(WARREN, Mich.) -- Michigan prosecutors charged a father for violating the state's newly enacted safe storage law after his son allegedly got a hold of a firearm and shot himself in the face in their home.Theo Nichols' 8-year-old son was in "extremely critical condition," at a Detroit hospital following the…
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal…
(ATLANTA) -- Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him.Trump's filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to commit filing of false…
(NEW YORK) -- As pro-Palestinian protesters gather in solidarity and their tents, sleeping bags and banners dot the greenspace on campuses across the U.S., many students -- Jewish and non-Jewish alike -- could be seen at makeshift tables this week over a Seder dinner to honor the Passover holiday.The start…
(NEW YORK) -- Investigators are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, as part of the Gilgo Beach murders investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News.The search began Tuesday and continues Wednesday, the sources said.The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office declined to comment on the specific nature of the…
(NEW YORK) -- Protests on college campuses calling for the divestment of funds from Israeli military operations continued to spread on Wednesday, even as hundreds of students have been arrested.The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student…
(NEW YORK) -- After more than five months without contact, NASA has finally reconnected with Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from Earth.NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) said Voyager 1 had not been sending readable data back to Earth since Nov. 14, 2023, despite the spacecraft still receiving mission controller commands.In…
(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…
