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The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against rideshare company Lyft, accusing it of discriminating against passengers with disabilities by repeatedly denying rides, charging improper fees and failing to make accommodations.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday, accused Lyft of denying service to "hundreds, likely thousands," of individuals with disabilities who travel with service animals or who use wheelchairs or other […]

In a report summarizing the conclusions of its 15-month Jeffrey Epstein probe, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee rebuked the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein case and recommended that the department renew its investigation of Epstein's associates. The 136-page report blamed the failures by federal prosecutors on "poor judgment" and "Epstein's pervasive and wide-reaching influence," and criticized the DOJ for failing to prevent the convicted sex offender's crimes through a controversial […]

A man dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army is accused of falsely casting himself as a decorated combat veteran and stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a veterans organization, prosecutors in New York said on the eve of Veterans Day as they announced criminal charges.David Agtsteribbe, 58, of Hampton Bays, is accused of receiving benefits and stealing money from an American Legion post on Long Island by falsely portraying […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed an effort to impeach him as "political spectacle," saying the resolution "puts a target on the backs" of U.S. troops and signals to America's enemies that Congress will "punish its own warriors and its own civilian leadership for successfully executing lawful military operations.""What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it's not accountability. It's a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven […]

Days before a former undergraduate student now known as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit alleging a fraternity house gang rape, Cornell University was negotiating a way for the fraternity to return to campus in a matter of years, documents obtained by ABC News show.Cornell said the fraternity, Chi Phi, could return to campus as soon as 2030 if it admitted to certain violations of the university's student code of […]

Officials at the University of Mississippi are investigating a video showing three white women outside a Black student's apartment Friday evening, with two of them allegedly making racist noises and gestures captured on Ring camera footage."[T]he incident is being actively investigated by the appropriate university offices," Vice Chancellor Shawnboda Mead said in a statement Monday, in part, adding, "our staff have reached out to the students directly impacted to offer […]

A "suspected homicide" is under investigation on board a cruise ship that docked in Texas, the FBI said Monday.The incident occurred on board an MSC Seascape cruise ship that docked in Galveston on Monday, according to the FBI's Houston field office.The suspect, 48-year-old Jason Watford of Tyler, Texas, is now in custody in connection with the alleged homicide. Watford has been booked into the Galveston County Jail and is on […]

The trial for the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk while the conservative activist was speaking on a college campus last year is set to begin in mid-2028.Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf had been expected to set a timeline for the high-profile capital murder case, including the trial date, during a hearing last month. He ultimately scheduled a hearing on the matter for Monday afternoon, during which he announced […]

A crew member aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was found by two fishermen and rescued off the coast of Southern California after surviving roughly nine hours in the Pacific Ocean, according to authorities and his rescuers.The crew member, whose name was not released, is believed to have fallen from the cruise line's 14-deck ship "Ovation of the Sea" early Friday morning, officials said. He was discovered later that day […]