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(LOS ANGELES) -- A soccer coach has been charged with murder after a 13-year-old on his team was reported missing by his family and later found dead, officials announced on Monday.Oscar Omar Hernandez, of the San Fernando Valley, was reported missing by his family on March 30 after he "failed to return home from visiting an acquaintance in Lancaster," Los Angeles police said last week.The teen had gone to visit […]

(HONOLULU, Hawaii) -- The doctor who is accused of trying to kill his wife on a Hawaii hiking trail pleaded not guilty on Monday during a court appearance via video conference.Gerhardt Konig's not guilty plea is "a substantive response to the allegation that he tried to kill his wife," his attorney, Thomas Otake, said in a statement, according to Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV."There are two sides to every story, and thus far only […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Karen Read has filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay of her retrial -- which has begun jury selection -- pending review by the high court on her claims of constitutional violation."Read’s Petition contends that her scheduled retrial on two of the three counts pending against her, including a charge of second-degree murder, will violate the Double Jeopardy Clause because the jury in her first […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A former law clerk to the federal judge who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer Todd Blanche, who is now serving as the nation's number-two law enforcement official.Christopher-James DeLorenz has been serving as a Counsel in the Deputy Attorney General's office since President Trump took office in January, according to officials and […]

(BOSTON) -- At this year's Boston Marathon, 12 years after the deadly marathon bombing, law enforcement will be watching "a broad set of potential soft targets for an attack," according to a bulletin obtained by ABC News.About 30,000 runners are participating in the April 21 race and another half-million spectators are expected along the route.According to the bulletin, congested areas where the largest amount of people gather -- particularly designated […]

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- The rain may have stopped, but Kentucky's governor warned the danger isn't over from the four days of deadly storms that devastated the central U.S. with catastrophic flooding and destructive tornadoes.Many roads remain flooded and some rivers and creeks are at or above flood stage, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Monday."Do not drive through water, do not move barricades," Beshear pleaded.He stressed that even when […]

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (HONOLULU) -- A Hawaii man was arrested for allegedly trapping an elderly woman in her car for several days and later forcing her to withdraw money from her bank account, according to the Honolulu Police Department.On March 30, officials received reports of a kidnapping incident occurring in the Kailua and Kaneohe area, police said.The suspect, a 22-year-old male, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly restraining a 78-year-old […]

mbbirdy/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- An 80-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing another man in a turkey hunting incident in Northern California, authorities said.The 65-year-old victim was shot once on Sunday morning while turkey hunting at the Fremont Weir Wildlife Area, which is about 20 miles north of Sacramento, the Sutter County Sheriff's Office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The suspect, 80-year-old John Lee, […]

(CHANDLER, AZ) -- Lori Daybell, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, is now on trial in Arizona on allegations she conspired to also kill her fourth husband.Opening statements are scheduled to start Monday in Maricopa County in the 51-year-old's latest trial. She is representing herself and has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.The trial is scheduled through mid-May.She was indicted by a […]