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(SANTA FE, N.M.) — Prosecutors argued Alec Baldwin behaved recklessly and “violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety” during the filming of “Rust,” while the defense said the actor “committed no crime” in the “unspeakable tragedy,” during opening statements Wednesday in the manslaughter trial over the 2021 fatal on-set shooting. Baldwin was practicing a cross-draw […]
(CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.) — Alexi Saenz, a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip, New York, on Wednesday to racketeering charges stemming from eight murders. He faces between 40 and 70 years in prison as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors said. Among the deaths Saenz pleaded guilty […]
(NEW YORK) — The NASA astronauts who were aboard the first crewed flight into space on Boeing’s Starliner said they are “confident” the spacecraft can get them home safely. Flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, a former U.S. Navy captain, and Sunita Williams, 58, a former Navy service member, have been aboard the International Space […]
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, are asking the public to help solve a string of shootings that unfolded within 30 minutes and appeared to target random drivers and bicyclists. The shootings began shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday when a victim was shot dead while driving, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said. The gunfire […]
Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man hiking in the Grand Canyon has died after being found unresponsive over the weekend, marking the third death in the national park within the last three weeks. A 50-year-old unresponsive male hiker was found on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon about 100 […]
Starr County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — No criminal charges will be filed in connection with a deadly National Guard helicopter crash that occurred near the U.S.-Mexico border in March. The Starr County Sheriff’s Office in Texas has closed its investigation into the March 8 incident, which involved a UH-72 Lakota chopper assigned to Washington, […]
(NEW YORK) — A pastor is facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife in the head during a flight when she got upgraded and he didn’t. The incident allegedly occurred on July 2 on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska. According to the complaint, Roger Allan Holmberg, Sr. and […]
(NEW YORK) — A Delaware woman who was allegedly assaulted by New Castle County police during a traffic stop on June 29 gave her first public comments Tuesday about the stop and her arrest. Bystander and police body camera video show N’Finitee Coleman being detained by four officers in a parking lot where she was […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Virginia is set to restrict the use of cellphones in schools, joining a growing list of states that are banning or limiting use of the devices in schools, citing concerns about students who are spending too much time in front of screens. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive […]
(NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old man who worked for a business in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting before being killed in a shootout with rangers on the Fourth of July, officials said Tuesday. Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida, was confronted by Yellowstone law enforcement rangers […]