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Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — On day four of jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, the jury will hear a read-back of Annabella Sciorra’s full cross-examination testimony — part of one of the most powerful and affecting accounts of the trial. At a bathroom break about halfway through Annabella Sciorra’s full, 2-hour cross exam and redirect, the jury sent a new note, saying the read backs could be ceased: they had heard all they needed. On Thursday, the jury sent a note to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge James Burke, requesting the…

kali9/iStock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer allegedly shot and killed his wife and two children at their Florida home before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office forced entry into the Orlando residence on Thursday afternoon after receiving a report that some of the family members had not been seen since last week. Inside, they found the family of four all dead from gunshot wounds, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina. A preliminary investigation found that the man…

vyasphoto/iStock(PERRIS, Calif.) — A manhunt is on in California for an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of killing three people at a cemetery this week, authorities said. José Luis Torres Garcia, 33, has been identified as the suspect in the murders of three people whose bodies were found Monday at Perris Valley Cemetery in Perris, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles, officials said. The victims and the suspect knew each other, and it appears all four drove to the cemetery together, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news…

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — On day four of jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, the jury will hear a read-back of Annabella Sciorra’s full testimony — one of the most powerful and affecting accounts of the trial — leading to some speculation on where the jury stands in reaching a verdict. On Thursday, the jury sent a note to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge James Burke, requesting the court read to them the cross-examination and everything after Sciorra’s testimony. Sciorra described in wrenching detail in the courtroom on Jan. 23 about…

Cumberland County North Carolina Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — Almost 21 years after a newborn baby was found dead inside a trash bag along a rural road in North Carolina, forensic genealogy has helped investigators trace the mother and arrest her. Detectives at the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office have been investigating the case since March 3, 1999, when a plastic trash bag was tossed from a moving vehicle onto the side of a road in a rural area south of the town of Hope Mills. Some hours later, a soldier driving…

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The current cold blast extends all the way down from the Northeast into the southern states where up to 4 inches of snow fell from Tennessee into North Carolina. The precipitation led to numerous reports of power outages due to the heavy wet snow bringing down trees on top of power lines. Many accidents, especially in North Carolina, were reported in parts of the South due to the slick roads. Heavy snow also fell in southern Virginia, where some areas got up to 5 inches of…

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The mother of Gannon Stauch, an 11-year-old Colorado boy who has been missing for nearly a month, opened up about her son’s disappearance, the rumors that have followed, and the desperation she feels for him to be home. In a sit-down interview with ABC News Thursday, Landen Hiott said that while she has tried to stay hopeful, at times she finds the emotions too much to bear. “You have anger. You have so many feelings. I have so many feelings I’ve never felt before,” she said.…

Rexburg Police Department(KAUA’I, Hawaii) — Lori Vallow, the 47-year-old woman wanted by authorities in Idaho in connection to the September disappearance of her two children, was arrested in Hawaii on Thursday. Vallow, under investigation by the Rexburg Police Department, was arrested by the Kaua’i Police Department on a warrant issued by Madison County, Idaho. She’s facing multiple charges, including two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children, police said in a statement. Her bail has been set at $5 million. Her children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua…

Give a Child a Voice(DALLAS) — Eric Erdman is all about helping others, especially children. The 20-year-old Pennsylvania native founded the Give a Child a Voice foundation in 2016 shortly after being diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma, a rare form of brain cancer. His foundation is not only dedicated to ending life-threatening childhood illnesses but also works to combat child abuse and bullying, two things Erdman experienced firsthand. “When I got diagnosed with cancer, I didn’t want to focus on the bad times,” he told “GMA.” “I wanted to go the…

PeskyMonkey/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced plans to sue New York City for allegedly fraudulent practices by its Taxi and Limousine Commission, accusing the agency of running a scheme on taxi drivers that created a “trapdoor of despair.” A taxicab medallion, often seen bolted to a vehicle’s hood, is a numbered plate required to operate a yellow cab. James is alleging that the TLC played a role in inflating the price of thousands of medallions over a 14-year period, 2004 to 2017, sometimes by more than…