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Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during the weekly Angelus prayer, Oct. 29, 2023, in The Vatican. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis stunned the Catholic world on Monday by making a tweak to the Vatican policy concerning same-sex couples. Catholic priests can […]
Former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidates and lawmakers fell in line behind former President Donald Trump after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he was disqualified from appearing on the state’s […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two New York lawmakers are pushing to expand a law that prohibits convicts from profiting from their crime to also prevent spouses from profiting after the estranged wife of the Gilgo Beach murder suspect signed a deal with a production company. New York’s Son of Sam law — named […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A powerful rain storm is hitting the California coast causing dangerous travel conditions as the holiday rush begins. Significant travel delays and road closures are likely, as there’s a high risk of road flooding, especially in low-lying areas. Mudslides are also possible. The storm will last from Wednesday to Friday. Two […]
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced its first-ever predatory mortgage lending lawsuit against a Houston-based developer they accuse of swindling tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers into buying flood-prone homes with loans that were designed to fail. Officials say Colony Ridge used targeted ads on TikTok to appeal to […]
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A local news helicopter operated by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in New Jersey, killing two people on board, the station said. A pilot and photographer were on board Chopper 6 when it crashed in Washington Township, WPVI reported. The pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith, and […]
Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Massachusetts Conference For Women (BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu publicly apologized to two Black men who were wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a pregnant white woman. Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson were initially implicated in the murder of 30-year-old Carol Stuart, after her husband, Charles Stuart, told the police […]
Michigan State Police (DETROIT) — A Detroit police officer was charged with manslaughter for allegedly punching a 71-year-old man who prosecutors say then fell and hit his head and died from his injuries several weeks later. Juwan Marquise-Alexander Brown, 29, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday morning. Brown said only his name during the hearing, […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, […]
U.S. Marshals Service via AP (NEW YORK) — Fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, was arrested and returned to the U.S. Wednesday as part of a detainee exchange with Venezuela. Francis, a Malaysian defense contractor, was behind one of the largest bribery […]
