Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging schools across the state to restrict students’ cellphone usage in classrooms, he said in a letter to schools. Los Angeles Unified School District — the second largest district in the U.S. — and Santa Barbara Unified have already implemented […]
Marion County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — The prosecutor and defense attorney delivered opening remarks Tuesday in the trial of Susan Lorincz — the Florida woman charged in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through a closed door — after a six-person jury was seated on Monday […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (OCALA, Fla.) — The prosecutor and defense attorney delivered opening remarks Tuesday in the trial of Susan Lorincz – the Florida woman charged in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through a closed door – after a six-person jury was seated on Monday afternoon. […]
Matt Cardy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Auto Workers Union has filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the union said Tuesday. In a thread on X, the union said Trump and Musk had illegally attempted to “threaten and intimidate workers who stand up […]
Gabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A second man has died of heat exposure in California’s Death Valley National Park this summer, according to the National Park Service. Peter Hayes Robino, 57, a Los Angeles resident, died of hyperthermia on Aug. 1, the park announced Monday. Bystanders […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) — A convicted murderer is on the loose after escaping from a North Carolina hospital Tuesday morning, officials said. Ramone Alston, 30, escaped from North Carolina Department of Corrections custody while receiving medical care at UNC Hospital in Hillsborough, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Two former Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies and two former foreign military members – one from the U.K. and one from Australia – have been accused of staging a “sham raid” on a man’s home as part of a business dispute, federal prosecutors said. […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Ernesto is taking aim at Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where a tropical storm warning is in effect. On Tuesday, Ernesto will move through the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. By Tuesday night, Ernesto will approach the Greater Antilles, including Puerto […]
Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, speaks during a news conference in New York, Feb. 16, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking nearly a dozen large tech companies to take meaningful steps to protect voters from election-related misinformation, according […]
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 to report a prowler was the subject of a complaint alleging inappropriate conduct following a 2022 arrest, according to Sean Grayson’s disciplinary paperwork obtained by ABC […]
