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The Department of Justice (DOJ) seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Justice Department officials said in a letter submitted to two federal judges Thursday that they are making "substantial progress" reviewing items related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- but gave no indication when additional material would be […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump met Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. The president called it a "wonderful gesture of mutual respect.""María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done," Trump wrote on his social media platform. He also said that Machado was a "wonderful woman who has been through so much" and that […]

(SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.) -- Foragers are being warned of what could be the largest toxic mushroom outbreak in California history, which state health officials say has caused three deaths and sickened more than 30 people who ingested the poisonous fungi.Recent heavy rains have caused death cap mushrooms to flourish in the wild, including one of the deadliest fungi, the Western destroying angel mushroom, according to the California Department of Public […]

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- Jurors on the trial of former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales listened to a firsthand account of the emergency response from a police sergeant who tried to enter Robb Elementary School with Gonzales.Prosecutors allege Gonzales, who is charged with child endangerment, did not follow his training and endangered the 19 students who died and an additional 10 surviving students. He has pleaded not guilty […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court ruled Thursday a judge had no jurisdiction to order Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention last summer, a decision that could lead to his re-arrest.Khalil, a green card holder who is married to an American citizen, was released from ICE custody last June following his arrest by ICE agents in New York City in March.U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz […]

A Pokemon store was robbed at gunpoint on Jan. 14, 2026, in New York. WABC (NEW YORK) -- Three men robbed a Pokémon store in Manhattan on Wednesday, stealing $1,000 in cash from a register, an unknown amount of merchandise and a cell phone, according to the New York Police Department. The three entered the store on 412 West 13th Street at 6:45 p.m. before fleeing westbound on West 13th Street, the NYPD […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is set to hold a lunch meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday, the White House said. The meeting, which is currently scheduled to be closed to press, will take place in the White House private dining room."She's a very nice woman," Trump said of Machado on Wednesday, according to Reuters. "I've seen her on television. I think we're […]

(PHILADELPHIA) -- The family of Ellen Greenberg is celebrating the prospect of a federal investigation into the way various agencies in Philadelphia handled her death. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday that the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued subpoenas as part of an inquiry into whether Greenberg's death was properly investigated. The family of the 27-year-old teacher has long claimed the case was "embarrassingly botched" and warranted additional investigation. "The prospects of the […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, saying the latter fled a traffic stop and then -- along with two other people -- began attacking the officer."Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life," DHS said in a statement on social […]