Chicago Police Dept. (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force took Xavier L. Tate Jr. into custody on suspicion of the murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca. Tate Jr. was found Wednesday night in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Illinois, police said. …
Read More »Fifth victim’s body recovered in Baltimore Key Bridge collapse
Salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the Dali one month after the cargo ship collided with and caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on April 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (BALTIMORE) — The body of a fifth victim of the Baltimore Francis Scott …
Read More »Six people between the ages of 3 and 19 shot at apartment complex
kali9/Getty Images (FORT WORTH, Texas) — At least six people ranging between the ages of 3 to 19 years old have been shot at an apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas, police say. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at approximately 7:30 p.m. when the Fort Worth Police Department received …
Read More »Contempt hearing puts renewed focus on Trump’s rhetoric about witnesses, jurors in hush money trial
Former president Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court for the start of the third week of his trial for falsifying documents related to hush money payments, in New York, NY, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post via Getty Images/ Pool) (NEW YORK) — …
Read More »Dua Lipa talks dealing with online hate: “I get a real kick out of proving people wrong”
Courtesy Apple Music Dua Lipa is a global pop superstar and says the criticism she got early in her career “fueled” her into showing people they were wrong about her. Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Dua says, “There can be a moment where people really love you and …
Read More »What to know about ‘outside agitators’ cops say are co-opting Columbia protests
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests at Columbia University against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have been allegedly “co-opted” by what New York City police officials described as professional outside agitators bent on sowing chaos and violence. Top police brass in New York said at a news conference Wednesday …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein’s NYC sex crimes retrial set for after Labor Day
Scott Heins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be retried “sometime after Labor Day,” a judge said Wednesday, as the disgraced film mogul appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his rape conviction. Court officers wheeled …
Read More »‘Belligerent’ man ordered to pay United Airlines $20K for flight diversion: DOJ
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A British man who wreaked havoc on a United Airlines flight, forcing the flight crew to divert their landing location, must pay over $20,000 to the airline, prosecutors announced. The charges stem from a March 1 flight that departed from London, when passenger …
Read More »14-year-old suspect dead after active shooter reported outside Wisconsin middle school: Sources
Getty Images – STOCK (MT. HOREB, Wis.) — A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News. The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, …
Read More »Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban that was recently ruled enforceable by the state Supreme Court. Two Republican senators, T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, joined the 14 Democrats in the minority and the bill passed 16-14, …
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