Google Maps Street View (SOUTHWICK, Mass.) — Six Massachusetts eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with “hateful and racist comments” in a group chat that allegedly included threats and a mock slave auction, officials said. The group chat unfolded on Snapchat on Feb. 8 into the early morning hoursRead More →
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other being his protection under the Presidential Records Act — that his lawyers used to argueRead More →
Dennis Fast/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (GREAT FALLS, Mont.) — A Montana man pleaded guilty before a federal judge to two felony wildlife crimes for an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids to sell the species to hunting facilities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.Read More →
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York declined to dismiss bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez, ruling his conduct is not protected by the nature of his job as a United States senator or as then-chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. “[T}he Court finds thatRead More →
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major snowstorm slamming the Rockies on Thursday has become the Denver metro area’s biggest snowstorm of the year. All Denver Public Schools are closed Thursday and Friday. Over 800 flights have been canceled into and out of the Denver InternationalRead More →
J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Florida man was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for leaving a threatening voicemail with the World Jewish Congress in New York City two weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Justice Department announced. “If I had a chanceRead More →
Courtesy Sue Benedict (NEW YORK) — Oklahoma 16-year-old Nex Benedict died by suicide, according to an autopsy report summary released Wednesday by the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The full report will be released on March 27. Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, died one day afterRead More →
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump was in a Florida courtroom Thursday, where his attorneys argued for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the charges against Trump, was also in attendance. Without making any rulings from the bench,Read More →
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Thursday was served a subpoena to sit for a deposition in a civil lawsuit that involves allegations he had sex with a 17-year old-girl, sources tell ABC News, as part of a suit brought by a friend of theRead More →
Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Vice President Kamala Harris visited an abortion clinic in Minnesota on Thursday, a trip believed to be the first of its kind for any president or vice president. The visit spotlighted the central role Harris is playing in the administration’s push on preserving abortion accessRead More →
