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kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 15 people were killed and 24 were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, according to Prague’s head of police. The suspect — a 24-year-old student at the university — was “eliminated,” officials said. His body was found at Charles University’s faculty of the […]
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Wednesday granted former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss’ request to expedite their $148 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani, saying that the mother and daughter have “good cause” to fear Giuliani may attempt to avoid paying them. Following a week-long trial, a federal jury […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — California is getting hammered with rain and flooding, causing dangerous travel conditions as the holiday rush begins. Rainfall totals could reach 10 inches in some areas. Significant travel delays and road closures are likely due to flooded roads. Mudslides are also possible. The storm, which will last from Wednesday to […]
Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Massachusetts Conference For Women (BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu publicly apologized to two Black men who were wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a pregnant white woman. Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson were initially implicated in the murder of 30-year-old Carol Stuart, after her husband, Charles Stuart, told the police […]
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A local news helicopter operated by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in New Jersey, killing two people on board, the station said. A pilot and photographer were on board Chopper 6 when it crashed in Washington Township, WPVI reported. The pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith, and […]
U.S. Marshals Service via AP (NEW YORK) — Fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, was arrested and returned to the U.S. Wednesday as part of a detainee exchange with Venezuela. Francis, a Malaysian defense contractor, was behind one of the largest bribery […]
Michigan State Police (DETROIT) — A Detroit police officer was charged with manslaughter for allegedly punching a 71-year-old man who prosecutors say then fell and hit his head and died from his injuries several weeks later. Juwan Marquise-Alexander Brown, 29, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday morning. Brown said only his name during the hearing, […]
Gaby Oraa/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration completed a prisoner swap with Venezuela Wednesday, granting clemency to one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s close allies in exchange for the freedom of 10 Americans who had been jailed in the country and are now currently en route back to the U.S, the White House said. “Today, […]
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A local news helicopter operated by WPVI-TV, an ABC-owned television station in Philadelphia, crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in southern New Jersey, killing two people onboard, the station said. Chopper 6 crashed with a pilot and photographer onboard sometime after 8 p.m. in Washington Township, WPVI reported. Both […]
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event on Dec. 19, 2023 in Waterloo, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday night at a campaign stop in Iowa that he has not read Mein Kampf, the manifesto written by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Trump […]
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