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Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — ABC News has learned the Justice Department and attorneys for 100 victims of Larry Nassar are in the final stages of negotiating a deal that would pay tens of millions of dollars to resolve claims the FBI failed to investigate allegations of abuse by the former women’s U.S. gymnastics […]
(NEW YORK) — Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on the New York City campus after two of her counterparts at other elite colleges resigned amid a backlash over their responses at a previous hearing of the same panel. Prior to letting Shafik speak, Rep. Virginia Foxx, […]
WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — A 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times when answering the door in Philadelphia, police said, while two younger children who were sleeping inside avoided any injuries. The gunman came to the door around 11:53 p.m. Monday, and when the 16-year-old opened it, “At least one male entered the property and fired six […]
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday Democrats will ultimately seek to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Today, the trial will commence, and we will be in our seats as jurors for the third time in four years. But this time, senators will provide as jurors […]
(NEW YORK) — All Frantzy Saintelus wanted was to visit the country where he was born, and that he has kept in his heart for more than 40 years. But once he got there, he ended up risking his life trying to escape. Saintelus, 56, was born in Haiti but moved when he was 14 […]
(WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley has been tapped to be a chair at the Hudson Institute conservative think tank, according to a statement from the group Monday morning, marking the first major move for the former 2024 Republican presidential candidate since she left the race. “When our policymakers fail to call out our enemies or acknowledge […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last April pleaded […]
(HONOLULU) — Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez is set to release the first set of findings from an independent investigation into the deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui last year, the deadliest natural disaster in state history. At least 101 people died in connection with the wildfires. Much of the historic […]
(NEW YORK) — A former financial counselor for the United States Army pleaded guilty to defrauding the families of fallen servicemembers out of life insurance payments, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Gold Star family members are the immediate beneficiaries of servicemembers who have died in active-duty military service and are entitled to a $100,000 […]
Sen. Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, with his wife Nadine Arslanian, leaves US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on Sept. 27, 2023, after their arraignment. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Bob Menendez may blame his wife when he stands trial next month on political […]
