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Getty Images – STOCK (LOS ANGELES) — A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense. Ivan Gallegos, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday night in the death of 27-year-old Xavier Cerf. Police said Gallegos saw Cerf breaking […]

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A former top law enforcement official in Florida is accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and his top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders he says were illegal or inappropriate, according to a lawsuit filed overnight. Shane Desguin, a career employee of the Florida Department of Law […]

Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New Haven, Connecticut, resumed on Thursday evening after train service was suspended for over two hours as crews worked to restore power in the New York area, Amtrak said. “Significant delays are anticipated due to rail congestion and single-tracking,” Amtrak said in a statement […]

(NEW YORK) — It was supposed to be paradise for Texas couple Lizette Zambrano and her husband Jorge but little did she know it would become hell — ending in her coming home full of grief and without the love of her life In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Lizette Zambrano has spoken out […]

Rescue crews work the scene where a couple drowned in a rip current while vacationing, June 20, 2024, in Hutchinson Island, Florida. — Marion County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook (HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla.) — A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six children, according to authorities. The parents, […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on firearms for domestic violence offenders. The 8-1 opinion was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thirteen states in the East from Massachusetts to Kentucky are on alert for more extreme heat before the dangerous temperatures move to the South and the West. Record highs were shattered in New England on Thursday, including 99 degrees in Manchester, New Hampshire; 98 degrees in Hartford, Connecticut; and 97 […]

(NEW YORK) — Actor Donald Sutherland, who starred in films including “Klute,” “M*A*SH*,” “Ordinary People” and, more recently, played the evil President Snow in “The Hunger Games” franchise, has died at age 88. Sutherland’s son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, posted the news to social media. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald […]

(NEW YORK) — The man accused of murdering a Maryland woman in 2023 is an undocumented immigrant who was arrested and expelled at least three times, according to an ICE official. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez is accused of murdering Rachel Morin in August of 2023. He was arrested last week by authorities in Oklahoma and sent […]

In this Feb. 8, 2024, file photo, a Southwest Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, Calif. — Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (OKLAHOMA CITY) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it made its approach to the Oklahoma […]