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Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Although the velociraptors of “Jurassic Park” fame are well known, they don’t much resemble their historical counterparts. The movie velociraptors are portrayed as being 6 feet tall with scaly skin and incredibly fast, but real velociraptors were about as big as a medium-sized dog, measuring approximately 1.6 feet high and between 4.8 and …

ABC (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is expected to impact the Heartland on Friday and into the weekend, including a threat for tornadoes. From Iowa to Texas, severe weather is forecast Friday afternoon and evening, with the highest tornado threat around Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City, Missouri. The rest of the Plains — including Tulsa, Oklahoma; Little …

Andy Cross/Getty Images (AURORA, Colo.) — Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper is set to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the final case connected to Elijah McClain’s 2019 death. Prosecutors accused the Aurora, Colorado, paramedic and his co-defendant Peter Cichuniec of administering an excessive amount of ketamine to sedate the 23-year-old McClain after an encounter …

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As former President Donald Trump awaits a ruling on whether he will be held in contempt for violating his gag order, prosecutors on Thursday accused him of making four more violations. The limited gag order, which was issued by Judge Juan Merchan ahead of Trump’s hush money trial, prohibits him from making public …

New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankoski, left, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Grassia, were killed when a UH-72 Lakota helicopter they were flying crashed near, Rio Grande City, Texas, Mar. 8, 2024. (New York Army National Guard) (NEW YORK) — A deadly crash involving a National Guard helicopter is the focus of an investigation …

In this Jan. 30, 2024, file photo, the sign for Pikesville High School is shown in Pikesville, Maryland. (Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via TNS via Getty Images) (BALTIMORE) — Police arrested a Baltimore high school athletic director Thursday after they said they discovered he allegedly used artificial intelligence to create a phony audio recording of the school’s principal that went …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Todd Blanche, attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, second left, at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker concluded his direct examination in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial after lifting …

Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid for a new trial in a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling upheld the jury’s $83.3 million damage award. “Contrary to the defendant’s arguments, Ms. Carroll’s compensatory damages were not awarded solely for her emotional distress; …

Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The families of victims who died in one of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes met with Department of Justice officials Wednesday regarding the looming decision to prosecute or dismiss charges against the company. The fatal Boeing crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 killed 346 people. Family members of victims of …

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid for a new trial in a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling upheld the jury’s $83.3 million damage award. “Contrary to the defendant’s arguments, Ms. Carroll’s compensatory damages were not awarded solely for her emotional distress; …