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Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Defense attorneys for alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione say prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney's office are violating his health privacy rights by accessing confidential medical information, according to a court filing Thursday seeking a hearing and sanctions."The District Attorney has subpoenaed Mr Mangione's health insurer, and, if their account is to be believed, they partially reviewed confidential, private, protected documents […]

(NEW YORK) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in February released what was then described as the "first phase of the declassified Epstein files."That initial release -- which was delivered to a group of prominent right-leaning influencers and journalists -- included 341 pages of documents related to the disgraced financier. But 118 pages of those files were duplicative of one another.The vast majority of those […]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The body of an unidentified person has been found floating near the Isles of Shoals off of the coast of New Hampshire in the Atlantic Ocean, police said.The grisly discovery was made on Sunday morning at approximately 9:15 a.m. when a person on a fishing vessel reported seeing a body floating near the Isles of Shoals to the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a […]

(TOKYO) -- For Americans who were eagerly awaiting the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, the delay of U.S. pre-orders for the popular new gaming console this April was one indication of what’s to come if President Donald Trump’s planned 25% tariffs on all Japanese exports goes into effect on August 1, as he’s said it will in his latest letter to the Japanese government on July 7.U.S. pre-orders of […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who earlier this month feuded online with President Donald Trump after stepping down as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has been flooding his social media feed with criticism of Trump and his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.Using his X platform, Musk has been on a posting spree since Wednesday, posting or reposting criticisms of Trump's handling of the Epstein files more than 35 […]

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Murder and burglary charges were filed Thursday in the killing of an "American Idol" music supervisor and her husband at their home in Los Angeles.The suspect -- 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian -- is accused of scaling a fence onto the Encino property and then shooting and killing the couple during a struggle when they arrived home, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Guy Golan told reporters Tuesday.Boodarian has been charged […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice recommended that the former officer who was found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights during a botched Kentucky raid should receive one day of imprisonment in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday.Brett Hankison was found guilty of one count of violating Taylor's civil rights when the former Louisville police officer blindly shot into her apartment 10 times in March 2020. Hankison's bullets did not hit anyone.The […]

Kyle Green-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The nondissemination order in the University of Idaho murder case was lifted by Judge Steven Hippler on Thursday, but all documents in the case that have been sealed will remain sealed for now.The order, also known as a gag order, banned police and prosecutors from speaking about the high-profile case that gripped the nation.Hippler's decision to end the gag order comes six days before […]

(FALL RIVER, Mass.) -- A 10th victim has died as a result of injuries sustained in a devastating fire at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, according to the district attorney's office.Brenda Cropper, 66, was hospitalized in critical condition following Sunday night's five-alarm blaze at the Gabriel House, and succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced on Thursday.The other residents killed have […]