A blistering heat wave is turning up the pressure on Texas’ power grid

An unrelenting heat wave in Texas is testing the state’s power grid as demand soars during a second week of triple-digit temperatures.
YNW Melly on trial: Defense says gang signs not indicative of membership

Florida rapper YNW Melly left a trail of photographs, videos, and messages that a Broward Sheriff’s Office detective said were evidence of gang affiliation.
Golden anniversary turns tragic as couple, relative are fatally stabbed and beaten

A suspect has pleaded not guilty and been ordered held without bail in connection with the stabbing and beating deaths of a Boston-area husband and wife and the woman’s 97-year-old mother.
YNW Melly on trial: Prosecution alleges G-Shine Bloods gang affiliation relates to murders

Florida rapper YNW Melly left a trail of photographs, videos, and messages that a Broward Sheriff’s Office detective said were evidence of gang affiliation.
Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, Justice Department watchdog says

The Justice Department’s watchdog says negligence, misconduct and job failures enabled Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
California’s new budget covers $32 billion deficit without touching reserves

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have reached an agreement on how to spend the state’s tax dollars over the next year.
Audio emerges with new details of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents

An audio recording with new details from a 2021 meeting where ex-President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify has been released.
Valet for former President Trump to be arraigned in federal court in Miami

A valet for former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned Tuesday morning in federal court in downtown Miami after he was accused of helping the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department was trying to get back.
FBI and Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

A Senate committee’s report says the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.
Victims confront Colorado Springs gay nightclub killer, calling him a monster and a coward

One-by-one, victims stood in a Colorado courtroom to confront the person who pleaded guilty to murdering five people and injuring 17 others in a shooting last year at a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community.
