(NEW YORK) -- Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein appealed his rape conviction Monday, arguing he was made a “media villain” and tried in a “highly volatile and prejudicial atmosphere” that failed to safeguard his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury. Weinstein, once a powerful figure in Hollywood,…
(NEW YORK) -- NASA confirmed Monday that its Ingenuity helicopter had survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, and is now in the final stages of preparation for its history-making liftoff on another planet. The Ingenuity helicopter officially detached from its position on the belly of…
(LOS ANGELES) -- A series of earthquakes have rattled the Los Angeles area early Monday morning with the biggest being a 4.0-magnitude earthquake centered just east of the Los Angeles International Airport. According to KABC-TV, the first temblor was recorded around 4:15 a.m. about 1 mile east-northeast of Lennox, California.…
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- One person was killed and five others, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in a shooting at a park in Alabama's largest city on Sunday evening as families gathered for Easter, police said. The shooting occurred at around 7 p.m. local time in Birmingham's Patton Park, where…
(NEW YORK) -- A new storm system is moving from the Rockies into the Plains and the South on Monday through Wednesday with damaging winds, large hail and tornado threats. Severe weather is expected on Monday for the Upper Midwest in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin where damaging winds and…
(TULSA, Okla.) -- A man has been arrested after stalking his former female colleague for over a month, shooting her husband and attempting to kidnap her from her own home. The incident occurred on Friday, April 2, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the unnamed target of the kidnapping was leaving for…
(NEW YORK) -- A pilot is dead after their small plane crashed in the Colorado mountains Sunday, authorities said. The Jefferson County Sheriff's office said they were notified about a potential crash near Wigwam Creek Trail, roughly 20 miles south of Conifer, Colorado, Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon, crews found…
(NEW YORK) -- A 23-year-old man is suspected of stealing a Kansas Highway Patrol vehicle and leading officers on a chase with speeds topping 100 mph -- while handcuffed behind his back, officials said. Investigators are trying to determine how the suspect, Joshua D. Swartwout of Naples, Florida, managed to…
(DALLAS) -- The parents of students at a Texas high school were outraged after a teacher subjected their children to a livestream of the Derek Chauvin murder trial as part of a classroom assignment. The teacher and Cedar Hill Independent School District officials in suburban Dallas got an earful from…
(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is continuing to field lawsuits filed over Endangered Species Act decisions made by the Trump administration. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday over its failure to provide protections under the Endangered Species Act for 10 species "it admitted…
