David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon will stand trial in May 2024 for allegedly defrauding donors to the “We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign, a Manhattan judge said Thursday. Judge Juan Merchan set a trial date of May 27 of next year — […]
Jackson Police Department (JACKSON, Miss.) — Three former Jackson Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury last week on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, a Mississippi man who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022. Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role leading a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory that culminated in the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. […]
Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a near-normal hurricane season for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. There is a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance […]
Viking Books (MIAMI) — The parent whose complaint led to the transfer of Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school made social media posts praising the far-right Proud Boys and shared elements of an antisemitic conspiracy theory, an ABC News review […]
Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A person of interest in a New York murder, accused of a crime spree as he fled from police, was arrested in South Carolina, thanks partly to local tips and attention from a national crime television show, law enforcement officials said. Michael Charles […]
kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a Los Angeles Metro Bus operator multiple times Wednesday evening, leaving him in critical condition. A male suspect boarded the bus in Woodland Hills and began arguing with the driver before stabbing him, Metro Los Angeles […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Richard “Bigo” Barnett was sentenced on Wednesday to four years and six months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol. Barnett became one of the most recognizable figures in the 2021 attack after images circulated showing him with his feet […]
Metropolitan Nashville Police Dept. (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Tennessee judge has granted the parents of students killed and traumatized in a Nashville school mass shooting in March permission to intervene in a consolidated lawsuit seeking the public release of evidence seized in the on-going police investigation. In a decision filed […]
David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Zoo Miami has apologized following an uproar over its treatment of a kiwi bird under its care. Footage emerged online showing Paōra, a male Kiwi bird, being petted by guests at the zoo’s “encounter experience.” Videos also showed the nocturnal bird […]
