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An Army doctor made his first appearance in a military courtroom in Washington state on Friday where he faces more than 50 counts of sexual misconduct stemming from accusations brought by dozens of patients, in what could become one of the largest prosecutions by the Army of its kind. The charges against the physician, Maj. Michael Stockin, includes 47 counts …

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Williams had taken a leave from her talk show in 2021 while she dealt with health issues, and in 2023, after undergoing “a battery of medical tests,” she was diagnosed with the conditions, which affect language, communication behavior and function, according to a news release. Williams, 59, had …

Rising sea levels are threatening the East Coast of the U.S., but that’s not the only thing to worry about, according to NASA. Images shared by the space agency on Tuesday show the coast is actually sinking — including the land that holds major cities such as New York and Baltimore. A NASA-funded team of scientists at Virginia Tech’s Earth …

The parents of Gabby Petito have reached an agreement with Brian Laundrie’s parents to resolve a civil lawsuit and avoid a trial, the families’ attorneys confirmed Wednesday. Petito’s parents and their attorney said in a statement that “all parties reluctantly agreed” to the confidential terms “to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict. Our hope is to close this …

Alabama has asked the state’s Supreme Court to approve a date for death row inmateAlan Eugene Miller’sexecution, which would be carried outusing nitrogen hypoxia. The request, filed Wednesday, comes just under a month after Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, the first time the controversial and widely-contested death penalty method was used in the United States. Both Smith …

Human remains discovered 33 years ago in a remote mountain pass in Colorado have been identified thanks to modern forensic tests, authorities said. Those remains belonged to Steven Kenneth Risku, who was in his mid-30s and lived in Indiana at the time of his death, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced in a news release. The remains were initially found …

At a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, three men tossed around what looked like a football — but was a baby pig, according to a bystander. Fortunately, the witness rescued the animal from the situation and now the pig has a new home. The alleged incident occurred in a park not far from a Mardi Gras parade earlier this …

The college student who tracks Taylor Swift’s private jet online is flight back against the pop star’s lawyers after they threatened legal action against him. Swift’s attorneys said Jack Sweeney’s @SwiftJetNextDay account – where he posts the flight information for Swift’s private plane – tips off stalkers. But Sweeney’s lawyer says in a new letter that there’s nothing illegal about …

Washington — President Biden is debating whether to invoke a sweeping presidential authority that gained infamy during the Trump administration to stage a crackdown on migrants coming to the U.S. southern border, three people familiar with the plans told CBS News. Mr. Biden is weighing citing a law dating back to 1952 to severely restrict access to the U.S. asylum …

Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Biden’s great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show, linking the two presidents across the centuries. The court-martial records in the U.S. National Archives, reported on by the Washington Poston Monday, detail the trial of Moses J. Robinette after a fight with fellow Union Army civilian employee John J. Alexander on March 21, 1864. …