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(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in New York on Wednesday declined to appoint a special master to oversee the Justice Department's production of the remaining Epstein files, despite "legitimate concerns" about whether the DOJ is faithfully complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.The Dec. 19 deadline the law imposed for the release of all files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has come and gone, and at least two members of […]

Weekend Winter Storm - Friday, 6:00 PM CT Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- The South is bracing for a potentially major winter storm this weekend, impacting Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.The storm is still several days away, so exact timing and locations are not yet clear. But as of now, more than 30 million people are under a winter storm watch, from Dallas to Little Rock, […]

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- As soon as Wednesday afternoon, a Texas jury will begin deliberating whether a law enforcement officer should be held criminally responsible for failing to act in the face of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.After nine days of testimony, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of former Uvalde schools police officer Adrian Gonzales are scheduled to deliver their closing arguments in a […]

(PITTSBURGH) -- The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts available for public viewing for the first time.The exhibition, dubbed "The Stories We Keep," features items from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, museum's inventory that are typically not displayed, chosen by the researchers and curators who work to preserve them.Museum curators were inspired to create the exhibition in an effort to display […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's appointee as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, must stop using that title before the court or face disciplinary action."Ms. Halligan's continued identification of herself as the United States Attorney for this District ignores a binding court order and may not continue," the order from U.S. District Judge David Novak stated.  Judge Novak earlier this […]

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- Former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales could have suffered from "inattentive blindness" and "tunnel vision" when he responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting, a former officer testified for the defense on Tuesday.Former San Antonio police officer Willie Cantu said the jurors are unlikely to "understand just how bad" the tunnel vision could be during an emergency response.To describe "inattentive blindness," Cantu compared the […]

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- The Robb Elementary School gunman ducked behind a parked car when former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales initially drove by him, an eyewitness told jurors on Tuesday.That move, defense lawyers allege, prevented Gonzales from being able to clearly spot the gunman when he first arrived at the school on May 24, 2022.Claudia Rodriguez, a secretary at the funeral home that neighbored Robb, was the first witness […]

(EL PASO, Texas) -- An undocumented immigrant died while in custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, federal authorities said.Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, of Nicaragua, died of a "presumed suicide" on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent complex at the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss base in El Paso, ICE said Sunday. The official cause of death remains under investigation, the agency said.ICE […]

Bitter Cold - Tuesday AM Wind Chills Map. ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A major arctic blast is stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast, bringing dangerously cold weather to 43 million people.On Monday morning, the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- plunged to minus 30 degrees in Minneapolis; minus 27 degrees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; minus 22 degrees in Chicago; and minus 22 degrees in Green Bay, Wisconsin.The brutal Midwest wind chill continued on Tuesday morning, […]