Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has blocked the removal of a Palestinian activist from the United States while weighing a petition challenging his arrest, court documents show. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Columbia University over the weekend, despite having […]
CRDC (LOS ANGELES) — “Our position is that they shouldn’t get out of jail,” Hochman said at a news conference Monday. “We bring that position to the court. The court can agree with it, the court can disagree with it or modify it in some respect.” Hochman said his office […]
Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York resident making s’mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept through hundreds of acres of the Pine Barrens region of Long Island, authorities said Monday. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina […]
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil — a leader in Columbia University’s encampment movement — on Saturday night, claiming that his student visa had been revoked, according to attorney Amy Greer in a statement to ABC News. However, […]
Sanford Police Department (SANFORD, Fla.) — A 17-year-old was arrested on Sunday after posting a video online allegedly plotting a shooting at a high school in Florida, according to the Sanford Police Department. Officials said they received an anonymous tip on Saturday regarding a “video of an unknown male threatening to shoot […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth, according to new research. Global warming is causing space debris to linger above the planet for longer periods of time, leaving less space for […]
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman/Araya Doheny/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A cousin of Lyle and Erik Menendez is slamming Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, accusing him of being “hostile, dismissive and patronizing” to the family and asking for him to be removed from the case. […]
Brian K Pipkin (MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, PA) — A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon with five people aboard, according to the Federal Aviation Authority. The small aircraft went down near a retirement village south of Lancaster Airport, the Manheim Borough Police Department told ABC News. The plane had […]
Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SEOUL and LONDON) — North Korea fired “multiple” ballistic missiles on Monday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, as U.S.-South Korea war games began nearby. The missiles, which were “unidentified,” were fired from the North’s Hwanghae Province at about 1:50 p.m. local […]
Lee County Sheriff’s Office (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rican prison in 1987. The Puerto Rico Department of Justice believed […]
