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amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A teacher in New York City has been arrested and charged after police say he allegedly put a 5-year-old boy in a headlock on Monday, police said.The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. inside of PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School in the Hamilton Heights area of Manhattan in New York City, according to ABC News’ New York station WABC-TV.“46-year-old Anthony Wicks was […]

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- After two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, launched early Tuesday morning.The four-person civilian crew launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday at 5:23 a.m. ET in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, according to a social media post by the aerospace company.Lift off came after one final two-hour delay due to […]

(BOISE, Idaho) -- The venue will be changed in the University of Idaho quadruple murder trial, Judge John Judge has ruled.The judge said, "Considering the undisputed evidence presented by the defense, the extreme nature of the news coverage in this case, and the smaller population in Latah County, the defense has met the rather low standard of demonstrating 'a reasonable likelihood' that prejudicial news coverage will compromise a fair trial […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday.Scammers use elaborate tactics to assure potential victims that their investment in cryptocurrency will pay off, according to James Barnacle, the deputy assistant director of the criminal investigative division at the FBI."Over time, the victim is being cultivated, and the fraudsters are building confidence in the victim," Barnacle told […]

(LONDON, Ky.) -- As a massive search continued Monday afternoon for the suspect in a Kentucky interstate shooting that injured five people and left a dozen vehicles with bullet holes, an arrest warrant released by authorities alleges the fugitive gunman sent a woman a text message threatening to "kill a lot of people" about a half hour before highway rampage.The suspect, 32-year-old Joseph A. Couch, was also allegedly involved in […]

(NEW YORK) -- Harvey Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island, where he is being held, to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pains, his representatives told ABC News."Mr. Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions," Weinstein representatives Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer said in a statement. "We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today […]

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- After facing two weeks of delays, the ambitious Polaris Dawn space mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, has set a target launch date and time for this week, despite uncertain weather conditions.The four-person civilian crew aims to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 3:38 a.m. ET in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, according to the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to delay his criminal hush money case in New York, after the judge overseeing the case delayed Trump's sentencing.New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed the sentencing date from Sept. 18 until Nov. 26, and said he would issue a ruling Nov. 12 on whether to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Monday charged two California individuals who were alleged leaders of a white supremacist group that wanted to ignite a race war in the United States and allegedly plotted to kill "high value" targets and incite its followers to carry out terror attacks around the globe.Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison allegedly became leaders of a group that deemed itself "Terrorgram" and was formed on the […]