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Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca’s sister pleads for public to help in catching the killer: ‘The pain is unbearable’

Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca’s sister pleads for public to help in catching the killer: ‘The pain is unbearable’

Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — Describing her family’s pain as “unbearable,” the sister of slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca is pleading with the public to help investigators identify and catch a suspect who allegedly gunned him down and stole his gun and car as he arrived home from […]

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Final first responder convicted in Elijah McClain’s death to be sentenced

Final first responder convicted in Elijah McClain’s death to be sentenced

Andy Cross/Getty Images (AURORA, Colo.) — Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper is set to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the final case connected to Elijah McClain’s 2019 death. Prosecutors accused the Aurora, Colorado, paramedic and his co-defendant Peter Cichuniec of administering an excessive amount […]

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Gotham Whale, a New York City-based nonprofit, allows citizen scientists to assist in conservation efforts

Gotham Whale, a New York City-based nonprofit, allows citizen scientists to assist in conservation efforts

Artie Raslich/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A whale-watching excursion that embarks straight from New York City offers passengers an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle and assist in a much-needed conservation efforts for the marine mammal. Gotham Whale, and research education and advocacy organization based in Staten Island, collects […]

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Here are all the gag order violations Trump is accused of making

Here are all the gag order violations Trump is accused of making

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As former President Donald Trump awaits a ruling on whether he will be held in contempt for violating his gag order, prosecutors on Thursday accused him of making four more violations. The limited gag order, which was issued by Judge Juan Merchan ahead […]

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Large fossil footprints point to discovery of new ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur: Study

Large fossil footprints point to discovery of new ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur: Study

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Although the velociraptors of “Jurassic Park” fame are well known, they don’t much resemble their historical counterparts. The movie velociraptors are portrayed as being 6 feet tall with scaly skin and incredibly fast, but real velociraptors were about as big as a medium-sized […]

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Trump trial live updates: Pecker says arrangement supporting Trump wasn’t unusual

Trump trial live updates: Pecker says arrangement supporting Trump wasn’t unusual

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried […]

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Trump trial live updates: Cross-examination of David Pecker set to continue

Trump trial live updates: Cross-examination of David Pecker set to continue

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried […]

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NASA’s Voyager 1 sending readable data back to Earth for 1st time in 5 months

NASA’s Voyager 1 sending readable data back to Earth for 1st time in 5 months

NASA Voyager 1 concept depiction. Via NASA (NEW YORK) — After more than five months without contact, NASA has finally reconnected with Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from Earth. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) said Voyager 1 had not been sending readable data back to Earth since Nov. 14, 2023, […]

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Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face

Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face

Warren County Police Dept. (WARREN, Mich.) — Michigan prosecutors charged a father for violating the state’s newly enacted safe storage law after his son allegedly got a hold of a firearm and shot himself in the face in their home. Theo Nichols’ 8-year-old son was in “extremely critical condition,” at […]

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Trump asks judge in Georgia election case to dismiss 2 more counts against him

Trump asks judge in Georgia election case to dismiss 2 more counts against him

Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him. Trump’s filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to […]

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