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Camden County Prosecutor’s Office of New Jersey (CAMDEN, N.J. ) — A New Jersey woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to hire someone on Tinder to kill her ex-boyfriend — a police officer — and his teenage daughter, according to prosecutors and a probable cause statement. Jaclyn Diiorio, 26, was charged […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The wingtip of an American Airlines plane hit another American Airlines plane on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No one was hurt, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said. Both planes returned to gates and airport operations weren’t […]

(DELANO, Calif.) — An escaped California inmate is now wanted for killing a Mexican police commander who hunts down foreign fugitives — also known as a “gringo hunter” — during a shootout in Tijuana, officials said. Abigail Esparza Reyes, who was part of a specialized Mexican state police unit responsible for locating foreign fugitives who […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Authorities in Los Angeles County said they’re searching for the suspect who shoplifted from a discount store before killing a man in a hit-and-run in the store’s parking lot. The victim was visiting his brother’s shop, Giant Discount Store in South El Monte, when, just after noon on Wednesday, […]

(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Boston Thursday will consider pumping the brakes on a controversial Trump administration policy of removing migrants to countries where they have no prior connection without allowing them to raise concerns about their safety. A group of noncitizens with final removal orders filed a federal lawsuit challenging the policy last […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Asian and European markets rallied in Thursday trading in response to President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to suspend planned tariffs on nearly all American trading partners for 90 days — with the exception of China. Key Asian indices recorded notable recoveries on Thursday — marking a reprieve for most […]

Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein was back in court on Wednesday with less than a week before the start of his second New York sex assault trial. His trial is expected to last four to six weeks once testimony begins, prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Jury selection […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern, as the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, according to two White House officials. “On Monday, several Trump administration agencies froze roughly $790M of federal funding and roughly $1.05B of federal funding from […]

(MOSCOW, Idaho) — University of Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger returned to court on Wednesday for a high-stakes hearing to decide what evidence will be allowed at his trial, which is set to begin in August. The use of particular language has been a major point of contention in the ongoing hearing. Judge Steven Hippler agreed […]

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read’s emergency request to delay her state murder trial until it reviews her appeal. No explanation was given for the denial of her request. Read had filed an emergency petition on Monday, asking the court for a stay of […]