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(NEW YORK) — If former President Donald Trump opts not to attend his trial next week in which he stands accused of defaming and battering writer E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Thursday that his lawyer can make no mention of the “burdens” that might spare New York City. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina had asked […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida officials are apologizing and pledging to remove the company responsible for sending Florida residents emergency alerts on their cellphones after much of the state was woken up to an alarm at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday. Officials said the alert, which included wording that it was a test, was intended […]

(WASHINGTON) — As air travel soars, the number of guns found at airport checkpoints is up, with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reporting a more than 10% increase in recovered firearms for the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year. TSA said officers intercepted 1,508 guns at airport security checkpoints from Jan. […]

(DADEVILLE, Ala.) — Five people, including three teenagers, have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a birthday party in Alabama over the weekend where four victims were killed and 32 others were injured. The most recent arrest was 19-year-old Willie George Brown Jr. of Auburn. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced Thursday that […]

First Coast Guard District/Twitter (HAMPTON, N.H.) — The U.S. Coast Guard said it found three unresponsive people in the waters off New England Thursday evening, a day after four people went missing after they set sail on a fishing trip. The Coast Guard said it’s still searching for the fourth passenger as of Thursday evening. The […]

(COLE, Okla.) — At least three people are dead in Oklahoma after a string of tornadoes broke out Wednesday night, officials said. There have been eight confirmed tornadoes in the state, according to the National Weather Service. Three tornadoes were confirmed in Iowa. McClain County Emergency Management confirmed that a “large and extremely dangerous tornado” was […]

JanValls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — An American Airlines employee at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was killed in a tarmac incident Thursday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. local time, officials said. The airline employee was injured outside the terminal where aircraft park at their gates, the airport said in a statement. The […]

(BOCA CHICA, Texas) — About three minutes after SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched Thursday morning, the boosters failed to separate, and it was forced to self-destruct. Despite not going according to plan, SpaceX said it was still a successful first part of the mission, and CEO Elon Musk congratulated the team. When Starship is eventually perfected, here’s […]

(SANTA FE, N.M.) — Charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped in the fatal on-set “Rust” shooting, according to sources familiar with the matter. Baldwin, 65, had been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the New Mexico set of the Western in October 2021. The actor was […]

JanValls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — An American Airlines employee at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was killed in a “crash incident” Thursday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. local time, officials said. The airline employee was injured outside the terminal where aircraft park at their gates, the airport said in a statement. Austin-Travis […]