Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them immediately eligible for parole — a vindication years in the making for the brothers and their family. But that doesn’t mean an automatic release from […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK CITY) — A federal court in California sided with environmentalists, striking down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempt to withhold protections for the Joshua tree under the Endangered Species Act. The Central District of California ruled on Monday that the FWS decision to […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Construction is set to begin on a hiking and biking path in Bryce Canyon National Park. Officials say work on the final two-point-three mile section will start later this month and last into the fall. The 22-mile path stretches from Bryce Canyon City to Red Canyon of […]
Liu Yanan/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Recession alarms blared across Wall Street in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement last month, but a recent trade agreement between the U.S. and China has dialed back many of those warnings. JPMorgan on Tuesday lowered its odds of a recession […]
Washington Township Police Department (WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ) — A massive fire on Sunday that leveled a New Jersey home, where first responders later recovered the bodies of a man and a woman, has been ruled a murder-suicide, authorities said Tuesday. Neighbors reported hearing a blast around the time of the […]
Potomac Fire Company No.2 Inc. (ALLEGANY COUNTY, MD) — A flash flood emergency has been issued for parts of northwestern Maryland on Tuesday, where severe flooding led to the evacuation of two elementary schools. A flash flood emergency was issued for Westernport, Luke and Barton in Allegany County, where up […]
Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images (COOPERSTOWN, NY) — Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased baseball players have been removed from MLB’s permanent list of banned players, according to a memo from the league’s commissioner. The decision allows Rose, who accepted a ban for life from MLB in […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge who was arrested and charged last month with allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan has been indicted on charges alleging she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed […]
John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For six hours on Tuesday in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Cassie Ventura testified about how her decade-long relationship turned violent as her then-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, seized control of her personal and professional lives and demanded she orchestrate his drug-fueled sex parties known as […]
(ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MN) — Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined, destroying dozens of structures, triggering evacuations and prompting the governor to call in the state National Guard to help battle the flames. The largest fire in […]
