(NEW YORK) -- A grand jury has indicted 39-year-old Brendan Banfield in the stabbing death of his wife and murder of another man in the couple's bedroom 19 months after the killing, according to Virginia's Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Office.Banfield is accused of fatally stabbing 37-year-old Christine Banfield and shooting…
(NEW YORK) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs has been charged with sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy, alleging he ran an "enterprise that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor or, kidnapping, arson and other crimes," according to the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.Federal prosecutors said…
(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday upheld the sex crimes conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associated of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Ghislaine, in March, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence…
(NEW YORK) -- Steve Witkoff -- a friend of, and donor to, former President Donald Trump -- told ABC News' Good Morning America on Tuesday that Secret Service agents protecting the Republican presidential nominee during Sunday's apparent assassination attempt did "exactly what they're supposed to do."Witkoff was with the former…
(NEW YORK) -- As the investigation into Sunday's apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump continues, the FBI is turning its attention to the obliterated serial number of the recovered assault-style weapon, using highly specialized techniques to uncover what's been altered on the surface of the rifle.Investigators are working…
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols continued Monday, with the cross-examination of a Memphis Police Department (MPD) lieutenant who trained the defendants.Kevin Whitmore, who is representing ex-officer Tadarrius Bean, cross-examined Second Lt.…
(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for the voting machine company Smartmatic and the cable channel Newsmax argued at a hearing Monday over evidence and witnesses expected to be presented when Smartmatic's defamation case against the news channel goes to trial later this month.Smartmatic has accused Newsmax of publishing dozens of false…
(NEW YORK) -- A Pakistani national with ties to Iran pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges alleging he attempted to commit an act of terrorism and murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate former President Donald Trump.The suspect, Asif Merchant, was ordered detained pending trial during the hearing…
(NEW YORK) -- Georgia teacher David Phenix was in his classroom at Apalachee High School when he was struck by two bullets -- but he said he's "incredibly blessed.""The bullet that went into my side and the one that entered my foot managed to miss every vital ligament, tendon, bone,…
(NEW YORK) -- One of the last messages sent from the doomed Titan submersible during its June 2023 voyage to the Titanic wreckage was "all good here," according to a presentation from a U.S. Coast Guard hearing on the deadly implosion.The Marine Board of Investigation for the U.S. Coast Guard's…
