KVIA-TV(SUNLAND PARK, N.M.) — An armed militia group of private citizens has agreed to leave their encampment near the U.S.-Mexico border after officials expressed concerns about them brandishing weapons on public property.”They decided it wasn’t worth the fight,” Sunland Park, New Mexico, Police Chief Javier Guerra told ABC News on Tuesday.Members of the group, which…… Read more »
Connecticut State Police(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Newly released body camera video has shed new light into an officer-involved shooting in New Haven, Connecticut, that’s prompted protests. Stephanie Washington, 22, was shot in the torso on April 16 in New Haven when an officer from the neighboring town of Hamden and another from Yale University unleashed…… Read more »
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The two Chicago brothers who claim Jussie Smollett paid them to help stage what police deemed a “hoax” attack filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against the “Empire” actor’s lawyers. Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago accusing Smollett’s attorneys Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian…… Read more »
Topeka Zoo(TOPEKA, Kan.) — A Kansas zookeeper who was attacked and badly injured by a Sumatran tiger when she inexplicably entered the animal’s enclosure was identified on Tuesday as a 40-year-old wildlife veteran and “one of the most experienced keepers” at the Topeka Zoo, officials said.Topeka Zoo officials said Kristyn Hayden-Ortega was inside the tiger…… Read more »
KNXV-TV(GLENDALE, Ariz.) — An 18-month-old girl died after she was left in her family’s car for several hours, Arizona authorities said. The child’s death is being investigated as a possible hot car case, said police in Glendale, where the temperature reached 88 degrees Monday. When the baby’s father found the girl inside the car at…… Read more »
AmyKerk/iStock(NEW YORK) — An expert who has been working with the Boy Scouts revealed that there may have been as many as 7,819 sexually abusive troop leaders and volunteers in the storied organization, according to newly released court documents.More than 7,800 individuals allegedly abused 12,254 victims, according to the court testimony.These figures were released Tuesday…… Read more »
LPETTET/iStock (NEW BERLIN, Wis.) — Wisconsin resident Manuel Franco is the winner of last month’s $768.4 million Powerball jackpot — the third-largest lottery amount in U.S. history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco, 24, said at a press conference Tuesday. “It was amazing, my heart started racing, blood pumping,” he said. “I screamed for about…… Read more »
liveslow/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s top administration lawyer clashed with liberal justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday over the government’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.”I’m sorry. It’s not been a part of the survey since 1960,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor protested, interrupting Solicitor General Noel Francisco as oral arguments began.”It…… Read more »
Darwin Brandis/iStock(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors charged pharmaceutical company Rochester Drug Cooperative and two of its former executives Tuesday in a new method of charges for a drug distributor related to the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis.Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC), one of the nation’s largest distributors of opioids, has entered into a non-prosecution consent decree with…… Read more »
ABC News(DELPHI, Indiana) — The mysterious murder of two Delphi girls deepened this week when Indiana State Police revealed new clues about the killer, including that he may live in the tight-knit Indiana community.But this new information — including a new sketch and more video evidence — seems to leave the public with more questions…… Read more »