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(NEW YORK) -- Another dazzling display of the wonders of outer space will be visible from Earth in the coming days.The annual Orionid meteor shower, which originates from Halley's Comet, is expected light up the night sky starting this weekend.Considered by NASA as "one of the most beautiful showers of the year," the Orionids are the latest astronomical event this month, which already has included a strong solar storm that […]

(RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA) -- The foster parents who took in several of the Turpin children after they were rescued from their home of abuse in 2018 were sentenced on child abuse charges Friday.Marcelino Olguin was sentenced to seven years in state prison and was taken away in handcuffs after his sentencing was read in court in Riverside County, California.His wife, Rosa Olguin, and their daughter, Lennys Olguin, were sentenced to […]

(NEW YORK) -- Details about the murder of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017 were revealed for the first time Friday during the trial of the man accused of killing them.Richard Allen is charged in the murders of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14. The two friends were found dead a day after they went out for a walk on a hiking trail in February 2017.Allen has […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Menendez brothers face the possibility of freedom after serving more than 30 years in prison, with their case being reviewed for possible resentencing by the Los Angeles County District Attorney following the emergence of significant new evidence.On Aug. 20, 1989, Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, gunned down their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. Jose Menendez was a wealthy 45-year-old entertainment executive, […]

(NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal election interference case on Friday unsealed the redacted appendix of evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith, offering a glimpse of the evidence that could be seen by a jury if the former president's case goes to trial.The highly redacted appendix is an attachment to the immunity motion filed earlier this month by Smith that included new details about Trump and […]

(LOS ANGELES)  -- Lyle and Erik Menendez are currently serving life behind bars for the murders of their parents in the family's Beverly Hills home. But after more than three decades in prison, a renewed interest in the headline-grabbing trial has the brothers pursuing two tracks to potential freedom.The Menendez case dates back to August 1989, when Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, shot and killed their parents, Jose […]

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ) -- Florida's agricultural fields -- including the state's iconic orange groves and berry farms -- are routinely damaged by strong storms that roll through the state.Some of the Sunshine State's most important farms are now recovering from two of the 2024 season's most powerful hurricanes, which struck one after the other.On Sept. 27, Hurricane Helene became the strongest hurricane to strike Florida's Big Bend. Less than two […]

(PHOENIX) -- All charges were dropped Thursday against Tyron McAlpin, a disabled Black man in Arizona who had been facing charges of felony assault and resisting arrest after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. McAlpin is deaf and has cerebral palsy.The incident, which took place on Aug. 19, was captured on both surveillance video and police body-worn camera. The officers said […]

(NEW YORK) -- The second suspect who was arrested earlier this week in connection to the deadly Michigan home invasion on Oct. 11 that left 72-year-old Rochester Hills businessman Hussein Murray dead has been formally charged with multiple counts, including felony murder, police said.“Joshua Zuazo, 39, of Dearborn, is charged in a three-count warrant issued today by prosecutors with felony murder – a life offense if convicted – and two […]