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(HOUSTON, TX) -- A couple has been arrested and charged for attempting to kidnap and kill a man the wife was having an affair with in Texas.The victim, who told an ABC News' Houston affiliate he would not like to be named due to fears over his safety, was shot twice and is now recovering.Hana Ahmad Alolaimi, 35, and Omar Mahmoud Bishtawi, 48, were charged with aggravated assault and aggravated […]

Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA) -- Police in Canada said Tuesday they are investigating after a 19-year-old Walmart employee was found dead inside a store's walk-in bakery oven.Officers responded to the Walmart -- located in Halifax, Nova Scotia -- on Saturday night after the employee was found dead, police said."The woman, who was an employee of the store, was located in a large walk-in […]

(NEW YORK) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has seven days to turn over luxury items and shares of his New York City co-op apartment to cover much of what he owes to two Georgia poll workers he defamed in 2020, a federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday.Giuliani must transfer all personal property "including cash accounts, jewelry and valuables, a legal claim for unpaid attorneys' fees, and […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official in connection with an alleged failed attempt to assassinate a New York-based Iranian journalist.Ruhollah Bazghandi, who is based in Iran and beyond the reach of law enforcement, allegedly orchestrated the alleged 2022 plot to kill the journalist, prosecutors said.The charges name Bazghandi and six other Iranian operatives who federal prosecutors said […]

(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The parents of a newborn who died months after birth are suing a Florida hospital, alleging a worker broke the baby's neck, ultimately killing her, according to the lawsuit.The infant, Jahxy Peets, was born prematurely at 24 weeks in June 2022 at the Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, according to the family's lawsuit. Immediately following her birth, she was admitted to the neonatal intensive […]

(NEW YORK) -- Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries and two others were arrested Tuesday as part of a criminal sex trafficking investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.Jeffries, his partner Matt Smith and a third man, Jim Jacobson, are accused of operating an international sex trafficking and prostitution business that recruited young men for parties in the U.S. and abroad, according to an indictment.The former retail executive and Smith […]

Getty Images (FALL CITY, Wash.) -- Three children and two adults are dead, and a teenager is in custody, following a domestic violence situation at a home in a quiet Washington state neighborhood, authorities said.Deputies responded to multiple 911 calls Monday morning that reported gunshots in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle, the King County Sheriff's Office said.Five people were found dead: three children and two adults, the […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his partner Matt Smith and a third man, Jim Jacobson, were arrested Tuesday as part of a criminal sex trafficking investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.The investigation involved whether the men sexually exploited and abused young men at parties they hosted in the United States and around the world, […]

(HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS) -- Robert Roberson -- whose murder conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter has come under scrutiny -- did not testify Monday before the Texas House committee as previously planned.Committee members decided against having Roberson address the hearing via video call. However, they did not state whether Roberson would or would not testify before the committee."Robert is a person with autism who has significant communication challenges, which […]