Toddler found with loaded gun at daycare in Michigan: Police
(Getty Images stock photo)
(NEW YORK) — A parent has been arrested after a toddler was found with a loaded gun inside a Michigan daycare facility, authorities said.
A teacher noticed the gun Monday morning and took “immediate action,” Canton Police Chief Joseph Bialy told ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ.
Officers then responded to the incident in Canton, just outside of Detroit, and secured the weapon, according to Canton police.
No injuries were reported.
Charges against the parent were not immediately clear, but the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office told ABC News the parent is expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
“The message here is that no matter how busy our lives are, we have a great responsibility if we’re going to choose to own a firearm,” the chief told WXYZ.
Guns are the No. 1 cause of death for children in the U.S., according to Everytown For Gun Safety.
Former CEO of Apollo Global Management Leon Black arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas issued in the House Oversight Committee’s probe of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The resolution came a day after the Oversight Committee voted 41-0 to hold Black in contempt, teeing up the House vote.
Black bucked a committee subpoena calling on him to testify under oath at a closed-door deposition on Sept. 3, as well as turn over nondisclosure agreements that the committee is seeking under subpoena, as part of the panel’s ongoing probe into the government’s handling of the investigations into Epstein.
Black, who maintained a social relationship with Epstein since the mid-1990s and eventually paid him more than $170 million for “tax and estate planning advice,” according to the Senate Finance Committee, appeared voluntarily before the Oversight panel in June — before prematurely leaving the closed-door interview.
Black has denied wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, though his financial payments to the convicted sex offender served as a lifeline in the years following Epstein’s 2008 prison sentence for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Moments before the House unanimously approved the measure, Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the Oversight panel, told reporters that the move to hold Black in contempt is “a very important step” in the committee’s Epstein probe.
“This is an important step towards justice, but there is just an enormous amount of work to be done,” Garcia said. “Our investigation is just getting started. There is a massive cover-up that’s happened at the White House from Day 1, and we need to have more actions like the one that’s going to happen today. So this is a really important day for us.”
Black’s attorneys called the move “outrageous” and said they will fight the resolution.
“The Committee has continued to insist on looking for information that does not exist,” said attorneys Susan Estrich and Aaron Cutler. “They are looking to ask questions about every NDA Mr. Black ever signed, including with business partners over his 50 year career and also with individuals who he never met. This is absurd.”
“Mr. Black has repeatedly said that he feels terrible for Epstein’s victims and that he regrets ever doing business with Epstein,” Black’s lawyers said. “He never abused a woman. He never was with an underage woman. He never engaged in sex trafficking. He never paid Epstein for access to women. He was never blackmailed by Epstein. Mr. Black had no knowledge of any of Epstein’s heinous conduct.”
The contempt resolution must now be certified by House Speaker Mike Johnson before it is sent to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro.
Pirro could then bring the matter to a federal grand jury, which would have the power to hand up a criminal indictment that could ultimately culminate in fines and even imprisonment.
(ALASKA) — No deaths have been reported after a United States Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a training flight in Alaska, the Coast Guard said Monday.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter carrying four people crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, near Juneau, according to the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District. The incident was reported shortly after 10 a.m. local time.
The four crew members were transported to an area hospital, according to the Coast Guard, which did not release any details on their condition.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, the Coast Guard said.
“The safety, well-being, and rescue of our crew members is our absolute, immediate priority,” the Coast Guard said. “A formal investigation will be conducted to determine the circumstances surrounding the event.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Stock photo of an alligator in the water. (Sushisu/Getty Images)
A woman was killed by an alligator while swimming in a river in Florida, officials said.
The victim was in the Econlockhatchee River in Seminole County, just north of Orlando, on Sunday when she was attacked, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
She was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries, the FWC said.
Efforts to trap the alligator are ongoing, authorites noted.
The FWC said it “extends its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time.”
This attack comes two days after a 28-year-old man was killed by a crocodile on a popular beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
