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(KANSAS) -- Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has died while awaiting sentencing, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announced on Wednesday."We have learned of the passing of Andrew Lester and extend our sincere condolences to his family during this difficult time," Thompson said. "While the legal proceedings have now concluded, we acknowledge that Mr. Lester […]

(WASHINGTON) -- In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies have had their roles eliminated.The mass culling stems in large part from efforts by Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, which has sought to dismantle large swaths of the federal government.Many of those fired have been classified as probationary employees, a status unrelated to job […]

(MARANA, Ariz.) -- Two people were confirmed dead after two small planes collided midair at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona on Wednesday.There were two people onboard each aircraft, a Lancair and a Cessna, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.The aircrafts collided while upwind of runway 12, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board."The Cessna landed uneventfully; the Lancair impacted terrain near runway 3 and a post-impact fire […]

(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has "terminated approval" of New York City's congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the nation, which went into effect earlier this year.The DOT shared a letter from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, in which he said a review found that the "scope of this pilot project as approved exceeds the authority authorized […]

(NEW YORK) -- The nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization is urging New York prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges against five suspects arrested in what authorities described as a prolonged "torture" killing of a transgender man.The group, GLAAD, issued a statement calling on Ontario County District Attorney James Riffs to consider hate crime charges in the homicide of Sam Nordquist, whose body was found in a field in Benton, New York, in […]

Miami Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation (MIAMI) -- A Florida man has been arrested and charged for shooting 17 times at two men who he mistakenly thought were Palestinian. The victims were actually tourists from Israel, according to police.Mordechai Brafman, 27, has been charged with two counts of second degree attempted murder, according to state records. The Miami State Attorney's Office Hate Crimes unit is reviewing the case to see […]

(NEW YORK) -- At least 10 states from Louisiana to Delaware are under snow and ice alerts as this latest winter storm moves east.On Tuesday, the storm brought 11 inches of snow to Missouri, 8 inches to Kansas and more than 2 inches to Oklahoma.Freezing rain and sleet fell in Oklahoma and Arkansas, leaving roads extremely dangerous.On Wednesday morning, the snow fell from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee, to Lexington, […]

A Georgia woman is suing a fertility clinic after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) mix-up allegedly led to staff implanting the wrong embryo and to her giving birth to another couple's biological child.Krystena Murray, 38, of Savannah, said she selected a sperm donor who looked like her "with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes." She became pregnant and delivered a baby in December 2023, according to the lawsuit.However, Murray, who […]

The family of a passenger who died in the midair collision near Washington, D.C., filed legal claims against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the United States Army, seeking $250 million in compensation for each claim.The filings are likely the beginning of a lengthy legal battle stemming from the deadliest aviation incident in the U.S. over the last quarter century, killing all 64 aboard the American Airlines passenger jet and […]