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(WASHINGTON) -- Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who will escape a fowl fate of ending up on someone's Thanksgiving table this year when they are pardoned Monday by President Biden at the White House.These birds were plucked for the presidential flock and went through rigorous training to ride the gravy train to the White House for the honor, according to John Zimmerman, chairman of the […]

(NEW YORK) -- AAA forecasts 79.9 million people will travel by car, plane or another mode of transportation for Thanksgiving -- up 1.7 million people compared to last year.Here’s what you need to know before you head to the airport or hit the highway:Air travelHopper expects this will be the busiest Thanksgiving holiday ever for U.S. airports, with 36.5 million seats booked between Saturday, Nov. 23, and Tuesday, Dec. 3 […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez’s infamous case will be back in front of a judge on Monday for a hearing regarding the brothers' habeas corpus petition, which was filed last year for a review of new evidence not presented at trial.One piece of new evidence is allegations from a former member of the boy band Menudo, who revealed last year that he was raped by the brothers' father, […]

mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Two people have been charged in the death of Dartmouth College student Won Jang, 20, who was found dead by the Connecticut River on the school's New Hampshire campus in July, according to police.The Hanover Police Department announced misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to persons under 21 years of age at an event Jang attended before his death.A sorority was also charged as a corporation […]

(NEW YORK) -- Since being tapped as President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been criticized by medical and public health experts for his anti-vaccine history, his current vaccine skepticism, his take on the COVID-19 pandemic -- and by some for his descriptions of fluorinated water. But some of the environmental attorney's views are also receiving support from […]

Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The defense in the Daniel Penny manslaughter and negligent homicide case rested without their client taking the stand.Penny is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the May 2023 New York City subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man. Neely was acting erratically in a subway car when Penny put him in the deadly chokehold.Penny, a former Marine, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs appeared again in a New York City courtroom on Friday as he continues to fight for his release on bail in his racketeering and sex trafficking case.Combs' lawyers argued he should be released on bail and placed on home confinement in a three-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side under 24/7 monitoring by three full-time security professionals, while prosecutors said the hip-hop impresario "cannot […]

(NEW YORK) -- Jussie Smollett's attorney said the actor was "harmed substantially" after he was found guilty of lying about a 2019 hate crime in an interview with "GMA3" following the overturning of his conviction.The Illinois Supreme Court threw out the former "Empire" actor's conviction in a decision on Thursday after concluding that the state's prosecution was unfair due to an agreement that initially dropped the charges.Smollett was first indicted […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Texas Board of Education will vote Friday on whether to implement its new K-12 curriculum that calls for expanding Bible teachings in classrooms, after signaling its passage in a preliminary vote.The curriculum includes Biblical and Christian lessons about Moses, the story of the Good Samaritan, the Golden Rule, readings from The Book of Genesis, and more. The accuracy of the materials has come under scrutiny. For […]