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(NEW YORK) — Gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash the FBI found in Sen. Bob Menendez’s home were not given to him as a bribe, a defense attorney insisted Tuesday during closing arguments in the New Jersey senator’s federal corruption trial. While waving his arms and pacing in front of the […]

(NEW YORK) — The ongoing scorching heat in the West caused a road to buckle in Washington this week while at least a dozen California cities broke all-time high-temperature records. A heat wave enveloping much of the nation has been especially sweltering on the West Coast, where some areas have experienced multiple days of triple-digit […]

(HANOVER, N.H.) — The death of a Dartmouth College student and fraternity member has prompted a hazing investigation, police said. Won Jang, 20, was reported missing Sunday afternoon, having been last seen the prior night by the docks of the Connecticut River on the school’s New Hampshire campus. Search and rescue teams found his body […]

Credit: ABCNews.com (SEATTLE) — A Seattle mom who lost her 3-year-old son in a drowning incident has now established a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives through water safety education, legislation and increasing equitable access to swimming lessons. Chezik Tsunoda created “No More Under” to increase awareness about drowning dangers and to offer access to […]

(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein appeared in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, where prosecutors accused him of raping more women than those included in the previous prosecution of the disgraced movie producer. Prosecutors told Judge Curtis Farber they have not yet decided whether to file additional charges against him, saying they are still evaluating allegations […]

(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Beryl is tearing across Texas after making landfall in the state as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning. At least six people have been killed by fallen trees or by drowning and more than two million customers are without power across Texas due to torrential rain and powerful winds. Hurricane […]

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SAN DIEGO) — The public is now getting a look at the first pandas to enter the United States in over two decades. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — the nonprofit that operates the zoo and safari park — on Tuesday released new photos of the pandas, Yun Chuan […]

(NEW YORK) — For over a year, four crew members participating in NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha simulated experience communicated, ate, slept and researched as if they were stationed over 200 million miles away on the Red Planet. The mission, which marked the first completed installment of three planned programs from NASA’s Crew Health and Performance […]

(CHICAGO) — More than 100 people were shot — 19 fatally — over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend in Chicago, according to police. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a press conference Monday morning he was “heartbroken” by gun violence in the city. “These are not just numbers on pages. These are not […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl has passed very closed to downtown Houston, Texas, as it produced wind gusts of over 80 mph causing massive power outages in the region. The highest Beryl winds gusts were in Freeport, at 97 mph, Houston International Airport at 83 mph and Galveston which clocked in at 78 […]