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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military court-martial, Air Force says
(WASHINGTON) -- Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, will now face a military court-martial, according to the U.S. Air Force.No trial date has been set yet for the military legal proceedings, which will take place at Hanscom Air Force…
Remains found at wastewater station believed to be missing college student Caleb Harris: Police
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- After a monthslong search, remains found at a wastewater facility in Texas are believed to be missing college student Caleb Harris, according to authorities.City workers conducting maintenance at a wastewater lift station in Corpus Christi, Texas, last month discovered human remains in a well and notified…
Special counsel files notice of appeal in Trump’s classified documents case
(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday filed an official notice of appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon's order dismissing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case.Judge Cannon, in a surprising ruling Monday, dismissed the case on the grounds that Smith's appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional because he was…
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly court-martialed for WWII-era Port Chicago explosion
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion in California that killed 320 people.The sailors had been punished for refusing to go back to work in what they considered to be an unsafe environment. Their prosecution took…
Stegosaurus skeleton, nicknamed ‘Apex,’ sells for record $44.6M at Sotheby’s auction
(NEW YORK) -- A nearly complete stegosaurus skeleton sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for a record $44.6 million -- the most ever paid for a fossil.The dinosaur, nicknamed "Apex" -- which lived between 146 and 161 million years ago in the Late Jurassic Period --…
8-week-old girl dies in hot car in New Jersey, dad arrested
(NEW YORK) -- A dad has been arrested after his 8-week-old daughter died when she was left in a hot car in New Jersey, authorities said.At about 1:45 p.m. Monday, authorities in Lakewood Township responded to a report of a baby in cardiac arrest, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.…
FBI examines Trump assassination attempt suspect’s phone, transmitter found on him
(BUTLER, P.A.) -- Authorities said the man they allege tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was able to access the roof near the rally by climbing over an air conditioning unit adjacent to the building, sources told ABC News.Though law enforcement sources said Thomas Matthew Crooks is believed to…
Hearing in Trump’s Georgia election appeal scheduled for December, after election
(ATLANTA) -- The Georgia Court of Appeals, in a ruling involving Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case, has scheduled oral arguments in Trump's appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification decision for Dec. 5 -- one month after the November presidential election.The court had ordered a stay in the case pending…
Neo-Nazi planned poisoned candy attack on Jewish children in Brooklyn, federal prosecutors say
(NEW YORK) -- A Georgian national has been indicted for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack on Jews and racial minorities in New York City, as well as encouraging others to commit similar violent acts.Michail Chkhikvishvili -- who calls himself "Commander Butcher" -- is leader of the violent white supremacist…
ABC Exclusive: Trump rally shooting ‘unacceptable,’ Secret Service director says
(WASHINGTON) -- In her first network interview since the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that the Pennsylvania rally shooting was "unacceptable.""It was unacceptable," she said in an interview Monday with ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas. "And it's something that…