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Teens who allegedly failed to put out cigarettes accused of causing massive South Carolina wildfire

Teens who allegedly failed to put out cigarettes accused of causing massive South Carolina wildfire

South Carolina Forestry Commission (TABLE ROCK, SC) — Three teenagers are accused of causing a massive fire that ignited in a South Carolina state park after failing to extinguish cigarettes while on a hiking trail, officials said. The teens — Nyzaire Jah-Neiz Marsh, 19, Tristan Tyler, 18, and Isaac Wilson, […]

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Air traffic control room fight at Reagan National Airport leads to arrest

Air traffic control room fight at Reagan National Airport leads to arrest

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A fight in the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport, or DCA, in the Washington, D.C., area led to an employee being arrested and charged with assault. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement to ABC News that police arrested Damon Marsalis […]

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Attorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

Attorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

XNY/Star Max/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Attorney General Pam Bondi is directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he is convicted of the December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, she announced in a statement Tuesday. One of the federal charges against Mangione, murder through use of […]

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Gunman in 2022 Buffalo mass shooting wants federal trial moved to NYC

Gunman in 2022 Buffalo mass shooting wants federal trial moved to NYC

Derek Gee/Buffalo News/Pool via Xinhua (BUFFALO, N.Y) — Payton Gendron, the teenager who killed 10 Black people at the Topps supermarket in East Buffalo in 2022, claims he cannot get a fair trial in Western New York, so his federal death-penalty eligible case should move to New York City, his attorneys said […]

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Text messages show yearslong scheme between suspects in Super Bowl reporter’s death: Sources

Text messages show yearslong scheme between suspects in Super Bowl reporter’s death: Sources

Kenner Police Department | Broward County Sheriff’s Office (KENNER, La.) — Text messages between two people charged in connection with the death of a Telemundo Kansas City reporter in Louisiana to cover the Super Bowl show they had been scheming for years to drug and rob victims in multiple locations, […]

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Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador despite order barring removal to third countries

Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador despite order barring removal to third countries

Zudin via Getty Images (GUANTANAMO BAY) — Attorneys representing at least one of 17 alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported Sunday to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison say the men were sent there two days after a federal judge issued an order prohibiting such deportations. A federal judge on Friday blocked […]

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Animal sanctuary owner, about 100 cats die in fire, officials say

Animal sanctuary owner, about 100 cats die in fire, officials say

WABC (MEDFORD, N.Y) — An animal sanctuary owner and roughly 100 cats have died in a fire on Long Island, according to officials. The flames broke out at approximately 7:15 a.m. on Monday at Happy Cat Sanctuary in Medford, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. At the time of the fire, […]

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Shooter in 2022 Buffalo mass shooting wants trial moved to New York City

Shooter in 2022 Buffalo mass shooting wants trial moved to New York City

Derek Gee/Buffalo News/Pool via Xinhua (BUFFALO, N.Y) — Payton Gendron, the teenager who killed 10 Black people at the Topps supermarket in East Buffalo in 2022, claims he cannot get a fair trial in Western New York, so his federal death-penalty eligible case should move to New York City, his attorneys said […]

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Dangerous, potentially historic flooding to hit from Arkansas to Ohio this week

Dangerous, potentially historic flooding to hit from Arkansas to Ohio this week

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A dangerous and potentially historic flooding event is bearing down on 22 million Americans from Arkansas to Ohio, and residents are urged to prepare now. The life-threatening flooding will likely hit from Wednesday night through Sunday morning, with multiple rounds of heavy rain pounding the […]

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Karen Read, alleged to have killed police officer boyfriend, retrial set to begin after earlier mistrial

Karen Read, alleged to have killed police officer boyfriend, retrial set to begin after earlier mistrial

Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Karen Read’s second trial is set to begin Tuesday, seven months after a first prosecution in the alleged murder of her police officer boyfriend ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston […]

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