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(BALTIMORE) -- The cargo ship that rammed into Baltimore's Key Bridge in March 2024, shortly after experiencing two blackouts, initially lost power due to an improperly installed wire, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed on Tuesday.The NTSB further found safety issues related to the Dali's machinery and electrical systems that prevented the ship from fully recovering following the initial blackout, the agency said.The Dali, a Singaporean vessel, struck one of the […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sentenced Mohamed Bahi, the only member of Mayor Eric Adams' administration convicted in an illegal donations scheme, to three years' probation, including the first year under home confinement, after the Trump Justice Department forced the same judge to dismiss a criminal case against the mayor himself that involved the same scheme.The sentence is less than prosecutors sought but the judge […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Danielle Bensky, a survivor of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said the push by members of Congress and, now, President Donald Trump, to release investigative files has led to a "moment of vulnerability" for herself and other survivors.Bensky said on Monday in Washington that pending legislation amounted to a noticeable movement towards accountability for Epstein survivors. She called the moment "hopeful," saying that it also felt like "unprecedented waters.""This […]

(HENDERSON, Nev.) -- The suspect who allegedly shot and killed an 11-year-old boy during a road rage incident in Nevada said he "did not know there was a kid" in the back seat of the vehicle when he opened fire, according to a declaration of arrest obtained by ABC News.Tyler Matthew Johns, 22, was arrested on Friday and booked for open murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, according to […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) --A Tennessee judge on Monday night blocked the deployment of National Guard into Memphis, concluding that Gov. Bill Lee exceeded his authority by sending troops into the city.Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal issued a temporary injunction to prohibit the deployment into Memphis, though she put the ruling on hold for five days to allow an appeal.“The power committed to the […]

(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- The mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, said that federal agents would be continuing their operations in the area Tuesday after Federal agents fanned out across nearby Charlotte over the weekend, detaining more than 130 people within about 48 hours.Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell released a statement on Monday night on the expected Border Patrol enforcement in the city, saying that the federal action was not requested."As the capital […]

(WHITESTOWN, Ind.) -- An Indiana man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a cleaning woman who mistakenly went to the wrong home, prosecutors announced Monday, nearly two weeks after the mother of four was killed.The suspect, Curt Andersen, has been booked into the Boone County jail on a no bond hold and will appear in court sometime this week, prosecutors said.The Boone County prosecutor, Kent Eastwood, said the decision […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Federal agents fanned out across North Carolina's largest city over the weekend, detaining more than 130 people in the first 48 hours of its immigration crackdown that has prompted protests and resistance from local leaders.Greg Bovino, commander-at-large spearheading the crackdown for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), vowed in a social media post on Sunday that his agents would "hit Charlotte like a storm."On Monday, a Department of Homeland Security […]

(NEW YORK) -- A magistrate judge expressed alarm Monday at what he called "a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" that may have irreversibly tainted the prosecution of James Comey and violated the former FBI director's constitutional rights, in a scathing opinion granting Comey's attorneys access to a vast trove of grand jury evidence. Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered the Trump administration to turn over a full transcript and recording of the September grand […]