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A 23-year-old man has been charged with attempting to murder an 11-year-old girl who survived being shot in the head while riding around town with her family, police announced Thursday. Ryan Hardy, of Antioch, was charged with five counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm for allegedly shooting the girl in the early afternoon of Jan. 5, as she rode in a car on the 3900 block of Delta Fair Boulevard, police said.

According , when ICE identifies a recruit with prior law enforcement experience, it assigns them to its "Law Enforcement Officer Program." This is a four-week online course meant to streamline training for those already familiar with the legal aspects of the gig. Everyone else gets shipped off to ICE's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia for an eight-week in-person academy. This more rigorous training includes courses in immigration law, gun handling, physical fitness exams, and more.

In an X post on Wednesday, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrote that at 6:50pm (00:50 GMT on Thursday), federal law enforcement officers were stopping an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by [former President] Joe Biden in 2022. The DHS added that the man had tried to evade the officers, crashing his car into another parked car and then fleeing on foot.

Whiteman, 45, filed a civil lawsuit in March 2024 accusing the Alexander brothers of sexually assaulting her more than a decade earlier. In court filings, she said she met the brothers at a Manhattan nightclub in 2012 and was forced into a sport utility vehicle as she was leaving. She alleged they drove her to a Hamptons estate where she was assaulted.

The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with plans to open a new immigrant-detention facility in a small town upstate, and the warehouse where it's supposed to be located is owned by none other than former Trump adviser Carl Icahn. As the Monroe Gazette first reported after the DHS posted a January 8 advisory on the plan, the former Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in Chester is owned by an IEP Chester LLC, a subsidiary of Carl Icahn's holding company, Icahn Enterprises.

Police believe that the officer was driving the Jeep westbound on Route 139 "at a high rate of speed and passed a tow truck by crossing over solid double yellow lines into the eastbound lane," according to the preliminary investigation. "The Jeep then attempted to pass a second vehicle, a Hyundai Elantra, again crossing the solid double yellow lines, and struck an eastbound Honda Civic head-on."

The NCAA asked a federal regulatory body Wednesday to stop prediction markets from offering trades on college sports until more safeguards are in place. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, NCAA president Charlie Baker said the growth of prediction markets poses a threat to the well-being of student-athletes as well as the integrity of competition. "I implore you to suspend collegiate sport prediction markets until a more robust system with appropriate safeguards is in place," Baker wrote.

AT&T announced last week that it has partnered with the airline to provide free high-speed Wi-Fi on more than 2 million American Airlines flights a year. All you need to do to access it is log in to the in-flight portal with your AAdvantage number and password and select "Free Wi-Fi." If you're not a member, you can sign up for free. The rollout will start this month, AT&T explained, and continue in phases.

SpaceX guided its Dragon capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station. "It's so good to be home," said Nasa astronaut Zena Cardman, the capsule commander. It was an unexpected finish to a mission that began in August and left the orbiting lab with only one American and two Russians on board.

A warrant has been issued for Davis' arrest on charges of battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping, Miami Gardens Police Executive Officer Emmanuel Jeanty said Tuesday during a news conference. 'At this time, the Miami Gardens Police Department is actively working with the United States Marshals' Fugitive Task Force to locate and apprehend Mr. Davis,' Jeanty said.

If O'Connor is convicted of sexual battery or molesting a minor, Webby said she would be required to register as a sex offender under California law. A conviction on all counts would also carry a potential sentence of more than 30 years. Prosecutors have identified 14 named juvenile victims, seven girls referred to as Jane Does, and seven boys, or John Does, according to Webby, and none of the testifying juveniles have immunity agreements. In addition, prosecutors have other juvenile witnesses, who are not named victims.

Detectives arrested on Thursday the man they say allegedly followed his estranged girlfriend from South Carolina to Queens and shot her dead at her home last summer. According to police sources, 23-year-old Deovryion Ray was extradited to New York after previously being cuffed in his home state on an assault charge. He was subsequently brought to the 115th Precinct stationhouse in Jackson Heights, where he was ultimately charged with the murder of 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan.

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released Wednesday determined that Boeing warned plane owners about the defect, but did not believe it was a flight safety issue and did not require immediate repairs. Freight companies UPS and FedEx temporarily grounded their fleets of MD-11s, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas before its takeover by Boeing, after the 4 November 2025 crash at Muhammad Ali international airport when an engine on the plane's left wing caught fire and detached.

The US dollar remained in a consolidation phase on Thursday, holding close to multi-week highs. Inflation data released on Wednesday painted a broadly stable picture. Producer prices increased moderately on the month. Taken together with earlier CPI data, inflation trends appear neither re-accelerating nor cooling decisively. Retail sales provided a contrasting signal, rebounding strongly in November. Improved consumer spending, suggesting household demand remains relatively healthy, limiting immediate downside risks to growth.

In the winter of 2021, as the pandemic pressed life inward, Jenny McBride and Jo Gray began doing what so many did to stay sane: they went for walks. Each day, the couple looped through their Newton neighborhood, circling the same streets, passing the same houses, nodding at the same passersby. At first, the walks felt like freedom, a way to stretch their legs and explore beyond the walls of their duplex.

"The Olympic Games returning to Los Angeles in 2028 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to witness history," LA28 president Casey Wasserman said in a statement. "The spirit of the LA28 Games is now officially ignited around the world, and fans have already shown up in record-breaking numbers just one day into our ticket registration. The journey is just beginning, and we look forward to an epic and unforgettable experience together in 2028."

"These payments appear, at least in part, to consist of lavish gratuities bestowed upon already well-compensated counsel," her motion argued. "As painful as it is to say in print, the present records suggest a group of closely-knit, highly-compensated lawyers is exploiting Executors' lack of oversight to skim money from the Estate, in plain view."

The NFL is calling the Super Bowl Experience an "immersive football festival" that's a family-friendly event during Super Bowl Week. Fans will get the chance to meet current NFL players and legends for autographs, shop for exclusive gear at the NFL Shop and enjoy interactive games and NFL FLAG clinics. Visitors can also test out their speed in a 40-yard dash against virtual NFL players on LED screens and take photos with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

According to a Jan. 8 incident report by the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, a backpack and $30,000 in cash were stolen from Biffle's home in Mooreville, N.C. The alleged incident was classified as a burglary at a residence with forcible entry. Investigators believe someone entered a safe at the home during the alleged incident, Sheriff Darren Campbell said Wednesday, and some guns and memorabilia are also missing from the estate. No one was home at the time of the alleged incident. The incident report states that the home was last known to be secure on Jan. 7 at 3 p.m.

Photos published in Thai media showed plumes of white then dark smoke above the scene, and construction equipment hanging down from between two concrete support pillars. Rescue workers stood on top of overturned railways carriages, some of them with gaping holes torn on their sides, video from public broadcaster ThaiPBS showed. What appeared to be sections of the crane were scattered along the track. Meanwhile, paramedics gave first aid to injured passengers.

Saks Global has secured roughly $1.75 billion in financing, the New York company said as filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday in the Southern District of Texas. The private company said that stores will remain open as it restructures company debt, meaning that it will honor the programs it has for customers. Suppliers and employees will be paid, Saks said.

A federal court has upheld the new congressional map approved by California voters last month, giving Democrats a chance to counter the nationwide redistricting effort led by President Trump and his Republican allies. The court challenge to the redistricting plan had been brought by the California Republican Party and the U.S. Department of Justice. The court found that the new district map did not violate laws against racial gerrymandering.

For years, big publishers treated Google as a distribution utility: publish a lot, cover everything and let domain authority do the rest. The December core update - rolled out Dec. 11-29 - is another sign that bargain is breaking. In multiple readouts, volatility hit news hard, and the sites that appear to be holding up best are those that behave less like general-interest news hubs and more like "the best answer" engines.

Colleagues and journalists from other outlets united in support of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday hours after the FBI searched her Virginia home and seized several of her devices as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified information. Natanson was at home when agents arrived. According to the newspaper's reporting, federal officers examined her devices before seizing a phone, a Garmin watch, and two laptops one personal and one issued by her employer.