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The round that struck a U.S. Secret Service officer during Saturday's shooting outside the ballroom where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was taking place was not friendly fire, multiple senior law enforcement officials told CBS News Wednesday.

Investigation shows that it was 31-year-old Cole Allen, who fired his shotgun that shot the agent.  For more details on this story, click here.

Click here to read about how a Louisiana sheriff has been indicted on over two dozen felony counts following a brazen jailbreak last year that saw 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans detention center, officials announced Wednesday.  A special grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's office.

2/1/26 was the deadline for all US Citizens to have a "Real ID" seal on their drivers license.  Now, if you don't have it, you will have to pay an extra fee when you travel by air.  Click here for full details.  

In the nation's capitol a gunman stormed the security perimeter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The president, the first lady, the vice president, cabinet members, and more than 2,500 guests were gathered to celebrate the First Amendment and freedom of the press. But after shots were fired, the president was evacuated. 

It was at the same hotel where President Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated by John Hinckley, 45 years ago.  He emailed what a senior official called a "manifesto" to his family, minutes before the attack. He wrote he was targeting members of the Trump administration.  Click here for the interview with the President yesterday at the White House.  

Click here to read about how  King Charles III and Queen Camilla will move forward with their first official state visit to the United States on Monday following a shooting outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel. 

Click here to read about how an 18-year-old woman was being held on a $10 million bond on Thursday after authorities alleged she conspired with two men to attack a Texas synagogue and "kill as many Jews as possible," according to court records.  The suspect, Angelina Han Hicks of Lexington, North Carolina, was charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder and felony conspiracy and more.

Has he become what he has beheld?   A brazen NYPD cop racked up more than 500 speeding tickets in his home borough over the last four years — making him one of the most reckless drivers in the entire city, according to a report.  Officer James Giovansanti, 33, was caught on traffic cameras either speeding through school zones or disregarding red lights a whopping 187 times in the last year alone.  Click here for more.

Click here to read about how the FBI is leading the effort to look for possible connections into the cases of 10 missing or deceased scientists and staff who worked at sensitive nuclear or space technology laboratories, according to senior law enforcement officials.

In a statement Tuesday, the FBI confirmed it is "spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists.

A military veteran charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead, including a Department of Homeland Security employee who was walking her dog, died in jail Tuesday night, authorities said. Click here for more.