Former DOJ lawyer Haley Van Erem alleges Trump administration officials pressured civil rights attorneys to target Harvard, Brown and Columbia in antisemitism probes despite insufficient evidence. The Justice Department denies the claims and says it stands behind the investigations.
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Police reports say Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother were at the Greenville, South Carolina, apartment where she was found unresponsive Sunday. Officials say her cause and manner of death remain pending, with no signs of trauma found in the autopsy.
Fire officials in Bedford County, Virginia, say an 8-foot python contributed to a middle school classroom fire by knocking over a heat fixture. The snake’s owner, a life science teacher, disputes that account and says the python escaped only after the blaze began.
Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American from Ohio, traveled to Qusra in the occupied West Bank after watching settlers surround his family home for more than a week. The siege has trapped Palestinians in several homes as Israeli troops remain in the area.
Former assistant U.S. attorney Sunita Doddamani says the Justice Department unlawfully fired her over her work on a FACE Act prosecution of anti-abortion activists. The department has said it terminated personnel it accused of “weaponizing the FACE Act.”
A New York judge delayed Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial while prosecutors respond to a defense motion arguing the case violates New York’s double jeopardy law. Mangione pleaded guilty last week to federal stalking charges in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Pennsylvania authorities charged 14 people, including 13 Penn State students or recent students, in an alleged cocaine trafficking operation tied to off-campus fraternity houses. Investigators said cocaine was transported from Philadelphia and New York, then cut, packaged and sold mainly to students.
The House Ethics Committee is reviewing allegations that Rep. Jimmy Gomez may have engaged in sexual misconduct, including inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer. Gomez acknowledged “personal mistakes” outside his marriage but denied violating the law or House ethics rules.