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(WASHINGTON) -- Eddie Duran, a former Florida county sheriff's deputy, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday after facing one count of manslaughter with a firearm in the 2024 shooting death of a U.S. Air Force airman Roger Fortson.The jury acquitted Duran after more than two hours of deliberations on Thursday afternoon. Duran, 38, was facing a maximum sentence of 30 years.Fortson, 23, was in his home in […]

The fraternity house at the center of a rape allegation stands on the campus of Cornell University on September 30, 2026, in Ithaca, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- One of the Cornell fraternity brothers who allegedly attacked Jane Doe appeared to show remorse days later, writing to her in a text message that was showed to ABC News, “I just wanted to apologize for how things went […]

Former U.S. Olympian David Hearn says he is “relieved” after a Washington, D.C. judge permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against him, ending the possibility that prosecutors could recharge him.Hearn was indicted this summer and prosecutors alleged that he ripped a piece of the lining from the pool while he was out on a bike ride.The charges were rolled out in a press conference where U.S. Attorney […]

President Donald Trump speaks during a Hispanic Heritage Month event in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 30, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) A federal judge on Thursday ordered a U.S. attorney from Western Washington who was fired by President Donald Trump in July to immediately be reinstated to the position, and is barring the Justice Department from again attempting to replace him.The ruling from U.S. District […]

A new facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, may begin receiving undocumented families with children, local officials and immigrant rights advocates say. The 528-bed facility will house families with children, unaccompanied minors, and single adult females as they await removal inside renovated former Air Force barracks at England Airpark, a former military base that now houses the Alexandria International Airport and an immigration detention facility, according to a draft agreement between ICE and […]

An upstate New York prosecutor this week reopened an investigation into a 2024 incident at Cornell University in which a former undergraduate student filed a lawsuit alleging she was drugged and raped by seven men at the Chi Phi fraternity house.Here is a timeline of key events in the case based on ABC News reporting, police documents, official statements from Cornell and the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office, and a […]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024. “Newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the decision by the Tompkins County District Attorney not to prosecute an alleged sexual assault on […]

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is changing its policy on which officers can stop vehicles, and what is required to do when they're stopped, according to sources familiar with the change.Formal guidance was issued to officers this week, sources said. This comes after several high-profile vehicle stops ended in shootings.Only those ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers who have completed the relevant training may participate in the stops, according […]

(NEW YORK) -- Ernesto Alvarez paid off about $70,000 of credit card debt in just over a year. The fix: a plan that combined his credit card debt into a single loan.Alvarez, 55, said he repaid debt on 12 to 15 different credit cards through a plan with the nonprofit Money Management International, which helped him negotiate lower interest rates and consolidated the debt.After repaying his debt last year, Alvarez […]