Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Black man whose arrest in Alabama earlier this month went viral on social media is speaking out amid an investigation into the local police department. “I try to act OK but I am really traumatized. I don’t know how to feel about police now,” Micah Washington told ABC affiliate WBMA in Birmingham, Alabama, on Thursday. Washington, 24, said he was on his way to pick up his brother on Dec. 2 when his tire “had a real bad blowout.” He said he was on the ground changing the tire when an officer approached him and demanded that he show her his ID. “I was li ..read more

mbbirdy/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — The deceased suspect in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting has been identified as Anthony Polito, 67, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News Wednesday night. Las Vegas police named Polito as the suspect at a media briefing on Thursday. Polito had applied for a college professorship at UNLV, but was not hired, sources said. Polito was armed with a Taurus 9 mm handgun during Wednesday’s on-campus attack in which three people were killed, authorities said. The gun was purchased legally last year, authorities said Thursday afternoon. Sources sa ..read more

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and other top Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in a decade-long scheme in which they used “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” to inflate Trump’s net worth in order get more favorable loan terms. The trial comes after the judge in the case ruled ..read more

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — A battle is brewing in Maui over one of the most essential resources for human survival: water. Four months after West Maui suffered the deadliest natural disaster in the state’s history, residents are seeking existing water rights, which many characterize as “stolen” from the native population who have lived on the island for generations in favor of Westerners looking to deepen their pockets. Water, land and the environment play a special role in Native Hawaiian culture and way of life. They are sacred elements of existence, requiring protecti ..read more

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 46-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder after a 4-year-old child reportedly drowned in a backyard pool following a two-year investigation into his suspicious death, police say. The investigation began when police in Mackay, Australia — located in the territory of Queensland approximately 600 miles north of Brisbane — were called to a home on Munbura Road on Aug. 29, 2021, to reports that a 4-year-old had drowned in a backyard pool, according to a statement from the Queensland Police Service. However, now more than two years after the ..read more

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Here’s how the news is developing: Dec 08, 8:26 AM EST What we know about the conflict The Israel-Hamas war has now passed the two-month mark. In the Gaza Strip, at least 17,177 people have been killed and mo ..read more

Kali9/Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly fired off a shotgun in the parking area of an Albany, New York synagogue, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The FBI has identified the suspect in Thursday’s incident as Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, who is being charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. An initial court appearance has been scheduled for today at U.S. District Court in Albany. No one was injured during the incident at the Temple Israel around 2:27 p.m. and the suspect, only described as a 28-year-old local man, was quickly arrested th ..read more

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A woman was arrested Thursday night in Atlanta, Georgia, on an arson-related charge after police say she poured gasoline on the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. The Atlanta Police Department said the 26-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested on criminal attempt arson in the second degree and interference with government property. The National Park Service owns the birth home of the late civil rights leader. Atlanta police responded to a report of vandalism in progress at the MLK home around 5:45 p.m. ET on Thursday night. Police say a woman h ..read more

Emily Elconin/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — Ethan Crumbley is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for killing four of his classmates and wounding others in the 2021 Michigan school shooting. Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty last year to 24 charges, including first-degree premeditated murder and terrorism causing death. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after a judge ruled that the sentence was appropriate despite his age at the time of the shooting. The charges of first-degree premeditated murder and terrorism causing death both carry a m ..read more

Kali9/Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly fired off a shotgun in the parking vicinity of an Albany, New York synagogue, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. No one was injured during the incident at the Temple Israel around 2:27 p.m. and the suspect, only described as a 28-year-old local man, was quickly arrested the governor said. “As we’ve talked about before, after the Oct. 7 attacks I’ve ordered our state police as well National Guard to be on high alert,” Hochul told reporters at a news conference. The suspect allegedly made “threatening statements ..read more