(MEMPHIS) -- A second former Memphis police officer federally charged in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has pleaded guilty, weeks before the trial is set to begin, court filings show.Emmitt Martin III is one of five former officers indicted last year on federal civil rights, conspiracy and…
(NEW YORK) -- Joseph Emerson, a former Alaska Airlines pilot, calls it the biggest mistake of his life.Emerson was inside an Alaska Airlines cockpit last October when he raised his arms and pulled two large red levers that could have shut down both engines, at 30,000 feet. He calls the…
(NEW YORK) -- Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and the rest of the week will be no exception.Record highs are expected Thursday from Roswell, New Mexico, to Galveston, Texas, forecasts show. Heat alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service for Texas, Oklahoma, New…
(COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont.) -- A search is underway for a climber who has been missing in Montana's Glacier National Park since Sunday evening.Grant Marcuccio, a 32-year-old from Whitefish, Montana, separated from his party while hiking from Heavens Peak to McPartland Peak, according to the National Park Service.Marcuccio was last seen…
(CHICAGO) -- There were chants of "USA" and boasts of patriotism. Even the vice presidential candidate touted his love of guns.No, it was not the Republican National Convention all over again, but it has been a roster of Republican speakers getting standing ovations at the Democratic National Convention by taking…
(NEW YORK) -- The largest police force in the nation is planning to use a fleet of autonomous drones to combat an alarming surge in robberies and assaults in Central Park, the world's most iconic public green space.The New York Police Department has already flooded the sprawling park, one of…
(NEW YORK) -- A Staten Island man who ran a large-scale marijuana smuggling operation and whose 10-year federal prison sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested for domestic assault in Atlantic Beach.Jonathan Braun, 41, is charged with punching his father-in-law Tuesday after the elderly man came to…
(FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) -- An 8-year-old boy who went missing at Arizona's Lava River Cave on Wednesday night has been found alive and is being evaluated.Tzion Maron was reported missing at around 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday after he became separated from his family at the cave, located near Flagstaff,…
(NEW YORK) -- Two burglars swiped memorabilia from St. John’s University men's basketball coach Rick Pitino's office on the New York City campus, according to police.Items including a basketball and bullhorn were taken during the break-in Tuesday evening in Queens, according to police.The suspects fled on a moped, the NYPD…
(NEW YORK) -- Hate crime and murder charges have been filed against a New York City parks worker in the fatal July shooting of a Venezuelan migrant, a crime prosecutors described as "premeditated and cold-blooded."Elijah Mitchell, a 23-year-old temporary worker for the New York City Parks Department, was indicted Wednesday…
