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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (MADISONVILLVE, La.) -- A Louisiana dad has been arrested for second-degree murder after he allegedly left his 1-year-old daughter in a hot car for over nine hours, authorities said.The incident unfolded after Joseph Boatman "consumed multiple alcoholic beverages" and then went to pick up his 21-month-old daughter from a relative's house shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said.Boatman, 32, allegedly […]

(DETROIT) -- A Michigan man has been arrested after missing his flight to Los Angeles and calling in a fake bomb threat after being made to book another flight, officials said.The incident took place last Thursday at approximately 6:25 a.m. at Detroit Metropolitan Airport when an individual, later identified as 23-year-old John Charles Robinson of Monore, Michigan, “used a cell phone to call into Spirit Airlines and conveyed false information […]

(WASHINGTON) -- NASA is planning on decommissioning the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2030. But before that happens, Axiom Space, a privately funded space infrastructure company based in Houston, wants to build a replacement. The company has begun construction of the world's first commercial space station, Axiom Station.But Axiom isn't waiting for their station to be completed before transporting people into space. The company has been launching […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Marines and the National Guard personnel deployed amid the protests in to Los Angeles will operate under the same rules of force and will not be engaging crowds unless necessary, according to two U.S. officials.That means they are tasked with protecting federal buildings and federal personnel only -- they will not patrol U.S. streets or try to detain protesters to assist police, the officials said.While all […]

(NEW YORK) -- The walls were closing in on Sean "Diddy" Combs, his former girlfriend testified Monday, and the rap mogul turned fashion tastemaker was allegedly lashing out."I remember we were sleeping and one of the sons knocked on the door and said that something happened, and then I was just by myself," the former girlfriend told a hushed Manhattan courtroom. "I went downstairs and could see everyone speaking amongst […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- The girlfriend of one of the two remaining inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail last month has been arrested for allegedly helping in his escape, officials said Monday.Derrick Groves is among 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, according to Louisiana State Police. Eight of the inmates have since been captured, but Groves and another inmate -- Antoine Massey […]

(MILWAUKEE, WI) -- Federal prosecutors argued Monday that a court should reject a Wisconsin judge's attempt to have the obstruction case against her dismissed based on judicial immunity.Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, 65, was arrested by the FBI on April 25 and is charged with concealing a defendant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, to prevent his arrest by immigration authorities.Prosecutors contend that her motion to dismiss the charges ignores "well-established law […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- President Donald Trump defended his decision to send the National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quash protests that turned violent, saying in a social media post on Sunday that "if we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated."Trump alleged the nation's second largest city, which covers more than 500 square miles, had been "invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals" and […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 50 million people from Mississippi to western New York are under a slight risk Monday of receiving damaging wind, large-sized hail, flash flooding and a few tornadoes.Storms were already rolling through east Texas and Louisiana early Monday morning, prompting a severe thunderstorm watch.  Storms are forecast to continue to move through the South, with the severe weather extending through Monday afternoon.A cold front spanning the […]