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(ALLEGANY COUNTY, MD) -- A flash flood emergency has been issued for parts of northwestern Maryland on Tuesday, where severe flooding led to the evacuation of two elementary schools.A flash flood emergency was issued for Westernport, Luke and Barton in Allegany County, where up to 5 inches of rain had fallen as of Tuesday afternoon. Rainfall rates were up to 1 to 2 inches an hour.Numerous water rescues have occurred, […]

(COOPERSTOWN, NY) -- Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased baseball players have been removed from MLB's permanent list of banned players, according to a memo from the league's commissioner.The decision allows Rose, who accepted a ban for life from MLB in 1989 for gambling on games, to be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously.The decision only applies to dead players who have been placed on […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge who was arrested and charged last month with allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan has been indicted on charges alleging she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States -- the same charges she was initially charged with by […]

(NEW YORK) -- For six hours on Tuesday in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Cassie Ventura testified about how her decade-long relationship turned violent as her then-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs, seized control of her personal and professional lives and demanded she orchestrate his drug-fueled sex parties known as "freak offs."Ventura is the star witness in the federal racketeering and sex-trafficking case against Combs, who faces the possibility of life in prison […]

(ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MN) -- Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined, destroying dozens of structures, triggering evacuations and prompting the governor to call in the state National Guard to help battle the flames.The largest fire in St. Louis County -- the Camp House Fire -- exploded overnight to nearly 12,000 acres and was 0% contained on Tuesday […]

Austin Police Department. (AUSTIN, TEXAS) -- Two juveniles were arrested and charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting a man and striking him with a vehicle during a carjacking, according to the Austin Police Department.The suspects, a 12-year-old male and a 13-year-old male, were arrested and charged with capital murder by terroristic threat, after allegedly killing 20-year-old Anthony Salas earlier this month, police confirmed to ABC News.At approximately 2:58 a.m. […]

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are an "unprecedented and unlawful expansion" of executive power, a lawyer for a group of small businesses told a federal court Tuesday morning.The hearing at the Court of International Trade in Manhattan marks the first time a federal court has taken up the question of whether Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are legal.According to Jeffrey Schwab – a lawyer from the conservative Liberty […]

Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.In a 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that she found the conduct of city over the last nine years "leaves no doubt that continued insistence on compliance with the court's […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez's much-anticipated resentencing hearing is underway, with lawyers set to battle over whether the brothers should get a lesser sentence, clearing the way for a potential release from prison.Defense attorney Mark Geragos, who is pushing for their release, said he plans to call seven witnesses during the Tuesday and Wednesday proceedings, while the prosecution said it will call no witnesses.Menendez cousin Anamaria Baralt was […]