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An undated photo from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein is part of a collection of images released Dec. 18, 2025, by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. (House Oversight Committee Democrats) A discharge petition sponsored by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II amassed 218 signatures Wednesday, teeing up additional floor action on the prospective legislation, which would empower state attorneys […]

Kissimmee Police Officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving Andre Janard Smithson after a child held a handwritten note against a window reading "HELP US." (Kissimmee Police Department) A child who was inside a Florida home during an alleged domestic disturbance helped officers get them and other family members out safely by displaying a sign reading "help us" in the window, investigators said.Kissimmee Police officers responded to house following the […]

Former NFL head coach Rex Ryan surrendered to authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday on misdemeanor counts in connection with an alleged hit-and-run that injured two pedestrians, police said.Ryan, 63, was wanted on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants "charging him with striking two pedestrians" with his pickup truck last week, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a press release.The incident occurred just before midnight on Nov. 5 in downtown Nashville, […]

A teen suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old from Ghana who was killed on his way to school in the Bronx last month.Detectives picked up the 17-year-old male suspect Wednesday morning and took him to the 42nd Precinct for questioning, according to the New York Police Department.The suspect has been charged with murder, the NYPD said."The NYPD will be relentless in our efforts […]

Nine members of the Kennedy family filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from building its proposed 250-foot "Triumphal Arch" near Arlington National Cemetery, arguing in part that the monument would cast shadows over Kennedy family gravesites, including that of former President John F. Kennedy."This action is about protecting sacred spaces that belong to the American people," Rory Kennedy and Maxwell Kennedy said in a statement released on behalf […]

In a first for the Trump administration in its ongoing immigration crackdown, some immigrant families who are not in detention are being scheduled to appear for their immigration hearings inside Texas' controversial Dilley detention center -- raising concerns among immigration advocates that people could be scared away from attending their hearings out of fear of being detained.According to advocates and attorneys, non-detained families began receiving notices last week for in-person […]

Getty Images / Stock Photo One of the female University of Mississippi students caught in camera footage outside of a Black student's apartment Friday evening allegedly making racist noises and gestures apologized for her behavior on Tuesday.“To the women I offended and to the Ole Miss community, I sincerely apologize," the student said in a statement released by a representative on her behalf. "Before the incident on November 6, I […]

A still photo from aerial footage taken by KABC's AIR7 showing the crash scene near a Metro station in North Hollywood. (KABC) Three people are dead and at least three others were taken to the hospital in critical condition after an SUV crashed onto the sidewalk near a Metro station in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, authorities said.It happened at 5:55 p.m. local time at Lankershim Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard […]

An 11-month-old boy who had been taken by his father was rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate following an urgent search, authorities in South Carolina said.The baby, Koah Sharpe, was found Tuesday afternoon "clinging to life," after spending what is believed to have been 24 hours buried, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon.The boy was found wrapped in a towel in the crate, shallowly buried under […]