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(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge is raising concerns about whether Donald Trump's attempt to sue the IRS for $10 billion can proceed, signaling she could throw out the case because the president oversees the government entities he is suing.Judge Kathleen Williams raised the issue in an order on Friday denying a request to delay the case amid possible settlement talks.She noted that Trump and the defendants -- the Treasury Department […]

(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- A 17-year-old girl, Martha Odom, has been identified as the victim killed in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, officials said Friday, and a 17-year-old suspect is in custody.Five others were wounded when gunfire broke out during a fight between two groups in the food court on Thursday afternoon, police said.One of the injured, a 43-year-old man, remains in the hospital in […]

(TAMPA, Fla.) --  The remains of one of the two missing University of South Florida doctoral students were discovered by investigators Friday and his roommate was taken into custody, authorities said.Joseph Maurer, of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, told reporters that investigators found the remains of Zamil Limon on the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa Friday morning. Investigators have been searching for Limon and fellow USF doctoral student Nahida Bristy […]

In these photos released by the University of South Florida Police Department, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy are shown. (University of South Florida Police Department) (TAMPA, Fla.) -- A person who investigators said was linked to the disappearance of two University of Southern Florida doctoral students was taken into custody Friday, police said.The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said they responded to a "barricaded subject connected" to the probe into the whereabouts of […]

(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- The special operations soldier who was indicted this week for allegedly using classified information to make more than $400,000 betting on the capture of Nicolas Maduro appeared in a federal courtroom in Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday. Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who made the wager on the prediction market Polymarket, will be released on a $250,000 appearance bond.He agreed to surrender his passport, limit travel to parts of New […]

(NEW YORK) -- Paige Shiver, a former executive assistant with the University of Michigan football team, said she felt that former head coach Sherrone Moore manipulated her during their nearly four-year relationship she characterized as an "open secret" within the athletics department.Speaking out for the first time since Moore was arrested last December for trespassing, Shiver, 32, told ABC News that what started out as a consensual relationship became one […]

(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Five suspects are in custody in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge that killed one person and injured multiple others, police said.The shots were fired in the food court, police said, describing it as a targeted incident during a fight between two groups, and not a random act of violence.Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse said during a press conference Thursday night […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ending a standoff that threatened to delay the confirmation of Powell's successor at the central bank, District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Friday. Senior DOJ officials have contacted senators in recent days, including Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, informing them of the plan to drop the probe and […]

In these photos released by the University of South Florida Police Department, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy are shown. (University of South Florida Police Department) (TAMPA, Fla.) -- Investigators have listed that two University of Southern Florida doctoral students who went missing last week are endangered as the search continues.Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen at separate locations in the Tampa area on April 16, according to the […]