(LOS ANGELES) -- A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense.Ivan Gallegos, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday night in the death of 27-year-old Xavier Cerf.Police said Gallegos saw Cerf breaking into…
(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office on Thursday moved to dismiss the charges against most of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and nearby City College, though prosecutors are moving forward with cases against a handful of protesters who allegedly assaulted police officers.Prosecutors said they're hamstrung by…
(ATLANTA) -- Former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Georgia Court of Appeals to reject Fulton County DA Fani Willis' effort to dismiss his appeal of the judge's decision not to disqualify her from Trump's election interference case in the state.Calling Wills' effort a "desperate bid to avoid disqualification,"…
(MASON, Ohio.) -- A 38-year-old man was critically injured at a Mason, Ohio, amusement park Wednesday night after being hit by a roller coaster.The man had entered a restricted, fenced area of the Kings Island theme park near the Banshee roller coaster "and is believed to have been struck by…
(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Several civil liberties groups say they are poised for a legal battle over Louisiana's new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments one day after the law was signed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.The groups – including The American Civil Liberties Union,…
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- The "armed and dangerous" suspect accused of four murders -- three in Oklahoma and one in Alabama -- as well as a slew of other crimes, was caught Thursday morning following a nearly two-day manhunt.Stacy Lee Drake, 50, was taken into custody Thursday around 10 a.m.,…
(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Mexico early Thursday after pummeling Texas with rain.In Mexico, three minors were killed in the storm, according to state emergency officials. Two were electrocuted and one drowned in a river.In Texas,…
(CHICAGO) -- Chicago's mayor and police superintendent are outraged and searching for a killer after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in a random act of gun violence.The boy left his apartment to visit a next-door neighbor Tuesday afternoon, and when he reached the sidewalk, shots rang…
(NEW YORK) -- Heat alerts are in effect on Thursday for more than 70 million Americans in 16 states, stretching from Kentucky to Maine.Maine on Wednesday saw blistering heat, including an all-time heat index record in Caribou, Maine. The city's temperatures reached 96 degrees, with a heat index of 103.Other…
(OAKLAND, Calif.) -- At least four people were injured on Wednesday night as gunfire erupted at an event on Lake Merritt, in Oakland, California, police said.More than 5,000 people had flocked to the area for the day's event, which was being monitored by 28 police officers and four sergeants, the…
