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Former deputies say they repeatedly reported a Texas sheriff who’s faced years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption to state and federal law enforcement DALLAS -- A Texas sheriff who's been the subject of years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption was repeatedly report ed to state and federal law enforcement by his own deputies — yet an outside investigation never gained momentum, according to interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press. Two of San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers' former deputies said they tried to get the Texas Rangers to look into wrongdoing in the sheriff's office when they worked there, but the state's elite investigative agency did little to pursue a case. One of them later gave a detailed interview to an officer with the FBI's regional public corruption taskforce but said it was met with the same result. Despite the report s from members of law enforcement, the state and federal agencies appear not to h...

The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever record ed, according to the monthly climate report released by Copernicus on Wednesday, which analyzes billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world to highlight changes observed in global surface air temperature, sea ice cover and hydrological variables. MORE: Record-high summer temps give a 'sneak peek' into future warming Several record s were broken "by an extraordinary amount" in September due to never-before-seen high temperatures for that time of year, Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a state...

Kansas child welfare officials say they investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times during the 13 months before she was raped and killed TOPEKA, Kan. -- Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed , but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released Tuesday showed. The report by the state Department of Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn't properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father and because of that, “No safety concerns were identified.” After receiving allegations in late August of drug use and lack of utilities in the home, child welfare officials made seven failed attempts to reach the family over the next month. On Oct. 2, Zoey died after fire crews couldn't resuscitate her at a gas station...

An individual attempted to breach Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's summer home in August, according to a statement from Whitmer’s chief of staff. A person attempted to breach Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's summer home in August, just months after the conviction of 9 men in a plot to kidnap the governor, according to a statement from Whitmer's chief of staff. "We received a report of an individual attempting to breach the governor's property through a restricted area," Joanne Huls said. "This individual's actions are taken extremely seriously given the recent plot to kidnap and kill her and ongoing threats to governors in other states." Huls' statement did not say if the governor was home at the time during the August incident or if the suspect has been identified or arrested. The governor's summer home, in a small Northern Michigan town, has been connected to past threats against the governor. Nine men were convicted last y...

Special counsel Jack Smith is accusing former President Trump of threatening Mark Meadows, after an ABC News report detailed what Meadows allegedly told investigators. Special counsel Jack Smith's team is accusing former President Donald Trump of threatening Trump's former chief of staff , Mark Meadows, after an ABC News report on Tuesday detailed some of what Meadows allegedly told investigators about Trump and the 2020 presidential election, including that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks follow ing the election that allegations of significant voting fraud coming to them were baseless. The ABC News report said that, according to sources, Meadows was granted a form of immunity under which the information he provided to the grand jury in March -- before Trump was indicted in Washington -- can't be used against him in a federal prosecution. After the ABC News report , Trump posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, that he wouldn't expect Meadows to...

Alabama police are searching for Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, 25, who went missing after she reported seeing a child walking on the side of a highway. Alabama police are continuing their search for a woman who went missing after she called 911 saying she saw a toddler walking on the side of a highway . The Hoover Police Department said 25-year-old Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell made a 911 call on Wednesday to report that she saw a toddler walking on the side of Interstate 459 in Alabama at around 9:30 p.m. MORE: How investigators say they connected the dots that led to Gilgo Beach murder arrest Russell then stopped her car to check on the toddler and called a family member to report what she saw. The family member lost contact with Russell, but the line remained open, according to police. In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Carlee Russell is shown. Hoover Police Department In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Car...

Illinois’ attorney general ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state Tuesday, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church had said in 2018 at the start o... CHICAGO -- Illinois' attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church acknowledged in 2018 at the start of the state's review. Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Tuesday that state investigators found that more than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois had sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950. But Raoul and other experts say the finding is unlikely to lead to criminal charges. That follows a familiar pattern — no rush of criminal charge s followed the 2018 release of a bombshell grand jury report on clergy abuse in Pennsylvania or last month’s report on abuse ...

The Phoenix PD is launching an investigation after an officer handcuffed and detained a WSJ reporter in November. The Phoenix Police Department is investigating the actions of one of its officers after a Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed in public. The incident, which happened in November and was caught on cellphone video, involved reporter Dion Rabouin. The Wall Street Journal asked the Phoenix Police Department to conduct an internal review after Rabouin was detained . A letter was sent to the department by Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray to Phoenix Interim Chief of Police Michael Sullivan. "Naturally, I am relieved that Mr. Rabouin’s interaction with Phoenix police officers ended peacefully. But I am appalled and concerned that officers at your department would attempt to interfere with Mr. Rabouin’s constitutional right to engage in journalism and purport to limit anyone's presence in a public location," Murray said in the letter, which was obtained by ABC News....

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, said Wednesday that the panel's long-awaited report will be released on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel's long-awaited report will be release d on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Thompson said the report's release would be coupled with some form of public presentation, the details of which are still being sorted out by committee members. The report and accompanying materials will be posted online, Thompson said. MORE: Jan. 6 committee 'will probably make' criminal referrals related to Capitol attack, Thompson says He also said that any decisions regarding potential criminal referrals will come the same day, and will be voted on publicly. Thompson indicated on Tuesday that criminal referrals related to the Capitol attack were under discussion, but that final decisions -- including on specific c...