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An off-duty employee of the Aurora Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in Colorado has been arrested and charged following a shooting that wounded a protester outside the federal immigration detention facility Thursday evening. Brandon Booth, 42, an employee of…
A Texas prosecutor revealed striking new details this week in the fatal shooting of a Houston father by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, marking an escalation in his office’s unprecedented criminal investigation into a federal immigration agency. Harris County…
A federal judge has ruled that South Dakota cannot enforce a newly signed law that bans advertising for abortion pills against Mayday Health, a New York-based nonprofit that provides information about medication abortion. U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler issued…
Wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota forced Major League Baseball to take dramatic action on Friday, postponing the Pittsburgh Pirates’ game against the Cleveland Guardians due to dangerous air quality conditions. The decision marked an unprecedented disruption as the…
New York City officials announced Friday that one person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has swept through Manhattan’s Upper East Side over the past two weeks, marking a grim turn in what had previously been…
Attorneys for Scott Peterson argue that a prison officer’s tip, which they say was overlooked during the original trial, could support their claim that he was not responsible for the deaths of his wife Laci and their unborn son in…
Paul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, has been referred to prosecutors after authorities said he struck a parked car with his brown convertible in California wine country and drove away. The incident occurred Friday afternoon around…
In a landmark decision, a federal appeals court struck down New Jersey’s assault weapons ban and high-capacity magazine restrictions Friday, marking the first time a federal appellate court has ruled that a state’s ban on such firearms violates the Second…
Massive plumes of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota have pushed across the Midwest and Northeast, enveloping Washington, D.C., and major cities across the region in an eerie haze and driving millions of people into unhealthy air quality conditions.…
Clara Jean Ester, a civil rights activist who rushed to the side of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. moments after he was assassinated in Memphis in 1968, has died at age 78. She died on July 9, 2026. Ester was…
After enduring months of sustained public pressure campaigns targeting its branches across multiple states, Citizens Bank announced on Friday that it will end its credit facilities with two major private prison operators: CoreCivic and The GEO Group. Both companies run…
Rosie O’Donnell has said Michelle Trachtenberg was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in the years leading up to her death at the age of 39 in February 2025. Trachtenberg, best known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,…
Nara Smith has revealed that her two-year-old daughter, Whimsy, is now in remission following a cancer diagnosis. The 24-year-old creator first told Instagram followers earlier this month that her daughter had been diagnosed with cancer late last year. She did…
A man has been charged with hate crimes following a security breach at NBC’s “Today” show studio in Manhattan, where he allegedly confronted anchor Craig Melvin with a racial slur. Andrew Truelove, 41, of Manhattan, was arrested Thursday morning at…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has addressed reports that a teleprompter operator is under investigation over claims he used non-public information to make bets on Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after being…
Paris Jackson is reportedly seeking roughly $3 million in repayment for herself and her family from those overseeing her father’s estate, according to court filings. Documents obtained by US Weekly indicate that the 28-year-old is asking Michael Jackson estate manager…