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(NEW YORK) -- It may be the best time of year for stargazers to witness meteors blazing through the night sky.Late July will offer the chance to witness three separate meteor shower events happening at the same time, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS).Adding to the sky show, the moon will be in the evening sky and set before meteor activity is strongest, meaning its brightness won't diminish the […]

(NORTH PORT, Fla.) -- Three men were arrested after posing as Amazon delivery drivers in order to gain entry and ransack a home in Florida, according to the North Port Police Department.The three suspects -- Robert St. Germain, Anton Bradley Brown and Adlet Javon Francis -- are now in custody after being involved in a "targeted armed home invasion" that occurred in May, police announced on Wednesday.Back on May 23 […]

(NEW YORK) -- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said at a hearing Thursday that he will follow up on a former DOJ official's allegations that Trump administration officials suggested defying orders from courts in order to enforce the administration's immigration policies.The development came at the start of a hearing in which Boasberg was seeking to determine what due process rights were due to more than 250 Venezuelan nationals who were released to their […]

(BOISE, Idaho) -- Though the motive behind University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger's violent attack remains unknown, the former police chief says "new information could come out still.""There’s always cases that, you know, 10 years later, somebody says something," James Fry, who was the Moscow police chief at the time of the murders, told ABC News moments after Kohberger was sentenced to life behind bars on Wednesday.After nearly three years […]

(NEW YORK) -- At least 130 million people from Texas to Maine are under alert for dangerous heat and humidity over the next few days.Hot and sticky temperatures will make it feel as high as 115 degrees in parts of the Mississippi River Valley. Even Niagara Falls will get no relief from the sweltering conditions; the tourist destination will feel like the mid-to-upper 90s on Thursday.The heat index in Chicago, […]

Martin County Sheriff's Office (MARTIN COUNTY, Fla.) -- A woman was attacked by an alligator while swimming in waist-deep water with her boyfriend and dog in Florida, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office.The attack occurred on Wednesday, when the 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend took their boat out in the South Fork of the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida, the sheriff's office said in a statement.While the two […]

(NEW YORK) -- One week after more than 250 Venezuelan nationals were released to their home country from a mega-prison in El Salvador, a federal judge is holding a hearing Thursday to determine what due process rights the men may be entitled to after they were removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.In June, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the men, who were then being held […]

Cheng Xin/Getty Images UnitedHealth Group faces a criminal and civil investigation from the Department of Justice, the company disclosed on Thursday.The company in an SEC filing said it was complying with the requests from the DOJ. UnitedHealth said it reached out "proactively" to the DOJ after media reports about a probe into its Medicare practices."The Company has now begun complying with formal criminal and civil requests from the Department. The […]

(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University has agreed to pay $200 million over the next three years to resolve claims it discriminated against Jewish students -- an agreement the university said will restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants the Trump administration had terminated or paused earlier this year."While Columbia does not admit to wrongdoing with this resolution agreement, the institution's leaders have recognized, repeatedly, that Jewish students and […]