Federal jury clears Lil Durk in murder-for-hire case tied to rapper rivalry
A Los Angeles federal jury acquitted Chicago rapper Lil Durk on all charges in a murder-for-hire plot targeting rival Quando Rondo, but two co-defendants were convicted, and prosecutors say a second trial awaits. Durk Banks, the 33-year-old Grammy winner known as Lil Durk, walked away from conspirac...
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Mississippi police arrest man in hanging death of Tasia Fortune
Jackson, Mississippi, police arrested a 51-year-old man on a murder charge in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black mother of four whose body was found hanging from a tree in early August, and the police chief says more arrests are coming. Jarques Ratliff was taken into custody Friday afte...
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Lindsay Clancy juror says panel 'let down' defendant after mistrial ends in 11-1 deadlock
A juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts says she believes the jury "let down Lindsay" after a single holdout prevented a unanimous verdict, and now Clancy's defense team is asking a judge to block any retrial. The juror, identified only as Paula, 65, told WCVB that the panel's ...
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Iran strikes U.S. air base in Jordan hours after Trump warns Tehran 'not to get cute'
Iran launched a barrage of strikes on a key American air base in Jordan, damaging nine U.S. aircraft and costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, just hours after President Trump publicly warned Tehran against provocative activity at a suspected nuclear site. The attack hit Muwaffaq Salti Air ...
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Seattle's interim police chief draws mockery for calling shooting suspects 'trigger pullers' after deadly Labor Day weekend
Three people died and three more were severely wounded in separate Seattle shootings over Labor Day weekend, but the city's interim police chief grabbed national attention for what he called the suspects, "trigger pullers." Interim Chief Andre Sayles held a public briefing on Monday, September 7, to...
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Two dead, two critically wounded in Gastonia, North Carolina home shooting as police identify person of interest
A Thursday morning 911 call led police to four gunshot victims inside a suburban North Carolina home, two of them already dead, and investigators now say all parties involved knew each other. Gaston County Police rushed to a single-family home at 2661 Forbes Road in Gastonia after a caller reported ...
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Police name five killed in Amazon Prime Air cargo crash at Miami International Airport
Miami-Dade authorities have identified all five people killed when an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 overran a runway and plowed into vehicles on and off airport property, and the NTSB is now pressing to find out why the jet couldn't stop. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released the names o...
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Pirro refuses to address Reflecting Pool case as judge weighs permanent dismissal
D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro shut down reporters at least three times Wednesday when they pressed her on the dismissed vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, a case President Trump himself has urged her to revisit. Pirro held the news conference at her Washington office to announce ...
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Marc Andersen emerges as leading contender for Army secretary amid Pentagon leadership vacuum
A Pentagon finance official with a 22-year career at one of the world's largest accounting firms is quietly building support for the Army's top civilian job, and his backers are making their case in public, an unusual move that signals how unsettled Army leadership has become. Marc Andersen, the ass...
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Air Force wants drone swarms launched from cargo planes to defend bases overseas
The U.S. Air Force is soliciting small businesses to develop AI-controlled drone swarms deployable from cargo aircraft, a capability born from hard lessons learned when Iranian strikes destroyed American planes parked at Persian Gulf bases. The Air Force issued a Small Business Innovation Research s...
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