LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alleged leader of a Los Angeles street gang who's accused of murder, kidnapping and extortion appeared in court Thursday afternoon, a day after he posted a video declaring his innocence before surrendering to federal authorities. Eugene Henley Jr., known as "Big U," was ...
BOSTON (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused of throwing a pipe bomb at the Massachusetts headquarters of a group called The Satanic Temple pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins changed an earlier plea of not guilty on one count of using an explosive to ...
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the Francis Scott Key Bridge was at significant risk of collapse from a ship strike long before its demise ...
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Two men escaped from a Denver area immigration detention center apparently after its back doors opened during a power outage, police said. Despite claims by immigration officials, police in Aurora said they weren't notified until early ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees to El Salvador did not violate his court order in a growing showdown between the judicial and executive branches. U.S. District Judge Jeb ...
By OLIVIA DIAZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump Administration and accused of spreading Hamas propaganda in the latest battle over speech on ...
By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Thursday rejected claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn't appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and said that any lies they told ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee's demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An 80-year-old man shot and killed his wife and son before fatally shooting himself in their South Florida home, sheriff's officials said Thursday. Broward County sheriff's deputies went to the Pompano Beach home on Wednesday evening to conduct a welfare check. ...
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what's called an inferior conjunction. But don't plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot without special equipment and a trained eye. "The ...