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Grapevine Police Department (GRAPEVINE, TEXAS) -- An 18-year-old who was kayaking on Grapevine Lake in Texas over Memorial Day weekend was killed after being struck by a jet ski, whose driver fled the scene, police said.The incident happened on Sunday evening when the jet ski, with a driver and a passenger onboard, hit the victim, Ava Moore, according to the Grapevine Police Department.Grapevine Lake is a reservoir in northern Texas, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Across two weeks of testimony in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, federal prosecutors called 16 witnesses, attempting to prove the rap mogul embraced violence and threats to coerce women into sex and protect his music empire.In addition to hearing four days of testimony from star witness Cassie Ventura – who alleged that Combs subjected her to a decade of abuse – the jury has heard […]

Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL) -- Eleven passengers, including two children, were injured when a boat exploded in Florida on Memorial Day, according to officials.The incident occurred around 5:45 p.m. on Monday in Fort Lauderdale near the New River Triangle, the Coast Guard said. There were 13 people aboard the vessel at the time, it said.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue transported 11 people to Broward Health […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (JACKSON, Tenn.) -- Gunfire erupted in a Jackson, Tennessee, park Saturday night leaving seven people, including juveniles, injured and police seeking the perpetrators of the shooting, authorities said.The shooting occurred at the Kate Campbell Park northeast of downtown Jackson, according to the Jackson Police Department.One of the gunshot victim was hospitalized in critical condition, two were in stable condition and four others were treated and released, police […]

ABC News Gunfire erupted in a Jackson, Tennessee, park Saturday night leaving seven people, including juveniles, injured and police seeking the perpetrators of the shooting, authorities said.The shooting occurred at the Kate Campbell Park northeast of downtown Jackson, according to the Jackson Police Department.One of the gunshot victim was hospitalized in critical condition, two were in stable condition and four others were treated and released, police said in an updated […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- During the ongoing massive manhunt for 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail last week, authorities say the use of facial recognition cameras run by a private organization helped lead to the recapture of one of the fugitives -- even as the police department has come under scrutiny by critics from civil rights organizations to conservative politicians over its use of the technology.Earlier this week, […]

Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (SOUTH PACIFIC) -- A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued four people and three dogs from a disabled catamaran caught in treacherous conditions in the South Pacific on Thursday morning, marking the second rescue operation by the cruise line in a week, according to a press release from Carnival Cruise Line."We were stuck in an interesting position," one of the rescued passengers said in video […]

(NEW YORK) -- Following a nearly 10-hour court hearing Thursday, an immigration judge will not immediately decide if Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who the Trump administration has targeted for deportation after he helped organize pro-Palestinian protests as a student at Columbia University, is eligible for asylum.Instead Judge Jamee Comans is giving attorneys for Khalil, who took the stand Thursday, as well as attorneys for the Trump administration until June 2 to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Boeing has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice to avoid prosecution in the case over two deadly 737 Max crashes, also allowing Boeing to avoid going to trial next month, according to a new court filing.The agreement still has to go through the judge in the Northern District of Texas, who rejected a previous version of the deal due to a diversity, equity and inclusion provision.The terms of […]