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Judge's gavel (SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- In what has become a recurring legal battle for the Trump administration, a panel of judges is hearing arguments Friday about the legality of new tariffs that a policy research center says contribute to costing every household about $1,000.A group of plaintiffs -- including 24 states, the toy company behind Care Bears and Lincoln Logs, and a spice importer -- argue that the Trump […]

(GLYNCO, Ga.) -- A Secret Service agent in training who previously worked as an analyst with the presidential protection team was arrested this week on charges of felony eavesdropping at the nation's premiere federal law enforcement training academy.Police reports from Glynn County, Georgia, said the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center student, Joel Lara Canvasser, secretly filmed his suitemate's every move with a spy camera hidden in a phone charger. Canvasser […]

(NEW YORK) -- Meta is failing to remove imposter accounts from its Facebook and WhatsApp platforms that "have led to tens of thousands of dollars of fraudulent transfers" in a growing scam across the country, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.Bragg is the latest prosecutor to go public with criticism of Meta for failing to protect the public from criminals lurking on its social media platforms. New Mexico recently […]

Kristin Ramsey, 53, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Okland. (West Des Moines Police) (WEST DES MOINES, Iowa) -- The woman accused in the 2011 cold case murder of an Iowa real estate agent was allegedly spotted by a witness outside the crime scene just after the fatal gunshots, according to new court documents.Kristin Ramsey, 53, was arrested last month for first-degree murder in the April 8, 2011, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Amid red-flag fire danger alerts issued for parts of New York and a forecast of potential flooding for Hawaii, the weather is expected to cooperate for Friday's historic Artemis II splashdown off the coast of Southern California.The National Weather Service (NWS) issued red-flag alerts on Thursday for several counties in upstate New York, including much of the Hudson Valley stretching from Albany to Westchester County.The red-flag alerts […]

(PHILADELPHIA) -- One person is dead and another two remain unaccounted for after a seven-story parking garage under construction in Philadelphia partially collapsed, officials said.A search and rescue operation is ongoing for the two individuals following Wednesday's partial collapse, in what Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker called a "complex process" due to the instability of the structure."We will not rest until everyone is accounted for from this tragedy," Parker said at […]

(NEW YORK) -- Admitted Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killer Rex Heuermann was linked to one of his victims, Megan Waterman, by the distinct pattern on a Bounty paper towel, according to the district attorney.In court on Wednesday, Heuermann changed his plea to guilty and admitted to the murders of eight women: Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Karen Vergata.Prosecutors said the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Nine months after a New York jury convicted Sean "Diddy" Combs of transporting prostitutes across state lines for drug-fueled sex parties, the hip-hop mogul is set to appear in a federal appeals court on Thursday to challenge his lengthy prison sentence.Acquitted last year of the more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, Combs argues that the judge imposed an overly harsh sentence by considering the […]

(NEW YORK) -- The status of several threatened species has been downgraded to endangered, and climate change is to blame, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.The Red List of Threatened Species, which was updated by the IUCN on Thursday, now includes the Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal on its endangered list.The IUCN is the world’s largest environmental network and provides scientific, data-driven expertise on biodiversity conservation.The […]