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(NEW YORK) -- Lyle and Erik Menendez are heading to their long-awaited parole hearing, marking a huge step forward in their push to be released after 35 years behind bars.Erik Menendez's parole hearing is set for Thursday and Lyle Menendez's hearing will be on Friday. After the hearings conclude, the parole board will determine whether the brothers are suitable for parole.The final decision on parole will then go to California […]

(NEW YORK) -- A group of Senate and House Democrats is pushing officials at the Department of Homeland Security for more information about the use of the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz."In a letter sent late Tuesday to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and FEMA, the lawmakers expressed concern that the Trump administration's decision to use what […]

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a state of emergency in North Carolina and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast."To folks on the coast, now is the time to prepare," North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein warned on Tuesday.Here's the latest forecast:The Outer BanksWhile the storm won't make landfall on the East Coast, it has triggered a tropical storm […]

(DENVER) -- A manhunt was on Tuesday for a suspect who stabbed a ranger at the Staunton State Park in Colorado, according to police.The stabbing unfolded around noon local time in the nearly 4,000-acre park southwest of Denver, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.The injured ranger was taken to a hospital, but his condition was not immediately released.The suspect fled on foot after stabbing the ranger.A motive for the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Days after the Justice Department assigned its Weaponization Working Group to open an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, the group's director, Ed Martin, sent a letter calling for her resignation -- leapfrogging multiple steps federal prosecutors ordinarily undertake to determine whether the subject of an investigation engaged in criminal activity.The letter was sent last week to James' attorney, according to a copy of the letter reviewed […]

A manhunt is underway after 36-year-old Troy Dugas, an inmate at the Harris County Jail, seen here in this undated police photo, was accidentally released from prison on Aug. 17, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Harris County Sheriff's Office (HOUSTON) -- A manhunt is underway after an inmate was accidentally released from a Texas jail on Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.Troy Dugas, a 36-year-old inmate […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.U.S. Customs and Border Protection alerted the FDA about possible Cesium-137, or Cs-137, detected in shipping containers at four U.S. ports, the FDA said Tuesday in a press release. Testing on frozen shrimp from the distributor, […]

Emergency responders gather at Times Square in Manhattan after a suspicious package was discovered on August 18, 2025 in New York City. Police evacuated a part of the popular tourist destination for over an hour as they examined the package, which turned out not to be a threat. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A suspect faces multiple charges after allegedly leaving a suspicious package in Times Square […]

kali9/Getty Images (MADBURY, N.H.) -- Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead in a New Hampshire home and police are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said.A toddler was found alive and uninjured in the home in Madbury, a small town in the state's Seacoast region northwest of Portsmouth, according to a statement from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.Police officers discovered the bodies […]