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(LOS ANGELES) -- Charges have been upgraded to murder against a man who allegedly attacked and repeatedly stabbed a social worker last week inside a San Francisco hospital after first allegedly threatening a doctor, according to prosecutors.The charges against Wilfredo Jose Tortolero Arriechi, 34, were amended from attempted murder to murder on Monday after the victim died on Saturday, two days after he was stabbed repeatedly inside Zuckerberg San Francisco […]

Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 8, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Yang-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- One year after his arrest on Dec. 9, 2024, the pretrial hearing in the case of accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione enters its fifth day in a lower Manhattan courtroom.Attorneys for Mangione, who is accused […]

(PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.) -- A 6-year-old girl died after she was injured in a go-kart accident at a trampoline adventure park in Florida, police said.First responders were dispatched to an Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park in Port St. Lucie on Saturday shortly before 9 p.m. for a "medical run" after staff at the facility reported a go-kart accident involving a child, according to local police.The girl was airlifted […]

(NEW YORK) -- An asylum seeker who fled Afghanistan last year after being persecuted by the Taliban is at risk of being deported back to his home country, according to his attorney.  Attorney Elora Mukherjee told ABC News that despite having no criminal record and having future asylum hearings scheduled, her client was apprehended by immigration authorities last Wednesday during a routine "check in" at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. Mukherjee and […]

(NEW YORK) -- A former South Carolina court clerk who served during the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges stemming from the case -- including for releasing sealed court exhibits to the press and then lying about it, and over the promotion of her book about the high-profile trial.Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, perjury and misconduct […]

(NEW YORK) -- After a three-month battle over the legality of her appointment, Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.She announced her resignation as U.S. attorney in a social media post on Monday. She will remain serving as "Senior Adviser to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys."The resignation comes after a protracted legal fight about whether she could serve […]

(PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.) -- A 6-year-old girl died after she was injured at a trampoline adventure park in Florida, police said.First responders were dispatched to an Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park in Port St. Lucie on Saturday for a "medical run" involving the child, according to local police.The girl died from her injuries on Sunday, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department."The investigation is still active and […]

(NEW YORK) -- A police officer who searched accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione's backpack when he was apprehended at an Pennsylvania McDonald's took the stand on Monday for the fourth day of a crucial pretrial hearing in which Mangione's defense lawyers are trying to exclude from trial critical evidence that they say was illegally seized from his backpack without a warrant."Holly Jolly Christmas" was playing in the Altoona McDonald's on […]

(NEW YORK) - A police officer who searched accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione's backpack when he was apprehended at an Pennsylvania McDonald's took the stand on Monday for the fourth day of a crucial pretrial hearing in which Mangione's defense lawyers are trying to exclude from trial critical evidence that they say was illegally seized from his backpack without a warrant."Holly Jolly Christmas" was playing in the Altoona McDonald's on Dec. 9, […]