Year: 2017

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a memo to all federal prosecutors instructing them to pursue the “most serious, readily provable offense" for their cases.The most "serious" crimes are determined by which offenses carry the longest sentences, according to guidelines.The policy shift is intended to advance public safety and promote respect and consistency for the legal system, Sessions said Friday during public remarks, adding that […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a memo to all federal prosecutors instructing them to pursue the “most serious, readily provable offense" for their cases.The most "serious" crimes are determined by which offenses carry the longest sentences, according to guidelines.The policy shift is intended to advance public safety and promote respect and consistency for the legal system, Sessions said Friday during public remarks, adding that […]

Courtesy Cornelia Reynolds(CINCINNATI) -- A county coroner in Ohio plans to take a new look at the hanging death of an 8-year-old boy, initially ruled a suicide in January, amid the release of surveillance video Friday showing him unconscious on a bathroom floor after an incident with another student.Cincinnati Public Schools released the footage from Carson School on Friday.Around the 13-minute mark, Gabriel Taye, 8, can be seen entering a […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- Criminal charges have been filed against the engineer behind a deadly Amtrak train crash on the Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia two years ago. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office filed charges against Brandon Bostian, including eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of causing or risking a catastrophe, and numerous counts of reckless endangerment. Bostian, 34, was engineering the New York-bound Amtrak Train No. 188 […]

Courtesy Cornelia Reynolds(CINCINNATI) -- A county coroner in Ohio plans to take a new look at the hanging death of an 8-year-old boy, initially ruled a suicide in January, amid the release of surveillance video Friday showing him unconscious on a bathroom floor after an incident with another student.Cincinnati Public Schools released the footage from Carson School on Friday.Around the 13-minute mark, Gabriel Taye, 8, can be seen entering a […]

iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) -- An undocumented mother of four who took refuge in a Denver church out of fear of being deported to Mexico was finally able to leave her sanctuary, her attorney said Friday.Jeanette Vizguerra, a 45-year-old Mexican native and immigrant rights activist, has lived in Denver for 20 years and has three U.S.-born children –- Luna, 12, Roberto, 10, and Zury, 6. Her oldest child, 26-year-old Tania Baez, was born […]

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) -- President Trump’s tax returns for the past decade show little income from Russian sources and no debt owed to Russian lenders, his lawyers said. "With a few exceptions -- as detailed below -- your tax returns do not reflect (1) any income of any type from Russian sources, (2) any debt owed by you or TTO [The Trump Organization] to Russian lenders or any interest paid by you […]

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) -- President Trump’s tax returns for the past decade show little income from Russian sources and no debt owed to Russian lenders, his lawyers said. "With a few exceptions -- as detailed below -- your tax returns do not reflect (1) any income of any type from Russian sources, (2) any debt owed by you or TTO [The Trump Organization] to Russian lenders or any interest paid by you […]