J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies have had their roles eliminated. The mass culling stems in large part from efforts by Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least nine states from Georgia to Delaware are under snow and ice alerts as a winter storm moves east — with brutal, record-breaking cold temperatures in the Midwest and Central U.S. in the wake of the storm. On Tuesday, the storm brought 11 inches […]
McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a major ruling, the judge overseeing the case of the man charged with killing four Idaho college students in 2022 has denied a request to exclude potentially key DNA and other evidence from his upcoming capital murder trial. Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger had sought […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The FBI became aware on Tuesday of threats that were communicated involving two teenage girls, ages 15 and 16, plotting what the FBI called a “mass casualty attack” using pipe bombs and guns targeting Memorial High School in Harris County, Texas, according to law enforcement […]
ABC News (KANSAS) — Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has died while awaiting sentencing, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced on Wednesday. “We have learned of the passing of Andrew Lester and extend our […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least 10 states from Louisiana to Delaware are under snow and ice alerts as this latest winter storm moves east. On Tuesday, the storm brought 11 inches of snow to Missouri, 8 inches to Kansas and more than 2 inches to Oklahoma. Freezing rain […]
Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has “terminated approval” of New York City’s congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the nation, which went into effect earlier this year. The DOT shared a letter from Transportation Secretary […]
(MARANA, Ariz.) — Two people were confirmed dead after two small planes collided midair at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on Wednesday. There were two people onboard each aircraft, a Lancair and a Cessna, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The aircrafts collided while upwind of runway 12, according to […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization is urging New York prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges against five suspects arrested in what authorities described as a prolonged “torture” killing of a transgender man. The group, GLAAD, issued a statement calling on Ontario County District Attorney James […]
Miami Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation (MIAMI) — A Florida man has been arrested and charged for shooting 17 times at two men who he mistakenly thought were Palestinian. The victims were actually tourists from Israel, according to police. Mordechai Brafman, 27, has been charged with two counts of second […]
