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10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff’s office

10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff’s office

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday, possibly with help from officials at the jail, and should be considered armed and dangerous, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office warned. Three of the inmates have since been apprehended. Kendell […]

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‘The entire shoulder seems to have collapsed’: New videos show initial response to sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey

‘The entire shoulder seems to have collapsed’: New videos show initial response to sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey

New Jersey State Police (MORRIS COUNTY, NJ) — Drivers riding on Interstate 80 spotted an unexpected present the morning after last Christmas — a sinkhole just feet away from where cars were passing by in suburban New Jersey. “Look at how far it goes under there,” a man says in […]

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At least 23 dead as storms batter states from the Heartland to the East Coast

At least 23 dead as storms batter states from the Heartland to the East Coast

Connect Images/Jason Persoff Stormdoctor via Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — At least 23 people were reported dead across several states in an expansive outbreak of severe weather from the Heartland to the East Coast. State officials reported 14 people were killed in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and two in Virginia. […]

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Families separated by Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues

Families separated by Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy at risk due to lapse in legal services, ACLU argues

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Hundreds of parents and children separated under the “zero-tolerance” border policy during President Donald Trump’s first term — who were later reunited and protected by a 2023 settlement — are at risk of being separated again due to a lapse in legal services, lawyers argue. […]

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‘No more Nottoway’: Historic Louisiana plantation house destroyed in massive fire

‘No more Nottoway’: Historic Louisiana plantation house destroyed in massive fire

UIG via Getty Images, FILE (WHITE CASTLE, La.) — A devastating fire destroyed the Louisiana’s historic Nottoway Resort, the largest antebellum mansion in the South, officials confirmed Friday. “The fire has been contained now, but there’s no more Nottoway. The house is completely destroyed,” Iberville Sheriff’s Department Capt. Monty Migliacio […]

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Judge in Abrego Garcia case to hear arguments over administration’s claim of state secrets privilege

Judge in Abrego Garcia case to hear arguments over administration’s claim of state secrets privilege

Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing the case of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia reprimanded the government Friday for not providing enough basis for her to determine whether certain information in the case should be privileged, as Justice Department attorneys have claimed. At a hearing […]

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New Jersey Transit strike underway; some 350,000 commuters scramble for transportation

New Jersey Transit strike underway; some 350,000 commuters scramble for transportation

Gary Hershorn/ABC News (NEW JERSEY) — New Jersey Transit train engineers have officially commenced their strike, shutting down commuter trains and leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters scrambling to find other modes of transportation. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union had been threatening to go on […]

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11 men escape from New Orleans jail, should be considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff’s office

11 men escape from New Orleans jail, should be considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff’s office

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Eleven adult men have escaped from a New Orleans jail and all should be considered armed and dangerous, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office warned. They were unaccounted for during a routine headcount at the Orleans Justice Center at 8:30 a.m. […]

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Salman Rushdie stabber sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder

Salman Rushdie stabber sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder

Salman Rushdie attends the 75th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, […]

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Salman Rushdie stabber to face sentencing for attempted murder

Salman Rushdie stabber to face sentencing for attempted murder

Salman Rushdie attends the 75th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, […]

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