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(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York on Friday dismissed the death-eligible counts from Luigi Mangione's indictment, clearing the way for his federal trial to begin in October."Tortured and strange" though she said her conclusion may be, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett ruled stalking is not a crime of violence and, therefore, not a predicate to make the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a capital crime."No one […]

Don Lemon attends the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights' 2025 Ripple of Hope Gala at New York Hilton on December 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for RFK Ripple Of Hope) (NEW YORK) -- Former CNN journalist Don Lemon was arrested early Friday morning in connection with an incident in which anti-ICE protesters disrupted a service at a Minnesota church, according to Attorney General Pam […]

Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court, December 18, 2025 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing Luigi Mangione's federal case may decide on Friday if the death penalty will remain a sentencing option if he's convicted.Mangione, who is accused of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown […]

A car crashed into the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. (WABC) (BROOKLYN) -- A New Jersey man is facing attempted assault as a hate crime and other charges after police said he repeatedly drove his car into the back of Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn.Police were already assigned to a detail at the Chabad in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood when they heard a commotion in the building's […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The man who was arrested after charging at Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis has been charged by the Justice Department with assaulting a federal representative, a complaint shows.Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, has been charged with "forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States," according to the federal complaint.He allegedly had a syringe filled with apple cider vinegar when he charged […]

(WASHINGTON) -- In the hours after FBI agents seized 2020 election ballots from an elections facility in Georgia on Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted a series of thoroughly discredited conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election -- and the 2016 election too.Fulton County officials said Wednesday that the FBI seized original 2020 voting records while serving a search warrant at the county's Elections Hub and Operations Center. The FBI said […]

Waymo vehicle near Union Square, San Francisco, California, January 22, 2026. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (SANTA MONICA, Calif.) -- Federal officials opened an investigation after a Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in California, resulting in minor injuries.The incident occurred on Jan. 23 in Santa Monica, within two blocks of an elementary school during school drop-off hours, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The […]

Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court, December 18, 2025 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.Mark Anderson, 36, was charged Thursday with impersonating a federal agent after authorities said he showed […]

(FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) -- A top Fulton County official on Thursday blasted the Trump administration for the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots, saying the move is about "intimidation and distraction."County officials said the FBI seized original 2020 voting records Wednesday while serving a search warrant at the county's Elections Hub and Operations Center.The development comes after President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there was voter fraud in the 2020 election, specifically in Georgia, […]