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Trump seeks dismissal of hush money conviction on immunity grounds

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- President-elect Donald Trump's criminal hush money conviction in New York must be dismissed "to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power," Trump's defense attorneys argued Wednesday in a letter to the court.Defense attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove -- both of... Read More.

Grad student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) -- Madyson Barber, a grad student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was researching young transiting systems in space when she made a remarkable discovery.Barber used data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to observe the brightness of... Read More.

Texas land commissioner offers 1,402 acres to Trump for deportation facilities

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres it purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used in a mass deportation operation.In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, Buckingham said she's offering the land "to be... Read More.

Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty of all counts in campus killing

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus was found guilty on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder.Prosecutors called the evidence against the suspect "overwhelming," while the defense raised the theory that the... Read More.

Exclusive: Death row inmate Melissa Lucio speaks out after judge finds her innocent in daughters death

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Melissa Lucio, the death row inmate who was convicted of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, is speaking out in an exclusive statement and audio recording to ABC News for the first time since a judge found last month that... Read More.

Bomb cyclone impacts West Coast, 1 dead in Washington state

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

One person was killed and two were injured by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm moved into the Pacific Northwest.In Lynwood, a woman in her 50s was killed when a tree fell on a homeless encampment Tuesday night. In Puget Sound,... Read More.

Gun violence becomes growing concern for transgender community

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Righteous Torrance "Chevy" Hill had great plans for his future, cut short by a fatal shooting in front of his own home in February.Hill, a transgender man, left behind a budding legacy of activism as the founder of an LGBTQ-focused salon... Read More.

Daughter desperate to find driver who killed dad in hit-and-run: Please come clean

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Police and relatives are pleading with the public to help find the driver who struck and killed a father of three in a hit-and-run in Los Angeles.Oscar Guardado was riding his bike home in south Los Angeles when he was... Read More.

Suspect in random Manhattan stabbing spree appears in court on murder charges

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A man accused of killing three people in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan made his first appearance in court on Tuesday.Ramon Rivera, 51, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, according to the New York Police Department. He confessed to the killings... Read More.

Deaf man with cerebral palsy said he tried to communicate with officers before violent arrest

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(PHOENIX, Ariz) -- A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was violently arrested by two Phoenix police officers in August said he tried to alert the officers that he was deaf before they repeatedly punched and tasered him for an alleged crime he... Read More.

Laken Rileys last moments retraced during trial on Georgia nursing students murder

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The last moments before Laken Riley was killed while out on a run on the University of Georgia's campus were shown in court Tuesday on the third day of the trial involving the murder of the 22-year-old nursing student.The Augusta University... Read More.

Prosecutors in Trump hush money case oppose dismissal, but are OK pausing case

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday they would oppose President-elect Trump's attempt to dismiss his criminal hush money conviction in New York -- but they told the judge they do not object to pausing the case.The DA's office... Read More.

Trump seeks dismissal of hush money conviction on immunity grounds

Grad student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say

Texas land commissioner offers 1,402 acres to Trump for deportation facilities

Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty of all counts in campus killing

Exclusive: Death row inmate Melissa Lucio speaks out after judge finds her innocent in daughters death

Bomb cyclone impacts West Coast, 1 dead in Washington state

Gun violence becomes growing concern for transgender community

Daughter desperate to find driver who killed dad in hit-and-run: Please come clean

Suspect in random Manhattan stabbing spree appears in court on murder charges

Deaf man with cerebral palsy said he tried to communicate with officers before violent arrest

Laken Rileys last moments retraced during trial on Georgia nursing students murder

Prosecutors in Trump hush money case oppose dismissal, but are OK pausing case

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