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(NEW YORK) — The indictment of rapper Young Thug on gang-related charges in May 2022 sparked a movement in the music industry against the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings. Now as the hip-hop star awaits trial in Georgia, the issue is gaining bipartisan support from lawmakers across the country, who are introducing […]
(NEW YORK) — The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison following his conviction along with other members of the anti-government militia group on charges of seditious conspiracy and other felonies stemming from their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. […]
(WASHINGTON) — A 29-year-old woman who was killed while hiking on a Phoenix trail last week was stabbed 15 times, according to court documents. Lauren Heike was found dead in a desert area around 10:30 a.m. local time Saturday — about 24 hours after the attack is believed to have occurred, according to Phoenix police. […]
(DETROIT) — A Detroit school will remain closed until Monday after dozens of students began experiencing flu-like symptoms and a kindergartner died of flu-like symptoms, the Detroit Public Schools Community District told ABC News. An elementary student at Marcus Garvey Academy who was sent home last week after experiencing flu-like symptoms later died on April […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, who said in the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that “when you’re a star, you can do anything” to women, doubled down on those remarks in the just-released deposition he gave in the E. Jean Carroll defamation and battery case. Evidence from the trial, including Trump’s October 2022 deposition, […]
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – The Supreme Court has granted a rare stay of execution in the case of Richard Glossip, the Oklahoma death row inmate who the state’s attorney general now says may be innocent. Glossip’s execution was scheduled for May 18. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © […]
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Three men have been charged in connection with the killing of a 39-year-old Black man in Jacksonville, Florida. On May 2, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was alerted to an unconscious individual, and found the victim lying on the ground near a dumpster in downtown Jacksonville with an apparent gunshot wound. He was […]
(NEW YORK) — Casey White pleaded guilty Thursday to his 2022 jail escape, which precipitated a multi-day manhunt that ended in the death of a corrections officer who authorities said helped him break out of the Alabama detention center. White, 39, was charged with escape in the first degree following his capture in May 2022. […]
Matt Miller/ABC (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is leaving the agency, President Joe Biden announced. “She led a complex organization on the frontlines of a once-in-a-generation pandemic with honesty and integrity,” Biden said in a statement. “Dr. Walensky leaves CDC a stronger institution, better positioned […]
(PHOENIX) — A man has been taken into custody after a woman was killed while hiking on a Phoenix trail last week, police said. “Phoenix police have taken a man into custody in connection with the murder of 29-year-old Lauren Heike,” the Phoenix Police Department tweeted Thursday night. He was identified Friday as 22-year-old Zion […]
