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ABC News (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil, a green card holder who is married to an American citizen, was arrested by ICE agents in New York City in March. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2025, […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department and attorneys for President Donald Trump on Friday asked a federal appeals court in New York to delay oral arguments scheduled for next week in Trump’s appeal of his $83 million defamation case. Trump is appealing a 2024 verdict ordering him to pay former magazine columnist […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images (HAWAII) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey. On Friday morning, “Episode 26” of the ongoing eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu — the pit crater within Kīlauea Caldera at the summit of the volcano — spewed […]

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man accused of trespassing at the home of the Memphis, Tennessee, mayor has been charged with attempted kidnapping and stalking, according to police, who said the suspect had a Taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. The suspect — 25-year-old Trenton Abston — […]

(BOSTON) — A woman on the jury that voted to acquit Karen Read this week on murder and manslaughter charges spoke exclusively to ABC News, telling Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman she believed “a collision did not occur” and that a “sloppy police investigation” sunk the case for the prosecution. “I think, with the evidence […]

(ROCKY RIVER, Ohio) — Republican Congressman Max Miller says that he was run off the road by a man waving a Palestinian flag in Ohio — an incident that comes amid a heightened environment of political violence. “The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control,” Miller said on social media Thursday. “Today […]

(WASHINGTON) — Moving cross-country from the Carolinas to California, the Reeder family looked forward to its next assignment in San Diego in the summer of 2022. The couple had originally met in California. But in the first week, after the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and his family had settled into their new home, they had […]

(NEW YORK) — Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change — a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research. Satellite data shows that ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to a paper published Thursday in the […]

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man accused of trespassing at the home of the Memphis, Tennessee, mayor has been charged with attempted kidnapping and stalking, according to police, who said the suspect had a Taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. The suspect was apprehended and charged after […]

(BOCA GRANDE, Fla.) — A 9-year-old girl who was bitten on the hand by a shark in Florida is speaking out about the terrifying moment she was attacked. Leah Lendel was snorkeling near Boca Grande on June 11 when “something hard bit me and then tried to tug me away,” she said at a news conference Thursday […]