(BALTIMORE) -- Just after midnight on Tuesday, the fully loaded container ship Dali lifted anchor and prepared to depart the Port of Baltimore with 23 crew members aboard, destined for Sri Lanka nearly 9,000 miles away.There was no apparent indication of the catastrophe awaiting the vessel. Authorities said the bridge…
(BALTIMORE) -- Six construction workers were killed when a cargo ship struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, sending the workers into the water below, officials said.The bodies of two victims were recovered on Wednesday, found by divers trapped in a red pickup truck that was submerged in approximately…
(NEW YORK) -- A judge sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating what prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.He must also forfeit $11 billion that the government can use to compensate victims, Judge Lewis Kaplan said."This was a very serious…
(BALTIMORE) -- In the wake of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineering and infrastructure policy experts explained the critical need for bridge reform in the United States and an international standard for large cargo ships.The Key Bridge partially collapsed early Tuesday morning after a massive cargo ship…
(ROCKFORD, Ill.) -- An adult male allegedly stabbed multiple victims in the Rockford, Illinois area on Wednesday, leaving four people dead, one in critical condition and four others in stable condition, authorities said in a press conference Wednesday.A postal worker is among the four individuals who died, Rockford Police confirmed.Late…
(LOS ANGELES) -- The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's tax case in California heard several defense motions to dismiss the charges Wednesday, and said afterward that he would issue rulings by April 17.After a relatively civil start to the hearing, tensions escalated as defense attorney Abbe Lowell and prosecutor Leo…
(ATLANTA) -- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis vowed to bring former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case to trial in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arguing that her office has fully complied with a congressional subpoena related to a federal funding probe."[N]othing that you…
(BALTIMORE) -- In the wake of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineering and infrastructure policy experts explained the critical need for bridge reform in the United States and an international standard for large cargo ships.The Key Bridge partially collapsed early Tuesday morning after a massive cargo ship…
(WASHINGTON) -- A California man was sentenced to 11 months in prison for making threatening calls to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.David Carrier, 44, of Concord, had pleaded guilty to two counts of making threats against public officials in…
(WASHINGTON) -- A California man was sentenced to 11 months in prison for making threatening calls to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.David Carrier, 44, of Concord, had pleaded guilty to two counts of making threats against public officials in…