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Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge [Read More…]
How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising [Read More…]
New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s [Read More…]
Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say
Boise Police Department (BOISE, Idaho) — An inmate escaped from an Idaho hospital Wednesday with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him, striking two, in a “brazen” attack, authorities said. Both [Read More…]
2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder
Taylorsville Police Department (NEW YORK) – Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man whose body was found in a remote desert area in Utah County, [Read More…]
Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for his role in [Read More…]
Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge [Read More…]
About 184 law enforcement officers die by suicide each year: Report
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 1,200 of the nation’s public safety personnel died by suicide over a seven-year period, according to a report released by a nonprofit organization that tracks law enforcement [Read More…]
US port of entry stops five separate human smuggling attempts in less than 48 hours
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five separate alleged human smuggling attempts at a single port of entry into the U.S. have been intercepted in less than 48 hours, according to the U.S. Customs [Read More…]
Maui officials slow to hand over documents in deadly fire investigation, AG says
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven months after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui, state investigators are finalizing a comprehensive investigative report that is now set to be released on April 17, 2024, after a [Read More…]
Mega Millions climbs to $977 Million for next drawing after no jackpot winner
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot is expected to climb to $977 Million for Friday’s drawing, after no single ticket won the jackpot on Tuesday, the lottery said. Winning numbers were [Read More…]
Two former Mississippi police officers sentenced after pleading guilty to torture of Black men
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County, Mississippi, sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday after pleading guilty, along with five additional former law enforcement officers, to [Read More…]
Trump says he might be forced to sell assets at ‘fire sale prices’ to satisfy $464M bond in civil fraud case
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is continuing to rail against the $464 million judgment in his New York civil fraud case, claiming Judge Arthur Engoron is trying to take away his [Read More…]
Riley Strain’s fraternity brothers ‘heartbroken’ as search in Nashville continues, his mom says
Metro Nashville Police (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The fraternity brothers who were with Riley Strain on the night he vanished in Nashville, Tennessee, are “heartbroken” as the search for the 22-year-old continues, Strain’s mother said. “We [Read More…]
3-year-old in driver’s seat of truck that fatally struck 2-year-old: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WOODLAND, Calif.) — An unattended 3-year-old was behind the wheel of a truck left running at a California gas station when the vehicle fatally struck a 2-year-old, authorities said. The incident occurred [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows strict Texas SB4 immigration law to take effect for now
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has rejected a Biden administration request to intervene and keep Texas’s strict immigration enforcement law, known as SB 4, on hold while it is challenged in lower [Read More…]
Jonathan Majors sued by ex-girlfriend he was convicted of assaulting
John Nacion/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Grace Jabbari, the ex-girlfriend of Jonathan Majors, whom he was convicted of assaulting in a trial last year, has sued the actor for defamation and other alleged injuries, according [Read More…]
Lawyer for election denier at center of Dominion Voting Systems leak is arrested after hearing
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A lawyer representing Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems was arrested after a status hearing in Washington, [Read More…]
Miami Beach officials institute curfew but, in some Florida beach communities, the party goes on
Buena Vista Images via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Every March, Florida’s hottest beach locations are filled with college students from across the country enjoying the sun, drinks and energy of spring break. But this year, [Read More…]
Lawsuit from Buffalo shooting survivors against Reddit, YouTube to move forward
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (BUFFALO, Ny.) — A judge has allowed the lawsuit against YouTube and Reddit related to the 2022 deadly Tops supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York, to [Read More…]