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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Three children were killed in a house fire in New Orleans early Wednesday morning that was allegedly set by their father following an apparent domestic dispute, police said. The father — identified by police as Joseph Washington Sr., 29 — was apprehended following a manhunt Wednesday and faces multiple charges […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is expected to cast second-round votes for the next speaker Wednesday morning after Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the speakership Tuesday when 20 Republicans voted against him. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal extortion charges related to the Alabama teenager’s death and admitted to her mother that he was responsible for her death. As a part of the plea deal, van der […]
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is drafting a $100 billion foreign aid package that includes assistance for Israel as well as other top security priorities, according to two people familiar with the details. Details on the spending request were still being finalized ahead of an official request sent by the […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to federal extortion and wire fraud charges in Alabama. Van der Sloot pleaded not guilty to the extortion and wire fraud charges in June after he was […]
Elsa/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they believe Alec Baldwin has “criminal culpability” in the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of “Rust.” The special prosecutors investigating the “Rust” shooting said they intend to present the case to a grand jury within the next two months to “determine […]
Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2023, as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. — Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A plurality of Americans back what the United States is doing to support Israel in the war […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jim Jordan lost his first bid for the speakership — the latest in a chaotic battle for the gavel after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month. After two weeks of legislative paralysis, the House began voting Tuesday on the nomination of Jordan, a conservative firebrand, […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PLANTATION, Fla.) — Two Florida brothers and another man were charged with federal kidnapping, waterboarding, and torturing a man despite knowing he was not the target of their plot, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday. A man came out of his house on Oct. 13 in Plantation, Florida, and went […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney […]
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