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(AKRON, Ohio) — The family of Jayland Walker has filed a lawsuit against the City of Akron, Ohio, as well as the eight officers involved in the shooting that led to his death after a car and foot chase with police on June 27, 2022. The suit, filed by the family through their legal counsel, […]
(WASHINGTON) — It was a history-making moment Tuesday when special counsel Jack Smith and former president Donald Trump appeared together for the first time in the same Miami courtroom. Then, hours later, after Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges, he got on stage in front of supporters at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, […]
(GALVESTON, Texas) — Ahead of Juneteenth, Galveston, Texas, was recognized as being the original birthplace of the African American holiday. The City of Galveston hosted an event Friday that featured an unveiling of a new welcome sign along the highway to greet visitors who enter the island that read, “Welcome to Galveston – Birthplace of […]
(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on May 27, becoming the state’s first statewide official to be impeached since 1917. The proceedings were sparked by claims from former employees in Paxton’s office that he was misusing his power to aid a friend and donor. The impeachment also underlines the conflict between […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Robert Bowers was found guilty on Friday on all counts in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Bowers was convicted on all 63 charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. Bowers offered to plead guilty if the death penalty was taken […]
(WASHINGTON) — Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who became infamous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to news outlets in 1971, has died, according to his family. He was 92 years old. Ellsberg died Friday of pancreatic cancer, which he was diagnosed with in February, his family said. Ellsberg worked as an analyst for the RAND […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (PRESCOTT, Ariz.) — A person was killed by a bear in Arizona on Friday, marking the second reported deadly bear attack in the state, authorities said. The bear involved in the attack has also been killed, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred in the Groom Creek area near […]
(WASHINGTON) — At the center of Donald Trump’s historic federal indictment is the Espionage Act, under which prosecutors have charged the former president with illegally keeping government information after leaving the White House and then refusing to give it back. Trump pleaded not guilty during an appearance in court on Tuesday in Miami. On social […]
Kali9/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Six people were found dead, including three children, at a Tennessee home in an apparent murder-suicide. Marion County deputies and Jasper police officers responded to reports of shots fired around 9 p.m. local time on Thursday, only to find the home was set on fire, according to the Tennessee Bureau […]
mphotoi/Getty Images (DELPHI, Ind.) — Prosecutors are alleging that Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen, while in custody, confessed five or six times to the killings. Defense attorneys didn’t dispute the allegation in a Thursday hearing, but argued the confessions were unreliable because of Allen’s deteriorating mental and physical health. Judge Fran Gull is […]
