Maui residents targeted in scams to grab land after tragedy, officials say
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — As Maui residents begin a long mourning and recovery process following deadly fires that have ravaged their neighborhoods, local officials say outsiders are attempting to take advantage of the tragedy by attempting
Why climate change can't be blamed entirely for the Maui wildfires
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Climate change may have amplified the conditions that led to the deadly inferno on the Hawaiian island of Maui but it cannot be blamed entirely. An unknown spark
Severe flooding from Alaska glacial break would not have happened without climate change, scientists say
Sam Nolan (JUNEAU, Alaska) — The glacier lake outburst that sent an unprecedented amount of water rushing towards Alaska’s capital, destroying homes, would not have happened without climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An
Prosecutors deny they 'reneged' on Hunter Biden plea deal
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — Prosecutors for newly minted special counsel David Weiss pushed back on Hunter Biden’s assertion that they “reneged” on an ill-fated plea deal, according to a court document filed on Tuesday
Mom of 6-year-old accused of shooting teacher pleads guilty to felony child neglect
Newport News Police Department (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first-grade teacher during class in Newport News, Virginia, in January has pleaded guilty to a felony charge in connection
AP African American studies canceled by Arkansas officials just before school begins
Stella/Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — The Arkansas Department of Education has removed the AP African American Studies course from its schools in what the state’s professional organization of educators called a “last-minute” decision. The Arkansas Education
Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira pleads not guilty to new charges in documents probe
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate who is facing his first charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents probe, pleaded not guilty
Autopsy results of migrant child who died traveling on Texas bus to Chicago 'inconclusive'
atbaei/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Authorities are trying to determine what caused the death of a 3-year-old girl who was traveling on a Texas-funded bus transporting asylum seekers to Chicago on Thursday. Preliminary autopsy results from Friday proved
'Perfect irony': Giuliani faces RICO charge similar to the one he popularized as prosecutor
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As an upstart chief prosecutor in perhaps the most prestigious legal office in the country, Rudy Giuliani in the mid-1980s made use of a novel way to quell the scourge of New
Idaho college killings prosecutor challenges defense's grand jury claims
August Frank-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors in the case against murder suspect Bryan Kohberger said his defense team was trying to “grind the litigation” to a “halt” with flimsy arguments and attempting to “buy more time”