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Milwaukee judge found guilty of felony obstruction in helping undocumented man evade arrest

Friday, December 19 by ABC News

(MILWAUKEE) -- A Wisconsin judge accused of concealing an undocumented man to prevent his arrest by immigration authorities was found guilty of felony obstruction, according to ABC Milwaukee affiliate WISN, which was in the courtroom for the trial.Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Read More.

After years of speculation, DOJ to release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files documents

Friday, December 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- After years of legal battles and online speculation, the Justice Department on Friday is set to release what a top DOJ official says are "several hundred thousand" documents from the investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whose connection to... Read More.

New details emerge on Brown and MIT shooting suspect after dayslong manhunt

Friday, December 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New details about how police caught up to Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the 48-year-old former Brown graduate student who perpetrated a mass shooting at Brown University and killed an MIT professor, have emerged after a dayslong manhunt where he made a... Read More.

Brown University and MIT shooting suspect found dead; identified as former grad student

Friday, December 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others wounded was found dead Thursday -- and authorities said he is the same man who gunned down an MIT professor two days after... Read More.

Trump signs executive order easing marijuana restrictions by reclassifying drug

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Currently, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug, the most restrictive federal category that includes heroin and LSD.Under this change, it moves to a Schedule... Read More.

Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family dead in small plane crash in North Carolina: Officials

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(NORTH CAROLINA) -- Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and members of his family died when a small plane crashed and caught fire during landing at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Thursday, according to the family and officials.The North Carolina Highway Patrol... Read More.

US launches new strike on alleged drug boat, bringing total death toll to 99

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

LONDON -- U.S. Southern Command announced on Wednesday that American forces struck another alleged drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people the command described as "narco-terrorists."Wednesday's strike was the 26th since such operations began on Sept. 2. The total death toll as... Read More.

House Democrats release another batch of Epstein photos

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- One day before the deadline for the Justice Department to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday publicly disclosed another batch of photographs provided by the late financier's estate in... Read More.

Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing concludes as judge says he’ll issue ruling on evidence in May

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The evidence suppression hearing in the case against accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione concluded Thursday after the defense signaled it would call no witnesses."The defense rests," defense attorney Karen Agnifilo said after prosecutors indicated they, too, rested.The nine-day hearing... Read More.

US admits failures in deadly mid-air crash at DC’s Reagan National Airport

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. government admitted some failures and accepted liability for its role in the deadly Jan. 29 mid-air crash over the Potomac River between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter, according to a filing in a civil suit, but pushed back... Read More.

For the 1st time ever, a person who uses a wheelchair will fly to space

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an internationally recognized boundary of space that's 62 miles above Earth, on its next mission.On Thursday, a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket... Read More.

Brian Walshe set to be sentenced for murdering and dismembering wife

Thursday, December 18 by ABC News

(DEDHAM, Mass.) -- Brian Walshe is set to be sentenced on Thursday after a Massachusetts jury found him guilty of killing and dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children.His wife, Ana Walshe, went missing on Jan. 1, 2023, at the age of... Read More.