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(NEW YORK) -- Righteous Torrance "Chevy" Hill had great plans for his future, cut short by a fatal shooting in front of his own home in February.Hill, a transgender man, left behind a budding legacy of activism as the founder of an LGBTQ-focused salon and barber shop called Evollusion. The salon was born out of his desire for a space where he and other clients weren't faced with uncomfortable or […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man accused of killing three people in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan made his first appearance in court on Tuesday.Ramon Rivera, 51, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, according to the New York Police Department. He confessed to the killings during questioning, according to police sources.The judge on Tuesday granted the prosecution's request for remand. Rivera is set to return to court on Nov. 22.The attacks […]

KABC (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Police and relatives are pleading with the public to help find the driver who struck and killed a father of three in a hit-and-run in Los Angeles.Oscar Guardado was riding his bike home in south Los Angeles when he was hit by a car just before 10 p.m. on Oct. 27, the Los Angeles Police Department said.The driver fled and Guardado, 42, was pronounced dead […]

(PHOENIX, Ariz) -- A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was violently arrested by two Phoenix police officers in August said he tried to alert the officers that he was deaf before they repeatedly punched and tasered him for an alleged crime he had been falsely accused of by another suspect.Records show that the incident occurred when officers were dispatched to investigate a report of a man causing problems […]

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The last moments before Laken Riley was killed while out on a run on the University of Georgia's campus were shown in court Tuesday on the third day of the trial involving the murder of the 22-year-old nursing student.The Augusta University student was found dead in a wooded area on the Athens campus on Feb. 22.Jose Ibarra, 26, is accused of murdering Riley after prosecutors said she […]

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday they would oppose President-elect Trump's attempt to dismiss his criminal hush money conviction in New York -- but they told the judge they do not object to pausing the case.The DA's office faced a Tuesday deadline to propose the next steps in the case after the "unprecedented circumstances" of the former president's election following his conviction on 34 […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A hacker gained access to an online secure document-sharing file between attorneys involved in a civil lawsuit brought by a close friend of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to sources familiar with the matter.Documents including unredacted depositions from key witnesses in the case are believed to have been taken, sources said.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright […]

(NEW YORK) -- Meteorology may have come a long way since its inception, but it is not possible for anyone -- whether it be the government, scientists or billionaires -- to control the weather, according to experts.The desert region of Dubai received a record-breaking amount of rain -- two year's worth in 24 hours -- in April. Ever since, every time a flash flooding event occurs, ABC New Chief Meteorologist and Managing […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has seen a significant increase in the use of clean energy over the last few years; however, Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of energy, has claimed otherwise.Wright, chief executive of Liberty Energy -- the world’s second-largest fracking services company -- has made several comments chastising efforts to fight climate change. One example is a video he posted to LinkedIn last year in which he denies […]