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Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judge Maxwell Wiley has dismissed the top charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely at the request of prosecutors after considering declaring a mistrial after jurors reported they continue to be deadlocked on the charge. He said he will encourage the […]

U.S. Attorney (SANTA MARIA, Calif.) — The man who allegedly threw an explosive device inside a California courthouse where he was set to be arraigned, which left five injured, has been federally charged, officials announced on Friday. Santa Barbara resident Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, was charged with maliciously damaging a building by means of explosive, […]

makenoodle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors have dropped a weapons charge against New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, who showed up to counter protest a pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College last month with a gun strapped to her hip, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The gun was not loaded and was determined to […]

Nick Ansell/PA Images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two members of a climate activist group were arrested and charged Friday for allegedly defacing an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during a protest last month. Timothy Martin of North Carolina, and Joanna Smith of New York, both 53, surrendered to […]