ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 150 million people were under heat alerts coast-to-coast Wednesday afternoon as temperatures soared into the triple-digits in the West and hot, humid weather in the East and South made it feel like it was over 100 degrees. A historic heat wave that hasRead More →
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A federal bankruptcy court judge said on Wednesday he is leaning toward dismissing Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case after two former Georgia election workers Giuliani defamed agreed it would be the best way for them to collect at least part of a $148 million judgment againstRead More →
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Michael Cohen asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive his lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump and some Trump administration officials of retaliating against him when he sought release from federal prison. Cohen served time after a federal judge in Manhattan sentencedRead More →
Ross D. Franklin – Pool/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Prosecutors argued Alec Baldwin behaved recklessly and “violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety” during the filming of “Rust,” while the defense said the actor “committed no crime” in the “unspeakable tragedy,” during opening statements Wednesday in the manslaughter trialRead More →
WABC (CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.) — Alexi Saenz, a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip, New York, on Wednesday to racketeering charges stemming from eight murders. He faces between 40 and 70 years in prison as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors said.Read More →
ABC News/WLS (CHICAGO) — A missing pastor was found dead in his car in the Des Plaines River, near Chicago, Tuesday night after he had been missing for a week, according to officials. Warren Beard, 53, was last heard from on July 2 and was last seen in Joliet, Illinois,Read More →
kali9/Getty Images (MARANA, Ariz.) — A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car in Arizona, where residents are enduring triple-digit temperatures, according to authorities. The father was running errands with his daughter, and when he returned home Tuesday afternoon, he allegedly knowingly left theRead More →
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The NASA astronauts who were aboard the first crewed flight into space on Boeing’s Starliner said they are “confident” the spacecraft can get them home safely. Flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, a former U.S. Navy captain, and Sunita Williams, 58, aRead More →
U.S Senate Committee On The Judiciary/via Reuters (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Alaska resigned Monday after an investigation revealed multiple and repeated instances of sexual misconduct and alleged sexual harassment in his office. Former Judge Joshua Kindred, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2019 to Alaska’sRead More →
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on Wednesday to move forward with legislation that would ban stock trading by members of Congress. The bill would ban lawmakers from buying and selling stocks 90 days after the measure is signed into law, according toRead More →
