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Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre call on President Biden to open investigation into 1921 attack

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(TULSA, Okla.) -- Two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are calling on President Joe Biden to open an investigation into the deadly attack following the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision last month to dismiss the survivors’ lawsuit that sought reparations.Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, made a plea to the Biden administration on Tuesday to invoke the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007, which allows for cold cases of violent crimes […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect rejects plea deal ahead of state trial

Sean Gallup/Getty Images(CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y.) -- The New Jersey man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage at a speaking event in 2022 rejected a plea deal that involved state and potential federal charges, attorneys said Tuesday.Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York in August 2022 in what prosecutors said was a "preplanned" attack.Hadi Matar was charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault in connection with the attack. He has pleaded not […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Husband of missing Arizona woman arrested for assault as search continues

Flagstaff Police Department(FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) -- The husband of a missing Arizona woman has been arrested for assault as the search for her continues, police said.Kelly Paduchowski, 45, was reported missing Sunday evening, according to the Flagstaff Police Department. Paduchowski had gone for a run and swim at Campbell Mesa Trail at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to authorities.Her white Mazda CX-5 was located at the trailhead, Flagstaff police said.The Flagstaff Police Department said they arrested her husband, 58-year-old Daniel […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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LGBTQ+ residents find safe haven in Arkansas town steeped in history

ABCNews.com(EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.) -- A small town in Arkansas boasts a statue of Jesus, 7 stories tall, arms outstretched over a community dotted year-round with Pride flags.Eureka Springs is a town that welcomes all, a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. It has made history as one of the first towns in the South where gay couples have legally married.One of those was Zeek Taylor and Dick Titus, who are widely considered the first male married couple in the South. […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Manhattan DA says he wouldn’t oppose Trump’s request to have his hush money conviction tossed

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan district attorney’s office said Tuesday it would not oppose former President Donald Trump’s request to file a motion arguing that his conviction should be tossed, a move that will almost certainly delay Trump’s sentencing, which is currently set for July 11.“Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion,” assistant district […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Rudy Giuliani disbarred over ‘false and misleading’ statements on 2020 election

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rudy Giuliani's association with former President Donald Trump has cost him his law license.Giuliani has been disbarred, according to a decision handed down Tuesday by the Appellate Division First Department in New York.The ruling is a consequence of Giuliani's "demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump's failed effort at reelection […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Person of interest taken into custody for attempted rape of Central Park sunbather: Sources

James C Hooper/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A person of interest has been taken into custody for the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police sources told ABC News.The man, who has not been identified, has not been charged in the June 24 attempted sexual assault of a woman, but the sources said DNA links him to the incident.The 21-year-old woman was alone and sunbathing in the Great Hill section of the park when a man […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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Newly released grand jury documents in Epstein case reveal alleged victims accused of prostitution

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A grand jury in Palm Beach County on July 19, 2006, heard from two alleged underage victims of Jeffrey Epstein, two police officers and an investigator with the state's attorney's office in a proceeding that lasted less than four hours, according to newly unsealed transcripts released by a judge in Florida.During the testimony of the two alleged victims, each was confronted with questions about whether they understood that they had engaged in prostitution and could […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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New details emerge in police shooting of 13-year-old New York boy

ABC News(UTICA, N.Y.) -- As the family of a 13-year-old boy who was killed by police in Utica, New York, demanded justice, the city's police chief alleged Monday that the teenager had a realistic-looking replica gun still in his hand when he was shot.The boy, identified as Nyah Mway, was shot once in the chest by a Utica police officer on Friday night after he and a friend were stopped on a street by officers investigating a robbery pattern, officials […]

todayJuly 1, 2024

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