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Massachusetts moved closer Thursday to giving doctors final authority over whether to perform late-term abortions, as the state Senate advanced controversial legislation just one day before the legislative session deadline. The bill, approved by the House last week with strong…
The family of Kaylee Goncalves has responded after Bryan Kohberger filed a petition to withdraw the guilty plea connected to the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students. Kohberger, a criminology student, admitted to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves,…
Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey, has been denied a request for medical release from his 20-year prison sentence. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted unanimously 3-0 on Friday to deny Grayson’s application for…
Six months after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have published the complete text of two ransom notes, hoping the release will spark fresh information and help move the case…
Family, friends, fellow service members and members of the Ozone Park community gathered Friday to honor the life of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad, the 28-year-old U.S. Service member killed in an Iranian missile attack on an air base in Jordan.…
Police are seeking a man described as 6 feet tall with brown eyes and black hair, a large build and a thick neck, who sexually assaulted a woman after following her home from a North Hollywood gym on July 19…
The deaths of two of the six family members found dead in a Mechanicville apartment last month have been ruled suicides, while the other four are being investigated as homicides. On June 23, police found the bodies of Amy Steadman,…
After surviving a shark bite in the western Bahamas that left him needing 26 stitches in his leg, one man returned home to an unexpected shark-themed welcome. What was meant to be a special trip marking 40 years of marriage…
Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, along with three other current and former state officials, pleaded not guilty Thursday to bribery and corruption charges stemming from a high-profile investigation into alleged schemes to funnel state COVID-19 testing contracts to favored businesses.…
The U.S. Stock market swung sharply on Friday as Wall Street continued its volatile month with vastly different performances from technology giants and mounting concerns about inflation spreading through rising oil prices and bond yields. Amazon shares surged as the…
Families of four teenagers who died by suicide have filed a lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging the social media companies caused years of harm that culminated in the deaths of their children. The complaint, filed Thursday in…
A Florida father and the mother of his children are behind bars after police said they failed to seek emergency care when a 2-year-old girl turned blue, suffered a seizure and began breathing abnormally after allegedly ingesting kratom pills. Jerome…
New York sued prediction market platform Kalshi on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” and seeking to shut down its operations in the state and force it to forfeit all profits from the venture. The lawsuit, filed in…
Oprah Winfrey announced that she will close the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa at the end of the 2027 academic year, marking the conclusion of nearly two decades of direct operation of the residential boarding school.…
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson fathered two children with his second cousin and never legally married her, a new report says. Jackson’s longtime significant other, Lana Pelletier — his high school sweetheart and the mother of his two adult sons, Chace…