Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American Airlines flight had to “perform an expedited climb” in order to avoid a mountain during a routine departure out of Hawaii on Wednesday. The plane had just departed from Honolulu International Airport and was on its way to Los Angeles International Airport. […]
Department of Justice (WASHINGTON) — A former NFL linebacker who played for the Detroit Lions faces charges for allegedly engaging in a series of assaults on law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, court records show. Leander Antwione Williams, 31, was arrested Thursday in what appears to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The FBI searched the New York City home of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan as part of a criminal investigation into the election betting platform, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The investigation, at least in part, involves whether Polymarket violated a prior settlement with the […]
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Across hours of podcast and television interviews, Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth has articulated his plan for a “frontal assault” to reform the Department of Defense from the top down, including by purging “woke” generals, limiting women from some combat roles, eliminating […]
Gary Miller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The satirical website The Onion purchased InfoWars on Thursday, a capstone on years of litigation and bankruptcy proceedings following InfoWars founder Alex Jones’ defamation of families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Those families backed The Onion’s bid to purchase InfoWars’ intellectual property, including […]
VINCE BUCCI/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As calls grow for the Menendez brothers to be released from prison, the incoming Los Angeles County district attorney says he has a lot of evidence to review before showing his support. Nathan Hochman won last week’s election for DA, beating incumbent George Gascón […]
The 28-year-old whistleblower investigated alleged wrongdoing at an Oklahoma nuclear fuel facility, and was reportedly on her way to meet a New York Times reporter when she died in a fatal car crash (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images). (CRESCENT, Okla.) — The 28-year-old lab worker investigated alleged wrongdoing […]
Operation Bear Claw reveals suspects allegedly wore bear costume to commit insurance fraud. Image via California Department of Insurance (LOS ANGELES) — Four individuals were arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to defraud their insurance companies by claiming a bear had damaged their vehicles — when in fact it was a […]
Simona Granati – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Rainbow Youth Project, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, typically fields almost 800 calls a month on its crisis outreach hotline. In just 10 days, as the 2024 presidential election came to a head, the organization told ABC News it […]
Courtesy Sue Benedict (OWASSO, Okla.) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Wednesday that Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma has “entered into an agreement to remedy violations of Title IX” concerning sexual harassment in its schools following the February death of LGBTQ+ student Nex Benedict. […]
