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KABC (SIMI VALLEY, CA) -- A small, home-built kit airplane crashed in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday afternoon, damaging two homes, catching fire and killing two people onboard, officials said.The Vans RV-10 that crashed near High Meadow Street and Wood Ranch Parkway around 2:10 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.The pilot died in the crash, Ventura County Fire Department Public Information Officer Andrew Dowd told reporters at a news conference. […]

(CINCINNATI) -- Authorities in Ohio said a man "purposely" struck and killed a sheriff's deputy the day after his teen son was fatally shot by police.Rodney Hinton Jr. has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of the sheriff's deputy, who was struck Friday while directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati, according to authorities.Cincinnati police said Hinton is the father of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, who was shot and […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (BIG STONE GAP, Va.) -- Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison were stabbed by inmates in a "premeditated" attack Friday, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections.A total of five officers were injured at the prison in western Virginia during the attack, according to the department. The officers were transported for medical care outside the facility.Three officers have been discharged, the Virginia DOC said. Two […]

(WASHINGTON) -- An Abu Dhabi state-backed investment firm is making a major $2 billion investment in a crypto business deal that could serve as a major boost for Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial, according to Zach Witkoff, co-founder of World Liberty Financial.USD1, World Liberty Financial's so-called "stablecoin" -- a digital asset designed to maintain a stable value -- is expected to be used to complete Emirati investment firm […]

(WASHINGTON) -- On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a significant reorganization of his agency."EPA is creating the first-of-its-kind Office of State Air Partnerships within the Office of Air and Radiation. This office will be focused on working with, not against, state, local and tribal air permitting agencies […]

(NEW YORK) -- One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding the death of Read's boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, who was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022.Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, that Read struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside of a get-together at […]

(HENRY'S LAKE, Idaho) --Seven people were killed in a fiery crash between a van and a pickup truck on an eastern Idaho highway near Yellowstone National Park, officials said.The Mercedes passenger van -- which was operating as a tour vehicle -- collided with the Dodge Ram pickup around 7:15 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 20 near Henry's Lake, the Idaho State Police said. The van was traveling eastbound, toward Yellowstone […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office and began issuing a series of executive orders against organizations and law firms whose actions have opposed him, a longtime Washington, D.C., attorney is launching a new firm that aims in part to represent those who he says have been "unlawfully and inappropriately targeted" by the Trump administration.Attorney Abbe Lowell, who has represented high-profile clients including Hunter Biden and Jared Kushner, says the […]

(HOUSTON) -- Police in Houston are searching for a man who was been charged with allegedly impersonating a nurse and treating disabled people while working for two nursing agencies.Dazael Gloria, 33, is charged with practicing nursing with a fraudulent license, according to court records.Houston Police allege Gloria practiced nursing without a license at least three separate times in October 2024, according to a criminal complaint.He is also accused of presenting […]