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2 juveniles arrested for murder after allegedly shooting man, striking him with car in Texas
Austin Police Department.(AUSTIN, TEXAS) -- Two juveniles were arrested and charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting a man and striking him with a vehicle during a carjacking, according to the Austin Police Department.The suspects, a 12-yea...
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Judge seizes control of New York City's Rikers Island jail complex
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.In a 77-page ruling, J...
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Florida State shooting suspect makes 1st appearance in court after weeks in hospital
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The 20-year-old who allegedly killed two and wounded several others in a mass shooting on the Florida State University campus last month made his first appearance in court on Tue...
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Lawyer calls Trump tariffs 'unlawful' as they face 1st test against small businesses
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are an "unprecedented and unlawful expansion" of executive power, a lawyer for a group of small businesses told a federal court Tuesday morning.The hearing at the Cour...
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Abrego Garcia's lawyers challenge Trump administration's invocation of state secrets privilege
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia pushed back on the Trump administration's invocation of the state secrets privilege in a court filing Monday, saying that the government has produced no evide...
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Menendez brothers' long-awaited resentencing hearing underway; cousin pleads with judge to free them
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez's much-anticipated resentencing hearing is underway, with lawyers set to battle over whether the brothers should get a lesser sentence, clearing the way for a potential releas...
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Meet the 12 jurors who will decide Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering case
Aristide Economopoulos For The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As testimony begins in Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial, his fate is in the hands of a jury that represents the city that allowed Combs to rise from working-class roots to t...
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Georgia college student remains in ICE custody after mistaken traffic stop
(DALTON, GA) -- A 19-year-old college student from Georgia remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a traffic stop led to her detainment, records show.Ximena Arias-Cristobal was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, when her d...
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'Exploding birds' freak out residents in California city
KGO-TV(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding."Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond, northeast of San Francisco, claim they hav...
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FAA launches emergency task force to ensure safety flying in and out of Newark
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEWARK, NJ) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it's launching an emergency task force to ensure safety, among other syst...
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