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Truck driver who went missing in possible hijacking found dead: FBI
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez is seen circa October 2024 in a photo released by the FBI. (FBI)(FLORIDA) -- A truck driver who went missing in a possible hijacking while transporting vehicles from Georgia to Florida has been found dead, the FBI said Wednesday.Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, was last seen alive in the early...Read more -
SCOTUS considers Trump’s bid to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians
Demonstrators chant and hold signs outside U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, in Washington. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether the Trump administration has the authority to end humanitarian protections for thousands of immigrants without facing judicial review. While an unrelated ruling about the Voting...Read more -
Ex-Fulton County Jail detainee alleges hands, legs amputated after medical neglect
The Fulton County Jail is seen on August 23, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)(ATLANTA) -- Former Fulton County Jail detainee Rashaad Muhammad detailed what he said was a harrowing experience being held at the Atlanta, Georgia, facility from August 2025 to February of this year.After being arrested on Aug....Read more -
Appeals court won't rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict
E. Jean Carroll arrives for her civil defamation trial against President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on January 25, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's request to rehear his challenges to the writer...Read more -
Support from pro-Israel group AIPAC becomes a dividing line in Democratic races
Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat from Michigan and US Senate candidate, speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Against the backdrop of polls showing declining Democratic support for Israel -- especially among young voters...Read more -
Man beaten in wrongful arrest by cops in liquor store files claim against NYPD
Timothy Brown speaks at a press conference on April 28, 2026, in New York. (WABC)(NEW YORK) -- A man who was seen on video being beaten and wrongfully arrested by two NYPD officers at a liquor store in Brooklyn has filed a notice saying he plans to sue the department...Read more -
Grand jury indicts former FBI Director James Comey over controversial Instagram post
James Comey is seen on May 20, 2025 in New York City. (Patricia Schlein/Star Max/GC Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal grand jury in North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a controversial Instagram post from last year that President Donald Trump and members of his administration claimed...Read more -
Damon Jones pleads guilty in gambling cases: 'I would like to sincerely apologize'
Former NBA player Damon Jones departs after his arraignment hearing at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on November 24, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Former NBA player and coach Damon Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he tipped off sports bettors...Read more -
Southern Poverty Law Center wants Todd Blanche to correct 'false' statements about organization
Todd Blanche, acting US attorney general, during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for the Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge Tuesday to demand that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche...Read more -
Judge blocks DOJ's attempt to move Maurene Comey's wrongful termination suit out of court
Daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey, leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse on November 13, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday blocked the Justice Department's attempt to move Maurene Comey's lawsuit over her firing as a...Read more -
White House correspondents' dinner suspect Cole Allen described as 'gentle, smart young man'
A man named Cole Allen, who appears to be the same person as the suspect in the shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2026, is interviewed by KABC in Los Angeles in March 2017. (KABC)(WASHINGTON) -- Cole Allen, the suspect in the White...Read more -
Special forces soldier who won $400,000 betting on Maduro's capture to be arraigned
A wooden judge's gavel and sounding block on a desk with a blurred courtroom in the background. (imaginima/Getty)(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Army special forces soldier who was indicted last week on charges of using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make more than $400,000...Read more -
64-year-old man arrested in connection to 1991 cold case murder in Northern California
A 64-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a 1991 cold case murder that rocked Northern California 35 years ago, according to authorities. (Placer County Sheriff's Department)(BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz) -- A 64-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a 1991 cold case murder that rocked Northern California 35...Read more -
'America is my home': TPS holders face high stakes Supreme Court battle
Vilbrun Dorsainvil told ABC News he is "scared" of going back to Haiti. (Courtesy of Vilbrun Dorsainvil)(NEW YORK) -- Marlene Noble, 35, has lived more than 30 years of her life in the United States.After being abandoned by her biological family after a hurricane hit her home country of Haiti,...Read more -
Man accused of killing USF doctoral students allegedly asked ChatGPT about disposing of body: Court filing
In this booking photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Hisham Abugharbieh is shown. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)(FLORIDA) -- The man accused of killing two University of South Florida doctoral students allegedly asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body three days before the victims were last seen alive, according to court...Read more
