Timothy A. Clary /AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal judge has set an expedited briefing schedule for Mahmoud Khalil — the Palestinian activist who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the campus of Columbia University, despite possessing a green card — saying “there is some need for speed here.”His attorneys pointed out Khalil is a lawful […]

Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Lyle and Erik Menendez will appear at independent parole board hearings on June 13 as a part of the brothers’ bid for clemency, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.”On June 13, we will have the parole hearing board recommendation,” the governor explained Tuesday on his podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom.” “That independent […]

ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Los Angeles County on Wednesday, near burn scar areas from the Palisades Fire, due to high mudslide and debris flow risks, according to the LA Fire Department.”These are recent burn areas and are especially susceptible to heavy rain,” LAFD said in its warning.The Los Angeles Police […]

Thomas Cooper is seen in a photo released by his family’s attorneys. Fieger Law(TROY, Mich.) — Three people have been charged with second-degree murder after a 5-year-old boy was killed when a hyperbaric chamber exploded at a medical facility in Michigan earlier this year, officials announced Tuesday.Thomas Cooper died on Jan. 31 in the incident at the Oxford Center in […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — With mass layoffs taking place at the Department of Education, the superintendent for the nation’s second largest public school system says the closure of the department would bring “catastrophic harm” if there is any reduction to the federal funding that students in his district receive.In a video statement, […]

Robert Alexander/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations have been vandalized, suffered arson attacks and faced protests since the company’s CEO Elon Musk began his work with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, leading to mass layoffs of federal workers, authorities said.The latest suspicious incident occurred overnight in […]

Newton County Sheriff’s Office(NEWTON COUNTY, Ind.) — A 41-year-old mother of three was found alive in her wrecked car in Indiana after being trapped for six days, authorities said.A man was operating equipment for a drainage and excavation company on Tuesday when he spotted a car off a roadway, out of view from passing traffic, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office said.He […]

(CHICAGO) — At least one person has been shot outside Chicago O’Hare International Airport early Wednesday morning, police said.Police responded to a report of an altercation taking place between multiple individuals outside of Terminal 2 on the street, police said in a statement.”During the altercation, shots were fired and a 25-year-old male victim sustained two gun […]

Monica Schipper/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — The woman who said she was 13 when Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards is heard on a recording agreeing Jay-Z did not assault her and saying her lawyer pushed her to sue Jay-Z.The woman’s lawsuit against Jay-Z and Combs has since been withdrawn with prejudice, […]

TSA(NEWARK, NJ) — A Pennsylvania man attempting to go through airport security was discovered to have been hiding a living turtle in his pants as he tried to sneak it onto the plane, authorities said.The incident took place last Friday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey when a man from Pennsylvania was going through a body scan in the security area […]

David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — One day ahead of a court hearing for Mahmoud Khalil — the activist who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the campus of Columbia University, despite possessing a green card — his wife and attorney both released statements shedding more light on Khalil’s detainment and the days leading up to it.Khalil’s […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday will consider the fate of more than 20,000 probationary government employees fired by the Trump administration.During a hearing in U.S. District Court in Maryland, Judge James Bredar will consider issuing a temporary restraining order that would block future firings and reinstate the probationary employees […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday night, reducing its workforce by nearly 50%, sources told ABC News.The “reduction in force” notices began to go out at about 6 p.m.Some 1,315 employees were affected by the RIFs, leaving 2,183 employed by the department, according to senior officials […]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration could be sanctioned by a federal judge later this week after lawyers with the Department of Justice advised a federal judge Tuesday evening that they will not make a top administration official available for sworn testimony.U.S. District Judge Charles Alsup had sought to have the acting head of the Office of […]

The booking photos for Isaiah Smith, left, and Kyle Thurman (Baton Rouge Police Department)(BATON ROUGE, LA) — Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of a Southern University and A&M College student during an alleged hazing incident, police said Tuesday.Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old junior at the college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, died […]