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(TAMPA, Fla.) -- The Detroit Lions announced Monday that they have released cornerback Terrion Arnold from the team, hours after a hearing to address his arrest last week on charges alleging he orchestrated a kidnapping in which three men were robbed and beaten at gunpoint.The 23-year-old NFL player is one of seven people arrested in connection with the "targeted armed robbery" last February in Tampa, police said. The Lions announced in a brief statement on social […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Doug Band, a former close adviser to President Bill Clinton, repeatedly told lawmakers that he could not recall his involvement on several topics related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, multiple sources said following Band's appearance Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee.Band, who began his tenure with Clinton as an intern in the mid-1990s, was questioned for four hours by the panel as part of its ongoing probe of the government's […]

(WILKES COUNTY, N.C.) -- A United States Postal Service letter carrier was murdered while delivering mail on her rural North Carolina route, authorities said.Brandi Reynolds, a 35-year-old mother of two, was shot and found dead by responding authorities in Wilkes County, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The incident occurred Friday afternoon, while she was on her route, according to the United States Postal Inspection Service.William Craig […]

(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday ordered the state's National Guard to limit its mission in Washington exclusively to events tied to the nation's 250th anniversary celebration, drawing a line against the military's prolonged presence in the capital and threatening to pull Michigan troops if they're assigned to any other mission.In a letter to Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, the commander of the Michigan National Guard, Whitmer wrote […]

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- A car crashed into the outdoor dining area of an Urbane Cafe in Simi Valley, California, on Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said.The crash was reported at about 2:30 p.m. near Tierra Rejada and Madera roads in a busy shopping center, according to Simi Valley Police.Aerial footage from ABC News Los Angeles station KABC showed a white Tesla lodged in the […]

(NEW YORK) --A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to the Midwest, the South and the East Coast this week.The extreme heat hit the Midwest first. On Monday, the heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity-- soared to the triple digits in Minneapolis and Chicago.On Tuesday, the worst of the heat will stretch from the Great Lakes to the South to the central Gulf Coast.The […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Doug Band, a former close adviser to President Bill Clinton, is due on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning for a closed-door interview with the congressional committee probing the government's investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Band, who began his tenure with Clinton as an intern in the mid-1990s, is expected to be questioned by the House Oversight Committee about the former president's interactions and travels with Epstein in the […]

(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A judge in Florida set Detroit Lions NFL cornerback Terrion Arnold's bond at $1 million on Monday, denying the prosecutors' request that he remain held without bond on charges alleging he orchestrated a kidnapping in which three men were robbed and beaten at gunpoint.The 23-year-old NFL player is one of seven people arrested in connection with the "targeted armed robbery" last February in Tampa, police said.Arnold is […]

A JetBlue plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A JetBlue Airways pilot reported hitting a drone as the flight was on approach for landing at JFK Airport on Monday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The plane, which was coming from Las Vegas, landed safely, and the airline and FAA said no […]