National News Archives

This major US county is on the way to ending chronic homelessness

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Homeless encampment in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN. (Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Karen Staples Gonzalez had been living out of her car with her son from 2015 until 2023, when she was first approached by Hennepin County, Minnesota workers, who began to check in on her and other chronically homeless residents seemingly every day.. ...Read Full Story

What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464 million civil fraud judgment?

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump walk together as they prepare to vote at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Mar. 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump has boasted that his assets include the “Mona Lisas” of real estate, but the former president risks losing some of those properties and unraveling his personal finances if he can’t satisfy the judgment in his $464 million civil fraud case by next week.. ...Read Full Story

Trump pushes back against restriction on filing motions in New York hush money case

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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are pushing back against a recent restriction on filings in his New York hush money case and asked the court to unseal some of the filings in the case, according to two motions released on Tuesday.. ...Read Full Story

Lawyer for election denier at center of Dominion Voting Systems leak is arrested after hearing

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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

(WASHINGTON) — A lawyer representing Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems was arrested after a status hearing in Washington, D.C., where she acknowledged in court disseminating confidential documents from the voting machine company to law enforcement.. ...Read Full Story

NYC mayor pushes for national migrant strategy amid asylum-seeker influx

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Newly arrived migrants receive an afternoon meal from Trinity Services and Food For the Homeless, across from Tompkins Square Park on Jan. 24, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — New York City has become a focal point in the national debate on immigration. City officials have stated that more than 180,000 asylum-seekers have passed through the city’s intake system since spring 2022, in some cases bused in by officials from cities along the U.S. southern border.. ...Read Full Story

Trump, some co-defendants in Fulton County begin appeals process of disqualification ruling

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(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and some of his co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case on Monday kicked off the process to appeal the judge’s disqualification ruling that ultimately kept District Attorney Fani Willis on the case, asking the court in a new motion to grant a certificate of immediate review.. ...Read Full Story

Extended video reveals details in New York City subway shooting that left 1 critically hurt: Police

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In this screen grab from a video, police officers are shown at the scene of a subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York, on March 14, 2024. — WABC

(NEW YORK) — A woman stabbed a 36-year-old man at the start of a New York City subway train dispute that culminated with the man getting shot and critically hurt, cellphone video from a fellow rider revealed, according to authorities.. ...Read Full Story