A JetBlue flight landing at Logan Airport in Boston from Chicago rolled off the runway and on to the grass Thursday morning. Airport officials said there were no reports of injuries. The Airbus A220 arrived from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport just before noon. A photo taken by a passenger on …
Read More »Transgender student athlete medals in California track championships amid protests, scrutiny from Trump administration
A transgender teenager from Southern California competed in Saturday’s CIF track-and-field finals despite drawing national scrutiny and criticism from President Trump over her participation earlier in the week. AB Hernandez, a Jurupa Valley High School junior, competed in several events on Saturday after finishing as the top qualifier in the …
Read More »New York corrections officer pleads guilty in beating death of inmate Robert Brooks
A New York correction officer pleaded guilty Monday in the beating death of Robert Brooks. Brooks was beaten by officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9, 2024 while his hands were cuffed behind his back. The beating was caught on body camera video. Brooks died the next day. Christopher Walrath …
Read More »New York officers in beating of Robert Brooks Sr. indicted for murder by grand jury
Ten New York corrections employees have been indicted by a grand jury for the death of inmate Robert Brooks Sr. at Marcy Correctional Facility upstate. Brooks, 43, died the day after he was transferred from one prison to another in December 2024. His death was ruled a homicide after body camera …
Read More »Who is Daniel Penny? What we know about the Marine veteran acquitted in Jordan Neely’s subway death
NEW YORK — Daniel Penny has been acquitted in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely last spring on the New York City subway. A jury of five men and seven women weighed whether Penny was guilty of second-degree manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide in Neely’s death. The more serious manslaughter charge was thrown …
Read More »Man pleads guilty to terrorism charges in 2022 New Year’s Eve machete attack on NYPD officers
NEW YORK — A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges in a machete attack on three NYPD officers on New Year’s Eve in 2022, prosecutors said. Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts each of attempted murder of officers and employees of the …
Read More »Woman sentenced in murder of 5
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the murder of a 5-year-old boy from Atlanta, whose body was found in a suitcase in southern Indiana last year. Cairo Ammar Jordan’s body was found on April 16, 2022, in Washington County, …
Read More »Teen charged in Morgan State University mass shooting, second suspect identified
BALTIMORE — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the shooting of five people last week on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, police said Friday. A second suspect has been identified, too. The suspect, who was not identified due to his age, is charged with …
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