Alex Pretti’s parents say federal officials have denied them basic information about his fatal shooting by immigration officers. The Justice Department says contact with families typically comes later in an investigation.
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A Washington grand jury rejected prosecutors’ effort to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over testimony related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The proposed charges and the testimony under scrutiny were not immediately clear.
Utah authorities say DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith. Testing in another Utah teenager’s murder helped investigators close the decades-old case.
The US military says five people were killed in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific. The attack raises the reported campaign death toll to 243, according to Al Jazeera, amid continuing questions about the evidence and legality of the strikes.
Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander each received 30 years in federal prison after their sex trafficking convictions. Prosecutors said the brothers raped or sexually assaulted at least 70 women.
Irene Miller faces four child neglect charges after deputies found her children home without an adult while she was in Las Vegas. Deputies went to the home after one child called 911 about an injury to her 9-year-old brother.
Brazilian police have cancelled Flávio Bolsonaro’s passports after he missed a deadline to surrender them. The defeated presidential candidate continues to challenge Lula’s runoff victory, though his party accepts the result.
Matthew Unglesbee faces federal charges after allegedly mailing four letters containing a white granular substance to congressional offices. He told investigators it was salt and denied involvement in other suspicious mailings.