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(CHICAGO) — Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett will get one last chance to publicly admit to fabricating a 2019 hate-crime attack on himself before learning whether a judge sentences him to prison. Smollett, 39, is scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago to hear his fate after a jury convicted […]

(NEW YORK) — A tentative $83 million settlement has been reached in a punitive class action lawsuit brought by victims affected by the Surfside building that partially collapsed in South Florida last June, court filings show. The lawsuit was filed against several groups and individuals, including companies that developed and maintained the property, the company […]

(NEW YORK) — For the past 24 years, the U.S. and Russia have worked together to construct and maintain the International Space Station, where research has led to some of the most important discoveries of the 21st century. Now, 227 miles below the unrivaled laboratory, Russia has waged a war in Ukraine that’s pitted the country […]

(NEW YORK) — Idaho could become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Lawmakers in the State House voted in favor of bill HB 675, which makes it a felony to provide such care. Now the bill goes to the State Senate. Anyone who provides or knowingly gives permission for a child or […]

(NEW YORK) — A police retired officer who was acquitted last month for shooting and killing a fellow moviegoer who threw popcorn in his face during an argument said he stands by his actions, saying he was defending himself. Curtis Reeves, 79, told ABC News’ Nightline that he wished the fatal fight between him and […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis “identified specific threat information related to the events on January 6, 2021, but did not issue any intelligence products about these threats until January 8,” according to a DHS inspector general report released Tuesday. “Open source collectors in I&A’s Current and Emerging Threats […]

(NEW YORK) — A juror who helped convict Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking in December after failing to disclose childhood sexual abuse on his juror questionnaire testified in Manhattan federal court Tuesday that he had rushed through the form and never thought he’d be seated on the jury. Juror 50, a 35-year-old […]

(PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy after the boy allegedly fired into an unmarked police car and fled on foot will be fired, authorities said Tuesday. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced that the officer will be suspended for 30 days, starting Friday, after which she intends to dismiss him […]

(WASHINGTON) — The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, has been charged with conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as part of the FBI’s ongoing investigation into the attack. According to an indictment unsealed in federal court on Tuesday, Tarrio — though he wasn’t present at the Capitol on […]

(WASHINGTON) — A Texas man who is the first to stand trial in the prosecution of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was found guilty Tuesday on all charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, for his role in disrupting the certification of 2020 presidential election. Guy Reffitt was also found […]