With latest expenditures, special counsel Jack Smith has spent nearly $13M on Trump probes, DOJ report shows

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Between April and September of last year, special counsel Jack Smith spent $7.3 million on his probes into former President Donald Trump, raising his total expenses to nearly $12.7 million, according to
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre resigns days before civil corruption trial

Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, has announced he is resigning from the organization days before the start of a civil corruption trial. LaPierre,
Three new batches of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates released

Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three more tranches of court records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed Friday. A total of 96 documents were released Friday. About 19 documents
650 acres of Sonoma Developmental Center open space now part of state parks

California State Parks got 650 acres prettier this week—as a vast swath of open space at the former Sonoma Developmental Center was transferred to the parks department’s jurisdiction. The transfer of SDC lands is the largest addition
Former police officer faces sentencing in Elijah McClain's death

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Randy Roedema, a former Aurora, Colorado, police officer will be sentenced Friday after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the third degree in the August 2019 death of
Michael Avenatti argues to overturn conviction for defrauding Stormy Daniels

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti deserves to have his conviction overturned because the trial erroneously instructed the jury about the professional duties of lawyers, Avenatti’s lawyer argued Friday to a federal appeals
The forces behind Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Claudine Gay has resigned from her seat as Harvard University’s president after a tenure mired by controversy and skepticism, with several forces at play in her exit from the prestigious position
Snow, wintry mix on the way for Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A winter storm is moving through the Southern Plains on Friday with heavy rain and snow falling from Texas to Kansas. The storm will continue to move east with a snowy, rainy
Air Force crew ejects safely as B-1 bomber crashes during landing in South Dakota

FILE photo, Ross Harrison Koty/Getty Images (RAPID CITY, S.D.) — Four crew members from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota ejected safely from their aircraft Thursday night when their bomber crashed while attempting a landing. The