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Los Angeles brush fires latest: 2 blazes threaten structures, prompt evacuation

Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Two fast-moving brush fires erupted Tuesday in Los Angeles as dangerous wind conditions and unseasonably dry, warm weather sweep Southern California.A currently 200-acre fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood was first reported before 11:00 a.m. local time and quickly prompted evacuations across the region and into Malibu.The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area between Piedra Morada Drive and Pacific Coast Highway.A separate brush fire […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Man arrested for making violent antisemitic threats online: Police

Beverly Police Department(BEVERLY, Mass.) -- A Massachusetts man has been arrested after police said he made violent antisemitic posts online.Matthew Scouras, 34, allegedly "posted threats to rape Jewish women and encouraged other users of the site to shoot people outside of synagogues," according to the Beverly Police Department.Police said the FBI notified them Thursday of the threats posted to an online message board.A search of Scouras' home turned up a Nazi flag, a ghost gun, six boxes of ammunition, other firearm […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Suspect in New York City subway burning death pleads not guilty to murder charge

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges.The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who police said is an undocumented migrant from Guatemala, appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court and pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree murder and arson stemming from the horrific killing of Debrina Kawam, who police said was homeless and sleeping […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Alleged racist rants of Yellowstone park shooter uncovered in new court filing

Obtained by ABC News(CANYON VILLAGE, Wyo.) -- In a new court filing, federal prosecutors allege the suspect who took a hostage and got into a shootout with Yellowstone National Park rangers in July ranted that he "refuse[s] to fraternize with race-traitors that support non-whites or Jews."The Wyoming U.S. Attorney made the filing on Monday in an attempt to gain ownership over the suspect's guns and vehicles, which are in the possession of the federal government but not owned by them. In the […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Special counsel responds after Trump co-defendants ask judge to block release of report

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special Counsel Jack Smith issued his first response Tuesday to an effort by Donald Trump's co-defendants to have the judge who tossed his classified documents case issue an emergency order blocking Smith's final report on the investigation.Lawyers for Trump's former co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, asked Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the case in July after deeming Smith's appointment unconstitutional -- to issue an order barring Attorney General Merrick Garland from publicly releasing […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Trump files 500-page lawsuit against judge, Manhattan DA in bid to halt hush money sentencing

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Donald Trump's legal blitz to halt his sentencing in his criminal hush money case in New York continued Tuesday morning with his lawyers filing a 502-page lawsuit against Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.Trump's lawyers asked a New York appeals court to stop the proceedings in the president-elect's hush money case -- including his Jan. 10 sentencing -- and to dismiss his conviction outright based on a claim of presidential immunity."Justice Merchan's erroneous decisions […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Congress to gather for ceremony in DC

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.Carter to head to DC for services at Capitol, Washington National CathedralFormer President Jimmy Carter's remains will be escorted from the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for the […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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2 found dead in JetBlue landing gear compartment after flight, airline says

Mario Tama/Getty Images(FORT LAUDERDALE, FL) -- Two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday.The bodies, which have not yet been publicly identified, were discovered Monday evening during a "routine post-flight maintenance inspection," the airline said."At this time, the identities of the individuals and the circumstances surrounding how they accessed the aircraft remain under investigation," JetBlue said. "This is a […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Cold weather alerts from New Mexico to Florida, with another winter storm expected

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The snow and ice that fell during the winter story is not expected to go anywhere for days, as temperatures remain at or below freezing for many and four states may see soon get another storm.Cold Weather alerts and Freeze alerts issued from New Mexico to Florida. Wind chills are near 20 degrees all the way south to the Gulf Coast and are in the 30s in Florida.The major winter storm that brought heavy snow […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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