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Month: February 2025

NYC congestion pricing generates nearly $50M in 1st month as Trump admin moves to kill plan

NYC congestion pricing generates nearly $50M in 1st month as Trump admin moves to kill plan

Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City’s congestion pricing toll generated nearly $50 million in revenue in its first month, officials said Monday, as the Trump administration moves to kill the first-in-the-nation program. From Jan. 5, the first day of the program, to Jan. […]

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21-year-old allegedly plotted mass casualty attack on police

21-year-old allegedly plotted mass casualty attack on police

The booking photo for Seth “Andrea” Gregori, Feb. 24, 2025. (Corpus Christi Police Department) (HOUSTON, TEXAS) — Authorities in Texas said on Monday that they have thwarted a “mass casualty attack” after arresting a suspect who allegedly made terroristic threats against police officers. Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested on a […]

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Miami University fraternity suspended amid ‘inhumane’ hazing allegations

Miami University fraternity suspended amid ‘inhumane’ hazing allegations

KDOW via Getty Images (OXFORD, OHIO) — A fraternity at Miami University in Ohio has been suspended after a student complained of “inhumane” hazing, according to a hazing incident report obtained by ABC News. According to the report, which was made by a member of another fraternity, an unnamed student […]

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Trump administration guts USAID’s humanitarian office, despite pledge to preserve its work

Trump administration guts USAID’s humanitarian office, despite pledge to preserve its work

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (LONDON) — Dozens of officials in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s humanitarian aid bureau received termination notices over the weekend, despite prior assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the agency’s “core lifesaving medicine, medical services, food, shelter and substance assistance” would be preserved. Beginning […]

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann fights to invalidate certain DNA evidence

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann fights to invalidate certain DNA evidence

James Carbone, Pool via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is due back in court Tuesday when his attorney will attempt to convince a judge to invalidate certain DNA evidence that’s never been used in New York state courts. Heuermann, who was arrested in July […]

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Utah Finalizes Federal, State Land Transaction

Utah Finalizes Federal, State Land Transaction

On Feb. 22, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joined Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Utah Senator John Curtis to sign an agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Trust Lands Administration to complete the final step of a historic land exchange. According to a press release, […]

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Thieves fake seizure to steal puppies from Colorado pet store

Thieves fake seizure to steal puppies from Colorado pet store

Photo by Chris Melzer/picture alliance via Getty Images (CENTENNIAL, Colo.) — Colorado pet store suffered its second robbery this month on Friday as thieves faked a medical emergency in order to steal two puppies, according to the owner of the store. Perfect Pets, located in Centennial, Colorado, has been the target of […]

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction upheld by US appeals court

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction upheld by US appeals court

Philip Pacheco/Getty Images (NEW YORK) —  A U.S. appeals court has upheld the conviction of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who is serving more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with false claims about her company’s blood-testing technology. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld […]

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Sex Abuse Charges Against Former Therapist Dropped

Sex Abuse Charges Against Former Therapist Dropped

(Utah Co., UT) — Child sex abuse charges have been dropped against a former Utah therapist. Seventy-year-old David Lee Hamblin was accused of sexually abusing a young girl 30 years ago. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation involved “ritualistic child sexual abuse.” The judge dropped the felony charges […]

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Southwest Utah Returns To Drought Conditions

Southwest Utah Returns To Drought Conditions

(St. George, UT) — Southwest Utah is back to drought conditions thanks to a dry winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows most of Washington County and about a third of Iron County under some sort of drought conditions as of last week. A recent report from the Natural Resources Conservation […]

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