturned on West Highway 40 in central Florida, according to state officials. About 40 victims [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: House speaker to attend trial as Cohen takes stand again
Former US President Donald Trump looks on during his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, on May 13, 2024. (STEVEN HIRSCH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
‘Locker room talk’ defense was Melania Trump’s idea, Michael Cohen testifies
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, arrives at his home after leaving Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Michael Cohen took [Read More…]
Memorial to be built in honor of Buffalo massacre victims unveiled
5/14 Memorial Commission (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — As residents of Buffalo, New York, commemorate Tuesday two years since a self-professed white supremacist killed 10 people at a grocery store in a racially motivated mass shooting, the [Read More…]
Body of man traveling down Colorado River on wooden raft with dog found in Grand Canyon National Park
National Park Service (NEW YORK) — The body of a man who had been traveling down the Colorado River on a wooden raft has been found in Grand Canyon National Park, officials said. Thomas Robinson, [Read More…]
‘Locker room talk’ defense was Melania Trump’s idea, Michael Cohen testifies
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, arrives at his home after leaving Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Michael Cohen took [Read More…]
Four big takeaways from Day 16 of Trump’s hush money trial
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump reached a crescendo Monday when the state’s star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, testified about his ex-boss directing [Read More…]
Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage demolished in controlled explosion after delays
Christopher Rosario/US Army Corps of Engineers (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage was demolished in a controlled explosion on Monday evening after being delayed due to lightning near the site on Sunday. The [Read More…]