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(RIVERHEAD, N.Y.) -- Accused Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killer Rex Heuermann will stand trial shortly after Labor Day, a judge said during a Tuesday hearing.Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing seven women whose remains were found on Long Island.The trial date comes as Heuermann requests to suppress certain evidence and dismiss one of the charges.Among the statements the defense is trying to exclude is when Heuermann was arrested outside his […]

(NEW YORK) -- Eric Adams may no longer be mayor of New York City, but the alleged corruption in his administration is extending beyond his time in City Hall.On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged Tony Herbert, a former official in the Office of the Mayor, with bribery in connection with two separate pay-to-play schemes.Herbert was arrested Tuesday morning and due in court later in the day for arraignment.In the first alleged […]

Editor's note: Some of the testimony described below is extremely graphic.(UVALDE, Texas) -- Robb Elementary School teacher Elsa Avila was taking photos of her fourth-graders with their science projects on May 24, 2022, when she said a young girl noticed something was wrong -- that other students was running to their classroom and screaming.Avila testified that her students immediately hid, as they had during lockdown training."We heard loud, loud shots in […]

(NEW YORK) -- A New York City Council employee was detained during a "routine" immigration appointment on Long Island on Monday, according to city officials, who called the incident an "egregious government overreach."Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he is "outraged" by the worker's arrest."This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values," he said in a statement on X. "I am calling for his immediate release and […]

Editor's note: Some of the testimony described below is extremely graphic.(UVALDE, Texas) -- As the sound of gunshots got closer to Room 111 in Robb Elementary School, former fourth-grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes testified that all he could do was tell his students to get under their desks, stay quiet and close their eyes. "I had told them to close their eyes, because I didn't want them to see if something bad was going to […]

(NEW YORK) -- Paul Carter and his friend David Barnes have been speaking with each other since their days in first grade in Huntsville, Alabama, more than 60 years ago.Yet since Jan. 13, 2022, their conversations over the phone haven't been the same."It's hard to sit there and hear him just plea, 'Somebody get me home,'" Carter told ABC News in an interview.Barnes, a 68-year-old father of two boys, is […]

A Utah man was found dead after being caught in an avalanche Sunday afternoon in Lincoln County, Wyoming, authorities said. (Lincoln County Sheriff's Office) (LINCOLN COUNTY,  Wyo) -- A Utah man was found dead after being caught in an avalanche Sunday afternoon in Lincoln County, Wyoming, authorities said.Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, was snowmobiling in the LaBarge Creek area when he was caught in an avalanche that buried him in snow, according […]

(ALAMOSA COUNTY, Colo.) -- Barry Morphew has pleaded not guilty for the second time in the alleged murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, whose body was found more than three years after the mother of two was reported missing.The plea was entered on his behalf during his arraignment in Alamosa County, Colorado on Monday. His trial has been scheduled to start on Oct. 13. He waived his right to a speedy trial, […]

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- A Chicago man accused of gunning down his ex-wife and her husband in their home has waived extradition and will be transferred from Illinois to Ohio to face charges.Michael McKee is charged with premeditated aggravated murder for allegedly shooting and killing his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, dentist Spencer Tepe, at their Columbus home on Dec. 30, according to police.McKee, 39, wore a yellow jumpsuit as he made a […]