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(YEMASSEE, S.C.) -- More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered.As of Tuesday evening, 32 of the 43 furry runaways, that broke loose Wednesday from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemasee, have now successfully been captured."Efforts to safely capture the remaining primates will continue throughout the evening and as long as necessary, " a spokesperson for the Yemassee […]

WHAS At least 11 people were reported injured in an explosion at a manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.A "hazardous materials incident" was reported Tuesday afternoon at the address of a Givaudan Sense Colour facility, according to the Louisville Metro Emergency Services.Agents with Louisville' division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are responding and assisting with the "critical incident," the agency said.A shelter-in-place order has been […]

(BOSTON, Mass.) -- Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who prosecutors said "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history," was sentenced to 15 years in prison.The prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.Judge Indira Talwani issued the sentence on Tuesday in Boston federal court.Teixeira pleaded guilty in March to six counts of willfully retaining and transmitting […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has banned U.S. flights to Haiti for 30 days in the wake of Monday's gunfire incidents, according to a Notice to Air Mission issued Tuesday."U.S. civil aviation operations in the territory and airspace of Haiti below 10,000 feet" will be prohibited, according to the FAA.The move comes after a Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti was diverted […]

(NEW YORK) --  A federal judge in New York on Tuesday set a trial date for April 14 in the libel lawsuit that Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee, brought against The New York Times.The trial date was decided over the objections of both the plaintiff and defense, who asked for a date in July to give the two sides time to possibly reach a settlement […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Louisiana's new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments was temporarily blocked on Tuesday by a judge who called it "unconstitutional on its face and in all applications."A multi-faith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools sued the state to challenge the law, HB 71, which mandates that public schools -- from kindergarten to the collegiate level -- display […]

Coos County Sheriff's Office (HAUSER, Ore.) -- A search is underway for a 5-year-old boy in Oregon who has been missing since Saturday.Joshua McCoy went missing from his home in Hauser, according to the Coos County Sheriff's Office. He and his mother had taken a nap Saturday afternoon, but when his mother woke up around 5:30 p.m. local time, Joshua was missing, according to the sheriff's office.Joshua has autism and […]

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The suspect accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus has waived his right to a jury trial.The judge granted the defense's motion for a bench trial for the suspect, Jose Ibarra, during a hearing in Athens-Clarke County on Tuesday.The bench trial is scheduled to begin on Friday before Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who will render a verdict in the case.Jury selection had […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from Mark Meadows, the one-time chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, to move his Georgia election interference case into federal court.Meadows was charged alongside Trump and 18 others last year in the Fulton County racketeering case over their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. Meadows and the others pleaded not guilty […]