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Pastors rally at Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney’s ‘outrageous’ comments
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Hundreds of pastors gathered and prayed Thursday outside the Georgia courthouse where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is underway, a week after a defense attorney said there shouldn’t [Read More…]
Travis McMichael testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or brandished a weapon during the [Read More…]
District attorney apologizes, calls out J. Edgar Hoover as men exonerated in murder of Malcolm X
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (NEW YORK) — One of the men convicted in connection with the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X appeared in court Thursday where a judge cleared his name. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance moved [Read More…]
Julius Jones death row sentence commuted, changed to life without parole
Fahroni/iStock (OKLAHOMA CITY) — After spending the past 20 years fighting for his life on death row, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’ sentence to life without the possibility of parole the day Jones [Read More…]
Travis McMichael testifies in his own defense in Ahmaud Arbery case
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — In a high-stakes move, Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday afternoon. The 35-year-old McMichael was the first defense witness [Read More…]
Two men found guilty in the Malcolm X assassination expected to have convictions thrown out
Bettmann/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 57 years after the assassination of Malcolm X in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is moving to vacate the convictions of [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Moderna asks FDA to authorize booster for all adults
Teka77/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 766,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
DOJ finds Bureau of Prisons failed to apply earned time credits to 60,000 inmates
iStock (NEW YORK) — Sixty-thousand inmates potentially did not properly receive credits for time served under the First Step Act’s recidivism programs, the Department of Justice inspector general found. “We are concerned that the delay [Read More…]
‘QAnon Shaman’ sentenced to 41 months in prison for role in Jan. 6 attack
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jacob Chansley, the self-described “QAnon Shaman” who infamously marched through the U.S. Capitol with a spear and horned helmet during the Jan. 6 riot, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: US daily case average jumps 23%
Tomwang112/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 763,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
Kyle Rittenhouse trial Day 10 ends with closing arguments: Key takeaways
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A Wisconsin jury will begin deliberating the fate of Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday after hearing starkly different theories of the same evidence, with a prosecutor portraying the teenager as a trouble-seeking [Read More…]
Six teens hospitalized after shooting at park in Aurora, Colorado
iStock/South_agency (AURORA, Colo.) — Six high school students are in the hospital after they were shot at a park near their Aurora, Colorado, school, police said. All injuries are non-life-threatening, Aurora police Chief Vanessa Wilson [Read More…]
Details emerge in case against mom of New Jersey teen who went missing
iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — Details have emerged in the criminal case against the mother of a 14-year-old who went missing in October from her home in New Jersey before being sound safe nearly a month [Read More…]
Voluntary recall issued for ABUS youth helmets due to risk of head injury
iStock/LeManna (NEW YORK) — The Consumer Product Safety Commissions (CPSC) announced on Nov. 10 a voluntary recall on the “ABUS Mountz Youth Helmets,” citing that the products pose a risk of head injury. The recall [Read More…]
Woman killed in Atlanta park was stabbed, cut over 50 times, autopsy shows
Kali9/iStock (ATLANTA) — A woman killed while walking her dog in an Atlanta park this past summer was stabbed and cut over 50 times, according to a medical examiner’s report released this week. Katherine “Katie” [Read More…]
Authorities prepare for verdict in murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (KENOSHA, Wisc.) — Local authorities are gearing up as the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse draws to a close and the jury will begin deliberations early next week. Closing arguments in the high-profile [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Aaron Rodgers meets return-to-play requirements, according to report
Rattankun Thongbun/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 758,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
Mom of missing New Jersey teen Jashyah Moore charged with child endangerment
iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — The mother of Jashyah Moore, a 14-year-old from New Jersey who had been missing for about a month, has been charged with two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a [Read More…]
Defense attorney in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial apologizes for comments about Black pastors
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A defense attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial apologized a day after he said there shouldn’t be “any more Black pastors” in the Glynn County, Georgia, courtroom, as a representative [Read More…]
Lawsuits against Travis Scott, Astroworld organizers pile up
iStock/Motortion (HOUSTON) — Several lawsuits have been filed so far against several parties connected to the deadly stage surge during Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, which left at least nine concertgoers dead [Read More…]