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CNN — Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicians, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Santos is expected to appear as early as Wednesday in federal court for the Eastern District of New York, where the charges have been filed under seal. The exact nature of the charges was not immediately known, but the FBI and public integrity prosecutors from the New York and Washington Departments of Justice have been looking into allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign…

One person is in custody after a pursuit that began Tuesday morning near South Morgan Road and State Highway 152. The Mustang Police Department, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma City Police were involved in the pursuit that ended after a crash near North Western Avenue and Interstate Hwy 40. Police said they were checking on the suspect’s welfare before he fled from officers. Christopher Council, the suspect in the pursuit, was arrested and charged with endangering others while eluding a police officer, driving under the influence of alcohol and felony evading arrest or detention . This is a developing story….

NEW YORK (AP) – A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding him $5 million in a lawsuit that could haunt the former president as he campaigns for take back the White House. The verdict adds to Trump’s legal woes and offers vindication to Carroll, whose accusations had been mocked and dismissed by Trump for years. He nodded as the verdict was announced in a New York City federal courtroom a few hours later deliberations had begun He hugged fans and smiled through tears. Jurors also found Trump liable for…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – To meet high demand for service, MBTA Commuter Rail and Keolis are releasing additional tickets for the May 20-21 round-trip train service for the Taylor Swift concerts at Gillette Stadium. These $20 round-trip tickets will be sold exclusively through the mTicket app and go on sale Friday, May 12 at 11:00 AM. Tickets will be released for the special event trains on May 20 and 21 from Boston and Providence. No additional tickets will be released for the special event train on Friday, May 19 from Boston. Tickets for each special event train will be sold separately…

There was procedural chaos inside the courtroom Tuesday where the Schoharie limo trial was held. Two other jurors were dismissed after one was dismissed on Monday. For the remainder of this lengthy trial, they will have to make do with only an alternate jury. Judge Peter Lynch declared one of the alternate jurors unfit to serve and dismissed that person. Later, the judge spoke to the entire jury, telling them that he will not tolerate any juror smoking marijuana before coming to court, calling it horrific. It is not clear if this is the specific reason for the dismissal of…

A jury has found former President Donald Trump liable for assault and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case. Carroll, who filed the lawsuit in November, alleged that Trump defamed her in 2022 Social publication of the truth calling her accusations “a farce and a lie” and saying “This woman is not my type!” when she denied her claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s. The former Elle magazine columnist added a battery charge under a recently passed New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker…

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A manhunt is underway in Philadelphia after two inmates, including an alleged killer, escaped from a correctional facility Sunday night. The escape occurred around 8:30 p.m. when the individuals were seen on surveillance footage punching a hole in a fence at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC) located at 8301 State Road. Police tell Action News that one of the inmates, 18-year-old Ameen Hurst, was being held on multiple counts of murder. Assistant Commissioner of Investigations Frank Vanore said a homicide occurred on Christmas Eve 2020 in the 1800 block of Wynnewood Road. Vanore testified that in…

TALLAHASSEE — Potentially setting the stage for a legal fight, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will place additional restrictions on public employee unions, including preventing dues from being deducted from workers’ paychecks. DeSantis signed the bill (SB 256) during an event with other state leaders in Miami. While the changes would affect a variety of public employee unions, much of the attention has focused on teachers unions, which heavily supported DeSantis’ opponent, Democrat Charlie Crist, in last year’s gubernatorial elections. The Florida Education Association union also filed a legal challenge in March against the state Department of…