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Swatting call about possible armed person at San Bernardino hospital sparks massive police presence

Swatting call about possible armed person at San Bernardino hospital sparks massive police presence

KABC chopper over Loma Linda University Medical Center. Via KABC. (LOS ANGELES) — Reports of a possibly armed person at a San Bernardino, California, hospital sparked a massive law enforcement response Wednesday evening, but authorities later cleared the scene and said it appeared to be the result of a “swatting” […]

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High school runner who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge

High school runner who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge

Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, speaks with ABC News in an interview that aired March 11, 2025, on “Good Morning America.” Via ABC. (NEW YORK) — A high school track athlete faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a now-viral video […]

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Trump administration says handling of USAID documents ‘did not violate’ federal laws

Trump administration says handling of USAID documents ‘did not violate’ federal laws

Ezra Acayan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A USAID directive to destroy classified documents had been “seriously misapprehended,” Trump administration attorneys wrote in a court filing Wednesday in which they insisted that all records were appropriately handled and “did not violate” federal laws dictating the preservation of government documents. The American Federation […]

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Judge sets expedited schedule for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil after ICE arrest

Judge sets expedited schedule for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil after ICE arrest

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 […]

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Menendez brothers to appear at parole board hearings in June, Newsom says

Menendez brothers to appear at parole board hearings in June, Newsom says

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 […]

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Evacuation orders issued in Los Angeles area amid fears of mudslides

Evacuation orders issued in Los Angeles area amid fears of mudslides

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 […]

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Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil expected in court after ICE arrest

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil expected in court after ICE arrest

Timothy A. Clary /AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mahmoud Khalil — the Palestinian activist who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the campus of Columbia University, despite possessing a green card — is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. Khalil is currently being held in Louisiana after being detained in New […]

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3 charged with second-degree murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

3 charged with second-degree murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

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 […]

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LA schools superintendent says closing of DOE would bring ‘catastrophic harm’

LA schools superintendent says closing of DOE would bring ‘catastrophic harm’

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 […]

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Tesla vehicles destroyed, vandalized since Musk began role at White House, authorities say

Tesla vehicles destroyed, vandalized since Musk began role at White House, authorities say

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 […]

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