While a Christian alternative is advertising one such fundraising on its top page, GoFundMe, one of the most well-known crowdfunding websites on the internet, is taking down any campaigns in support of Luigi Mangione, the man who is accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO. Contributors to the campaigns are getting their money back via GoFundMe. Three fundraisers that were uploaded on the platform and subsequently taken down were discovered by NBC News. According to a message from the platform's spokesperson, GoFundMe's Terms of Service forbid fundraisers for the legal defense of serious offenses. However, Mangione's legal defense campaign has been sponsored by GiveSendGo, which was founded in 2015. It had raised more than $75,000 as of Friday morning. Even when numerous plat...

According to federal authorities, an Arizona man was arrested this week for allegedly working with cyber terror groups to create child sex abuse materials that included coercing youngsters to self-mutilate. In a statement released on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice said that Baron Martin, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested on Wednesday. Martin faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail for allegedly creating child sex abuse materials and an extra 10 years for cyberstalking if found guilty. On Friday afternoon, a public defender named for Martin in court records was not immediately available for comment. Martin is accused by the prosecution of belonging to the violent terror networks 764 and CVLT. Prosecutors claim that the networks target children in the US and abroad and expose...

Attorneys may question President-elect Donald Trump for a portion of the week leading up to Christmas in his defamation lawsuit against ABC News. In a virtual court hearing on Friday morning, attorneys for the broadcast network and This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos contended that Trump needs to be available for a deposition the following week, prior to the defendants' deadline of December 24 to submit a motion for summary judgment in order to avoid a trial. To the defense team's apparent dismay, Trump has not yet made himself available for a recorded deposition. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid told ABC News's attorney Nathan Siegel, "I understand your frustration." She pointed out that the president-elect now has a totally different stance and should be able to make himself avai...

According to two U.S. defense officials and his family, Travis Timmerman, the missing Missouri man who was unexpectedly discovered in Syria after claiming to have entered the country on a "pilgrimage," was transported to Jordan by the U.S. military on Friday. The 29-year-old Timmerman's family said they had not heard from him in months before seeing him on the news on Thursday when footage from Syria caused some to mistake him for missing American journalist Austin Tice, 43. "It feels fantastic! "Grate God!" Pixie Rogers, Timmerman's sister, remarked after hearing that he was getting closer to returning home. "I would like for him to know that my whole family and I love him so much and that we are happy to know that we are going to see him soon." In a Telegram post, Syria's Department of P...

James Kennedy, the "Vanderpump Rules" star, was arrested earlier this week on accusations of misdemeanor domestic assault, although his lawyers maintained that no one was hurt. The 32-year-old reality TV veteran and DJ was taken into custody Tuesday evening in Burbank, Los Angeles County, after police were called to a residence over a fight he had with a woman, according to Burbank police. After posting bond, he was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. According to the police, the Burbank City Attorney's office is still reviewing formal charges. Kennedy's lawyers, Scott Leemon and Leonard Levine, told NBC News Friday that they are currently investigating the accusations made against James by the Burbank Police Department. We are aware that there were no injuries, and we hope the ci...

Tracey Pauline Albert, a Columbia University master's student who is originally from India, made sure to take no chances with her return arrangements as she got ready to depart for winter vacation. Her return travel to the United States was meticulously planned to arrive well in advance of January 20. A few American colleges and institutions, like Columbia, have been warning their international student groups to get back to campus early in order to prevent travel delays. Certain educational institutions are explicitly recommending that students arrive before to the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Several universities have recommended worried students to return to campus early, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Cornell Universi...

Washington The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will consider a case pertaining to California's authority to establish its own, frequently stringent automobile emissions regulations, including greenhouse gas reductions, entering a legal battle that has been going on for years. Particularly since California started regulating greenhouse gases in an attempt to fight climate change, the topic has become contentious and political. California's regulations have significant influence over automakers because of the magnitude of the California market. The Environmental Protection Agency's power to impose national rules under the federal Clean Air Act is at the heart of the case, which may gain more significance when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office in January. The only issue the...

The Summary Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, a study found. The researchers suggested that might be due, in part, to the rise of weight loss drugs like Ozempic. However, other medications or factors such as the effects of the Covid pandemic could also have played a role. According to study, obesity among American adults decreased somewhat last year, marking the first decline in the nation's obesity rate in almost ten years. The authors of the study speculate that the recent surge in popular weight-loss medications like Ozempic may be partly to blame. The South saw the worst decline, especially among women and individuals aged 66 to 75, according to the results, which were released Friday in the journal JAMA Hea...