Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush
Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. Harris County
Judge denies Trump's request to dismiss E. Jean Carroll's remaining defamation claim
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss E. Jean Carroll’s original defamation claim against him, ruling his arguments lacked merit. Carroll, a former
Former Parkland school cop Scot Peterson, who allegedly fled shooting, found not guilty on all counts
Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — The former Parkland, Florida, resource officer accused of failing to confront the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter who killed 14 students and three
Permanent children’s bereavement center established in Uvalde
Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In the 13 months after the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, resources from across the state flowed into the small Texas town, including the Children’s Bereavement Center of South
Charges dropped against 2 parents in college admissions scandal
David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Federal prosecutors in Boston are dropping charges against two parents in the college admissions scandal known as Varsity Blues, according to a court filing Thursday. The decision followed
Fire breaks out at Tiffany & Co.'s flagship NYC store
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The flagship Tiffany & Co. store in Manhattan caught fire on Thursday, months after the renovated jewelry store’s grand reopening, the New York City Fire Department said. An underground transformer
Charges dropped against man accused of fatally stabbing homeless man on New York City subway
WABC (NEW YORK) — Charges have been dropped against Jordan Williams, a man accused of fatally stabbing a 34-year-old homeless man on the New York City subway earlier this month. Williams, 20, had been charged with criminal possession
Three men who funded Trump-acquired social media company charged with insider trading
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three men who funded the company that became Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform have been charged with insider trading. Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman and Bruce Garelick made more than $22 million
University of Idaho murders house to be torn down despite calls from victims' families to postpone
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The off-campus University of Idaho house where four students were stabbed to death is set to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone until after the suspect’s trial.
Experts: SCOTUS affirmative action decision highlights diversity needs in higher ed
© 2011 Dorann Weber/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court decided Thursday to set new limits on affirmative action, striking down the current race-conscious admissions policies in place at University of North Carolina and Harvard University. The