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Suspect in killings of Minnesota first responders had been banned for life from possessing firearms

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The gunman suspected in the fatal shootings of two Minnesota police officers and a paramedic during a domestic violence standoff in a Minneapolis suburb was serving a lifetime ban from possessing firearms at the time of the deadly encounter, according to court documents.The suspect, 38-year-old Shannon Cortez Gooden, was issued the lifetime firearms ban following a 2008 conviction for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon in Dakota County, Minnesota, according to court records reviewed by […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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Raskin blasts GOP’s top Biden impeachment witness Tony Bobulinski over interview with Oversight panel

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, slammed Tony Bobulinski, one of House Republicans' top witnesses in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in a letter first obtained by ABC News.Bobulinski, a onetime business associate of Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden who has since become a critic of the Biden family, appeared last week before the Oversight Committee, where he reiterated claims he made during the 2020 election that Joe […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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Detroit man awarded $10 million after wrongful conviction

Wolf Mueller Law(DETROIT) -- A man who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for over six years was awarded $10 million in damages by a jury in Detroit.Alexandre Ansari, who was awarded last Friday, was wrongfully serving a life sentence over claims that in 2012 he shot and killed Ileana Cuevas, a 15-year-old girl, and wounded two others in Detroit, according to a lawsuit filed by Ansari in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division."Once I got […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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Fani Willis ethics case may reverberate long after judge decision: Experts

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on Feb. 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Over the last few weeks, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the prosecution against former President Donald Trump and his allies over alleged election interference in Georgia, has been put on the hot seat after she was accused […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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Powerful storm continues to slam California with rain, snow, wind

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A flood watch remains in effect Tuesday across California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, as a powerful storm continues to unleash rain, snow and wind on much of the West Coast.The south-central California counties of Santa Barabara and Ventura have seen the most rainfall so far, with 8 to 11 inches accumulating over the past three days. Areas further south in the Golden State have been somewhat spared but are […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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83-year-old convicted robber back behind bars in new series of bank heists

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An 83-year-old man imprisoned for more than three decades for a string of 1980s bank robberies is back behind bars, according to federal officials.Donald "Doc" Bennett, once dubbed by the FBI as the "leaping bandit" for jumping over counters in his younger days during bank robberies, was arrested hours after allegedly holding up Chase bank in Hickory Hills, Illinois, on Valentine's Day with an accomplice identified as 55-year-old Edward Binert, according to a federal criminal complaint […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley National Park is here to stay — for now, rangers say

This series of images compares the desert basin before flooding (left) with its more-waterlogged state following each major storm. In both August 2023 (middle) and February 2024 (right), a shallow lake several kilometers across fills in the low-lying salt flat. CREDIT: NASA Earth Observatory(NEW YORK) -- An ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley National Park last year will stick around for longer than initially expected now that several rounds of extreme rain have poured through Southern California, according to […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Cyclists ‘fight off’ cougar, save friend being mauled: Washington Police

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A group of cyclists saved a fellow rider's life by fighting off a cougar that attacked her over the holiday weekend on a suburban Seattle trail, according to authorities.The scary wildlife-human encounter happened Saturday near Fall City, Washington, about 25 miles southeast of Seattle and left the 60-year-old rider hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.Four other cyclists were hurt when they rushed to save the woman, who suffered […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Suspect in custody in double murder at University of Colorado

CREDIT: Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A suspect was taken into custody Monday in connection with a double homicide at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, according to police.The two victims were found shot dead in a dorm room on Friday, police said.The shootings appeared to be "an isolated incident between individuals who were known to one another and not a random attack against the school or other students at the university," Colorado Springs police said in a statement.Police […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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