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Laser1987/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The University of Southern California in Los Angeles has suspended a fraternity following reports of an alleged sexual assault and “possible drug-facilitated sexual assaults” at its house, school officials said. “The university has received a report of sexual assault at the Sigma Nu fraternity house,” the school said in an alert […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 731,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Just 66.9% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 731,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Just 66.9% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The devastating drought in Southern California is expected to continue or worsen this winter, with drier-than-average conditions forecast for the hard-hit Southwest, including Southern California, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday in its winter weather outlook. NOAA predicts drought conditions to continue in the Southwest, Plains and Missouri […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Thursday denied requests from Ghislaine Maxwell, the accused accomplice of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to have prospective jurors for her criminal trial questioned privately — outside the view of the public and the press — and to keep a jury questionnaire under seal. Maxwell’s attorneys had argued […]

(NEW YORK) — A massive search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain 22-year-old travel blogger Gabby Petito, took a dramatic twist Thursday with the announcement that human remains found in a Florida nature preserve are those of the wanted fugitive, according to the FBI. The remains were recovered Wednesday, nearly five weeks after Petito’s […]

Kali9/iStock (NORTH PORT, Fla.) — Remains found Wednesday during the search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain travel blogger Gabby Petito and a person of interest in her death, have been confirmed to belong to Laundrie, according to the FBI. The skeletal remains were found in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port, Florida, a […]

(NEW YORK) — The reward for information leading to the arrest of a gunman who investigators said ambushed and killed a Texas constable deputy and wounded his two colleagues outside a Houston sports bar has grown to $75,000. Saying he was “frustrated and angry” over the Saturday morning attack, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner pleaded with […]

(WASHINGTON) — There’s a new twist in the tale of those zebras — still on the loose in Maryland since escaping two months ago. Earlier this week, authorities filed criminal charges of animal cruelty against Jerry Lee Holly, after three of the zebras got away from his 300-acre farm back in Prince George’s County outside […]

(NEW YORK) — Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged accomplice of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, are set to appear before a federal judge Thursday afternoon to argue that prospective jurors for her criminal trial should be questioned individually and privately to ensure she receives a fair trial by an “open-minded jury.” The extraordinary measures […]