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8-year-old girl dies after mom allegedly left her in car during high heat to go to work
A North Carolina mother has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly left her 8-year-old daughter in a hot car while at work and the girl died, police said. Officers responded Wednesday evening to reports of a child in critical condition inside a vehicle in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The child was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead early Thursday, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. Her mother, 36-year-old Ashlee Stallings, allegedly left her daughter in the vehicle "in hot weather conditions" and the 8-year-old suffered a medical emergency, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a press release. Temperatures in Charlotte on Wednesday had reached the upper 90s.
Dozens of Jan. 6 cases face uncertainty after Supreme Court narrows prosecutors' use of obstruction charge
The Supreme Court's ruling Friday narrowing a key obstruction statute used against more than 300 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could affect dozens of cases brought by the Justice Department in the three years since prosecutors say a mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters disrupted Congress' certification of his election loss. In a 6-3 opinion, the majority of the court ruled that prosecutors overstepped in using the charge against defendants in cases where defendants were unable to show their actions impaired the integrity of actual physical evidence used in a disrupted proceeding. In a statement Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department would be taking "appropriate steps to comply with the Court's ruling," while noting the "vast majority" of the more than 1,400 defendants charged thus far in its Jan. 6 probe would remain unimpacted. According to the U.S. attorney's office for Washington, D.C., of the 249 cases where defendants have either been charged or convicted of the obstruction statute at issue, there are no cases in which it is the only criminal charge they faced.
Supreme Court narrows obstruction charge used in Jan. 6 riot prosecutions
The Supreme Court on Friday sided with a former police officer charged with obstruction for joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, finding that prosecutors interpreted a law used to prosecute him and hundreds of other accused rioters too broadly.
$700M catch: Dodgers batboy catches foul ball, saves Shohei Ohtani from injury
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a superstar in Shohei Ohtani, who signed for a record 10-year, $700 million deal in December 2023. But the team’s real hero Wednesday was its batboy, Javier Herrera.
Steve Bannon to report to prison after Supreme Court denies his request to delay sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday denied ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon's request to remain out of jail while he continues to appeal his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon earlier this month was ordered by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence. Bannon was sentenced to four months in October 2022 after he was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. After Bannon was sentenced, Nichols agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the conviction.
Biden-Trump debate triggers alarm among top business leaders: 'Awful'
Some of the nation's top business and labor leaders voiced alarm in the hours following the presidential debate on Thursday night, as some raised concern about President Joe Biden's age and others questioned former President Donald Trump's fitness for office. Prominent figures who already held misgivings about Biden seized on his debate performance and doubt whether Biden can handle the demands of a second term. Even allies of Biden stopped short of praising his performance, including some who entertained the possibility of replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Some leaders of companies and labor unions, on the other hand, sharply criticized a dearth of policy and a stream of falsehoods issued by Trump during the 90-minute event. Among them, some reaffirmed their support for Biden. Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who attended a Biden fundraiser in March, said in a statement on X that both candidates performed poorly. The display elicited enough worry about Biden that Cuban is now open to a discussion about him stepping aside, Cuban added, noting that he would vote for Biden if he remains the nominee.
More than 80 dolphins stranded in 'difficult' location on Massachusetts beach, animal welfare group says
More than 80 dolphins are currently stranded on a beach near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The Atlantic whitesided dolphins are at the Great Island at the Herring River -- also known at the "Gut" -- which is a very difficult location to access and is covered in "dangerous mud," Stacey Hedman, director of communications for the IFAW, said in a statement on Friday. Low tide occurred at 11:23 a.m., Hedman said. Given the large number of distressed dolphins, the plan is to triage and support the animals before attempting to refloat and herd as many as possible. Aerial footage taken by ABC Boston affiliate WCVB showed dozens of immobile dolphins lying on the coast on Friday afternoon, many of them covered in towels.
Pro wrestlers Rhea Ripley, Buddy Matthews announce marriage
Professional wrestlers Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews had their most enjoyable match earlier this month, tying the knot in a union between the former WWE women’s champion and the All Elite Wrestling star. Read more trending news Ripley, 27, whose real name is Demi Bennett, announced the couple’s June 23 wedding on her Instagram account on Wednesday, writing “Til death. 23.06.24.” It was unclear where the ceremony was held.
Shark attacks man in Florida
A man was fishing in Florida when a shark bit him, severely injuring his arm, officials said. The man, who is in his 40s, was on a boat at the time of the attack, which unfolded around 11 a.m. Friday at West Rock near the port of Fernandina, which is north of Jacksonville near the Florida-Georgia border, Nassau County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Alicia Tarancon said. A responding deputy boarded the man's boat and applied a tourniquet to his right arm to slow the bleeding, Tarancon said. The deputy then drove the boat to shore, where rescue crews were waiting, Tarancon said.
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