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Purple Patch restaurant an homage to beloved Filipino culture in heart of DC

Purple Patch restaurant an homage to beloved Filipino culture in heart of DC

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the heart of Washington, D.C., in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, stands Purple Patch, a Filipino American restaurant that embodies the rich tapestry of Patrice Cleary’s heritage. Cleary, a self-taught chef, a mother, a daughter, and a former Marine, is a first-generation Filipino-American. Her story is […]

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Genetic genealogy IDs suspect in 1989 rapes, man now at large: DA

Genetic genealogy IDs suspect in 1989 rapes, man now at large: DA

An age progression photo from the FBI of what Stephen Gale may look like at age 71. Via Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) —  Massachusetts authorities are searching for a newly identified suspect in two rapes from 1989 — a crime the Framingham police chief said “haunted the Framingham […]

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Resistance to Brown school desegregation decision ‘purged’ Black male educators: Experts

Resistance to Brown school desegregation decision ‘purged’ Black male educators: Experts

Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s celebrated ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending racial segregation in America’s public schools, turns 70 this week, and the anniversary is being marked as a major advance for civil rights. But less well-known is that the landmark case […]

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Michael Cohen testifies about how Trump turned his life ‘upside down’

Michael Cohen testifies about how Trump turned his life ‘upside down’

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — In emotional testimony on Tuesday, Michael Cohen spoke about how his loyalty to former […]

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Four big takeaways from Day 17 of Trump’s hush money trial

Four big takeaways from Day 17 of Trump’s hush money trial

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across two days of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen detailed Donald Trump’s extensive involvement in an alleged scheme to hide negative information about himself from voters in the run-up to the 2016 election. On Tuesday […]

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Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground

Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas, when Capt. John Robertson of […]

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School principal arrested for allegedly choking student, whipping him with charging cable and slapping child in face: Cops

School principal arrested for allegedly choking student, whipping him with charging cable and slapping child in face: Cops

Facebook /Marion County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A school principal has been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment of a child under 13 years of age after allegedly physically attacking and detaining a student against their will for over an hour, police said. The incident […]

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Eight teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip: Authorities

Eight teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip: Authorities

ABC News/KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — Eight teenagers got “acutely ill” and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said. An on-site security officer found the sickened male and female students and called 911 around […]

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Air Force prosecutors ask for new charges for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira

Air Force prosecutors ask for new charges for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday asked a military hearing officer to recommend that Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, be court-martialed for disobeying orders and obstructing justice after leaking national defense secrets. Teixeira, 22, who appeared at Hanscom Air Force Base, about 20 miles outside of […]

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Boeing breached 2021 deferred prosecution agreement: DOJ

Boeing breached 2021 deferred prosecution agreement: DOJ

The exterior of the Boeing Company headquarters is seen on March 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has notified a federal court in Texas that it has determined Boeing breached a non-prosecution agreement that allowed the company to escape criminal prosecution over […]

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