Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents’ murder
(Reuters) -Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle has served 35 years of a life prison term for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills, California, home, was denied parole on Thursday,
Judge bars US, Florida from bringing new detainees into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday barred President Donald Trump’s administration and the state of Florida from bringing new detainees into a remote migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” U.S. District Judge
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 police officers in Utah
TREMONTON, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting two police officers in northern Utah last weekend, according to new court documents. Ryan Michael Bate faces 20 charges,
Minnesota State Fair butter sculpture tradition has dairy princesses bundling up in the summer
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — It was a warm summer day but Malorie Thorson was dressed for winter as Gerry Kulzer sculpted a likeness of her head from a large block of butter Thursday in keeping with
Defamation case against Fox News highlights role of its hosts in promoting 2020 election falsehoods
NEW YORK (AP) — Court papers in a voting technology company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News point to Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro as leaders in spreading false stories about election fraud in
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here’s what to know
A U.S. magistrate judge is expected to order the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Tennessee jail Friday while he awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges. The release will provide the closest thing to freedom
What Trump’s crime crackdown in DC looks like in photos
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pedestrians walk their dogs past parked military vehicles. Commuters move past National Guards at metro stations. Baseball fans are watched by soldiers as they go to a game in Nationals Park. For a second
Here’s where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House
Before he battled his way back to the White House, President Donald Trump was in court battling a slew of civil lawsuits and criminal charges that threatened to upend his finances and take away his freedom. Those
Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 6 and infections hit 111
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment, health authorities said Thursday.
Musk’s X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay. The parties disclosed the deal in a