(PHOENIX) -- Chaos and confusion have ensued after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling April 9 that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 could go into effect, despite it predating Arizona becoming a state.The ban prohibits all abortions, with the only exception being to save the life of the…
(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University has said they are making “important progress” with representatives of the student encampment on campus as protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country.The student protests -- some of which…
(NEW YORK) -- An influential, deep-pocketed suspect under criminal investigation.Secret negotiations with federal prosecutors to hammer out a deal.A lack of consultation with victims of the crime.Those are circumstances attorney Paul Cassell says motivate him into action.A former federal judge who teaches law at the University of Utah, Cassell is…
(NEW YORK) -- A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death with bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart and now authorities are offering a handsome reward for information on who committed the gruesome act.Authorities from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received a report on…
(NEW YORK) -- The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed new paperwork in court opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team -- the Los Angeles Innocence Project -- for DNA testing in the murder case of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson.In a more than 300-page filing on…
(WEST RICHLAND, Wash.) -- A former police officer suspected in the killings of his ex-wife and girlfriend has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, officials said Tuesday night. The child he was accused of abducting was "uninjured" and taken "safely" into custody, the police added.Oregon State Police…
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) -- A Douglas C-54 aircraft transporting fuel crashed into a frozen river shortly after takeoff Tuesday in Fairbanks, Alaska, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.Two people were on board the plane, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is also investigating the incident.Preliminary information showed that the…
(NEW YORK) -- Protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country, including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and more.The student protests -- some of which have turned…
(NEW YORK) -- Day 6 of former President Trump's criminal hush money trial featured testimony from David Pecker, the veteran tabloid editor, who described in detail the "catch-and-kill" arrangement he struck with Trump and his then-attorney Michael Cohen during the 2016 presidential election.The former president is on trial in New…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Secret Service held meetings and started planning for what to do if former President Donald Trump were to be held in contempt in his criminal hush money trial and Judge Juan Merchan opted to send him to short-term confinement, officials familiar with the situation told…
