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University of Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger posted in an online forum years ago that he had "crazy thoughts." University of Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger allegedly posted in an online forum years ago that he had "crazy thoughts" and " delusions of grandeur ." The New York Times reported on Jan. 13 that Kohberger, 28, allegedly posted on an online message board devoted to a condition called visual snow syndrome, a disorder that causes someone to see static. Between Nov. 6, 2009, and Feb. 20, 2012, while Kohberger was a teenager, he allegedly made 118 posts on the forum under the username "exarr." Bryan Kohberger who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, looks toward his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing in Latah County District Court, Jan. 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Ted S. Warren/AP MORE: Idaho murders: Judge delays suspect Bryan Kohberger'...

A Black soldier in uniform who was pepper-sprayed in his car by Virginia police officers during a traffic stop has been awarded less than $4,000. A Black soldier in uniform who was pepper-sprayed in his car by Virginia police officers during a traffic stop has been awarded less than $4,000 in a million-dollar lawsuit against the two officers. The jury awarded 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario a total of $3,685 in the lawsuit against Windsor, Virginia, police officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker. The officers faced four counts: assault, battery, false imprisonment and illegal search. In this image taken from Windsor, Va., Police body camera footage, Lt. Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after he was pepper-sprayed by Windsor police during a traffic stop in Windsor, on Dec. 20, 2020. AP Gutierrez was ordered to pay $2,685 in damages, no malice, under liability for assault. He was cleared of all other charges. Crocker was liable for an illegal search, no malice. He was ordered to pay $1,000 in d...

Four members of Tennessee's Harvest Church were killed and one was hospitalized after a small plane crash near Victoria, Texas. Four passengers were killed and another was hurt after a small plane crashed in Lavaca County, Texas, on Tuesday morning, the state’s Department of Public Safety said. The injured survivor was taken south to a hospital in the nearby small city of Victoria. Images from the wreck showed the remainder of the small single-engine plane lying in a flat grass field, surrounded by pieces of debris. More than 10 vehicles were visible near the taped-off site as officials stood over it in video filmed at the scene Tuesday. Investigators at the scene of a plane crash in Lavaca County, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2023. Angela Kalinec Bordovsky/Handout Some residents living nearby said it was foggy in the area around 11 a.m. when the plane went down -- crashing near county roads less than a mile from the Yoakum Municipal Airport in south central Texas. Yoakum, Texas, is a to...

Derek Chauvin asks to throw out murder convictions in Wednesday. Derek Chauvin's attorney is set to argue Minnesota should throw out his state murder conviction in the death of George Floyd in a Wednesday hearing. The former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in June 2021 after he was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder , third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin was found guilty of pressing his knee against Floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes, resulting in Floyd's death in May 2020. The death triggered a wave of protests against police misconduct and a racial reckoning nationwide. FILE - In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. AP Chauvin's attorney, William F. Mohrman, will argue that pretrial publicity "was more extensive than in any trial ever in Minnesota," and that publicit...

Parents, teachers and community members shared frustrations with community leaders after the third shooting on Newport News school grounds in the last 18 months. Parents, teachers and community members made their frustrations known at a Newport News, Virginia, school board meeting Tuesday night after a 6-year-old student intentionally shot his first grade teacher during class earlier this month. The 25-year-old teacher, Abby Zwerner, was shot through the hand and into her stomach. She was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but is now recovering. Authorities have said the 6-year-old's backpack was searched prior to the shooting after a fellow student said they saw a gun. No gun was found in the backpack. A woman named Desiree, the parent of a student in Zwerner's class, called the teacher an "advocate" for her daughter -- who she said was being bullied at Richneck Elementary School. Desiree's daughter watched in horror as her 6-year-old classm...

Jennifer Brown was last seen at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3. Missing mom Jennifer Brown has been found dead in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced. Investigators responded to an industrial complex on Wednesday, Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI reported. It was unclear what led authorities to the site where they found the body. Brown, 43, of Limerick Township, was last seen at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3 by a "friend and Business associate," according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Authorities did not immediately release additional information or her cause of death. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office released this undated photo of Jennifer Brown. Montgomery County District Attorney's Office MORE: Police looking for missing mom after she failed to pick up son from bus stop: 'Very concerned' Brown was scheduled to pick up her son from the bus stop the afternoon of Jan. 4 "but did not show u...

"Extreme" drought has been completely eliminate d in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. "Extreme" drought has been completely eliminate d in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While the drastic change for California has happened over the last few weeks, the most recent batch of rain has completely eliminate d the "extreme" drought category. However, while smaller reservoirs have returned to averages, many larger ones still remain low, according to experts. And it's still "too early to tell if the wet weather is enough to end the drought ." This is the first time since April 2020 that there has been no "extreme" drought in California. MORE: 'Extreme' drought status nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers While drought in the western U.S. continues to improve overall, the Colorado Rive...

A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever. A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. The National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the survey results this week. Shown in remarkable detail, most of these Milky Way objects are stars . The count also includes small, distant galaxies that may have been mistaken as individual stars . It’s like taking a group shot and being able to distinguish not only each individual, but the color of their shirt, said lead researcher Andrew Saydjari, a doctoral candidate in physics at Harvard University. “Despite many hours of staring at images containing tens of thousands of stars, I am not sure my mind has wrapped around the magnitude of these numbers," ...

A federal judge has fined former President Trump and his attorney nearly $1 million for filing what he deemed to be a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned former President Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba, ordering them to pay fines of nearly $1 million for filing what he deemed to be a frivolous lawsuit claiming that Hillary Clinton and others involved in the Russia investigation unlawfully conspired to damage Trump's reputation. The opinion from Judge David Middlebrooks calls Trump "a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries." MORE: Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, calling it a 'political manifesto' "He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following the advice of a lawyer. He knew full well the impact of his actions," Midd...

Several victims of Jen Shah's telemarketing scheme are speaking out for the first time publicly and among them is a 75-year-old retiree who lost $47,000 to the scam. Victims of Jen Shah's telemarketing scam are speaking out publicly for the first time after the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. Trisha, a 75-year-old retiree who lives in North Carolina and who asked not to use her last name, told "Nightline" she was "shell-shocked" after the Federal Trade Commission told her she may have been a victim of the scam. "But it turned out to be true," she said. Trisha, a 75-year-old scam victim, is shown during an interview with ABC News. ABC News MORE: Inside 'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah's ongoing legal battle The decades long scheme involved telemarketers calling potential victim s and claiming to offer services like website building and Business coaching. Shah and her team sp...

The psychology behind why some husbands kill their wives instead of getting a divorce. Massachusetts man Brian Walshe appeared in court this week on charges he allegedly killed and dismembered his missing wife, Ana Walshe. The case echoes other high-profile cases in recent years involving husbands allegedly killing their wives . Prosecutors accused Walshe of making incriminating Google searches including "10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to" and "can you be charged with murder without a body." Brian Walshe stands during his arraignment in Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, to face charges in connection with misleading investigators. Walshe has been charged with the murder of his wife, missing Cohasset woman Ana Walshe. Greg Derr/AP Walshe's alleged Google searches also included, "what's the best state to divorce." Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder and improper transport of a body. MORE: Husban...