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Spelman College receives historic $100M donation

Spelman College receives historic $100M donation

Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Spelman College, a historically Black, women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, announced Thursday that the school received a historic $100 million gift. The donation is the largest single donation ever received by any Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The record-breaking donation comes […]

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Fulton County judge sets hearing over allegation DA Fani Willis had improper relationship with prosecutor

Fulton County judge sets hearing over allegation DA Fani Willis had improper relationship with prosecutor

Dennis Byron-Pool/Getty Images/FILE (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has set a hearing to hear evidence over allegations from one of the co-defendants in the case that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was having an improper relationship with a prosecutor […]

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Missouri teacher accused of poisoning husband charged with attempted murder

Missouri teacher accused of poisoning husband charged with attempted murder

Cole County Sheriff’s Office (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — A Missouri teacher has been charged with attempted murder after her husband told police he believed she was poisoning him for several weeks — and allegedly captured her adding a toxic plant to his smoothie — court records show. Jefferson City police […]

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E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Fixing Carroll’s reputation would cost $12M, says expert

E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Fixing Carroll’s reputation would cost $12M, says expert

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former […]

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Scott Peterson case taken up by LA Innocence Project: Exclusive

Scott Peterson case taken up by LA Innocence Project: Exclusive

Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The LA Innocence Project has taken up the notorious case of convicted wife killer Scott Peterson in new court filings, ABC News has learned exclusively. The group is seeking new evidence from the original trial. Laci Peterson, who […]

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Sept. 11 victim’s remains newly identified through DNA testing

Sept. 11 victim’s remains newly identified through DNA testing

Matthew T. Carroll/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Well over two decades since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the unyielding DNA testing by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner paid off with a positive identification of another victim. John Ballantine Niven, of Oyster Bay, New […]

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Suspect arrested in NYC stabbing spree; charged with attempted murder, police say

Suspect arrested in NYC stabbing spree; charged with attempted murder, police say

NYPD (NEW YORK) — A suspect is in custody in connection with a random stabbing spree that occurred in the Queens borough of New York City, police said. The suspect — identified as 27-year-old Jermain Rigueur of Queens — was arrested Wednesday evening for four assaults that occurred over the […]

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DOJ cites ‘unimaginable horror’ and ‘cascading failures’ in scathing Uvalde shooting report

DOJ cites ‘unimaginable horror’ and ‘cascading failures’ in scathing Uvalde shooting report

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A scathing Justice Department report into the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, described “cascading failures of leadership” during the attack and an “unprecedented” level of misinformation in its aftermath that crippled the community’s attempts to recover. A review team […]

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Weather-related deaths climb to 37 as winter maintains icy grip over much of US

Weather-related deaths climb to 37 as winter maintains icy grip over much of US

Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There have been at least 37 weather-related deaths across the United States since Sunday, as an arctic blast continues to unleash heavy snow and icy temperatures from coast to coast. The state with the most fatalities so far was Tennessee, where […]

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E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Cross-examination of Carroll to resume

E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Cross-examination of Carroll to resume

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former […]

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