Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office (GREEN LAKE, Wis.) — Ryan Borgwardt, the husband and father of three who authorities said faked his own death at a Wisconsin lake and fled the country, is speaking to police but isn’t revealing where he is, the local sheriff said. When authorities reached Borgwardt on Nov. […]
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. Smollett was found guilty in 2021 for faking a racist and homophobic attack and lying to the police. His lawyers said this violated his Fifth […]
Diego Cervo/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — E-cigarettes in kid-friendly flavors are driving retail sales and contain more addictive nicotine than ever, according to a new report from the nonprofit CDC Foundation and advocacy group Truth Initiative. The report showed a 47% increase in e-cigarette sales at U.S. retail outlets between 2019 and […]
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017 told police at the time that he took her phone and blocked her from leaving his hotel room on the night of the incident, according to a 22-page police report obtained by ABC […]
Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — Two people were killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hammered the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing a woman while she was in the shower Tuesday night, Bellevue fire officials said. In Lynwood, […]
Moscow, Idaho (Shunyu Fan/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) – The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder case has ruled the death penalty will remain on the table as the case moves forward, rejecting a request from Kohberger’s defense attorneys. In June 2023, prosecutors announced they intended to seek the death penalty against […]
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images (MASSACHUSETTS) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on Wednesday that students with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend the Cambridge institution tuition-free starting next fall. The bulk of American households meet this income threshold, according to the university, which says the new policy will […]
ABC News (BELLEVUE, Wash.) — Two people have been killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hits the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing a woman while she was in the shower Tuesday night, Bellevue fire officials said. In […]
Hartford Police Department (HARTFORD, Conn.) — Police are searching for a man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old mother and her 4-month-old son while they were sitting in their car in Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday, in what appears to be a drive-by shooting, according to police. A warrant has been […]
Hartford Police Department (HARTFORD, Conn.) — Police are searching for a man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old mother and her 4-month-old son while they were sitting in their car in Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday, in what appears to be a drive-by shooting, according to police. A warrant has been […]
