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Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the tristate area Friday morning left residents doubting what they had just experienced. “I felt like there was a roller coaster under my house going 1,000 miles an hour,” Carol Nicolaidis of Brooklyn, New York, told ABC News. “I first thought pipes were […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating whether New York Mayor Eric Adams received free upgrades on Turkish Airlines, the country’s national carrier, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News. Scrutiny of the flights is part of a wider corruption investigation involving a top Turkish Airlines executive, aides to the mayor […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case quashed a last-minute subpoena by defense lawyers Friday, writing that the former president’s request was the “very definition of a fishing expedition.” Trump’s lawyers last month subpoenaed NBCUniversal for materials related to their documentary about adult film star Stormy Daniels, […]

(WASHINGTON) — A blockbuster jobs report on Friday delivered the latest sign of strong U.S. economic performance, defying the lukewarm feelings held by many Americans, some experts told ABC News. Employers hired 303,000 workers last month, blowing past economist expectations of 214,000 jobs added, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed. The unemployment rate held […]

(NEW YORK) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the New York City region Friday morning — marking one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century, officials said. The earthquake was centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage, […]

(MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn.) — When police found Billy Payne and his fiancée Billie Jean Hayworth shot execution-style in a rural Tennessee home with their 7-month-old son Tyler alive in Hayworth’s arms in 2012, it sparked an investigation that would lead them to discover a complex murder concocted by a woman who was in the middle […]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Northeast Friday morning, shaking buildings from Philadelphia to New Jersey to New York City to Connecticut to Westchester, New York. The earthquake was centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Reports of injuries were not immediately clear. […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — A Southwest flight departing from Lubbock, Texas, returned to the gate shortly after abandoning its takeoff roll when the flight crew reported a possible engine fire, according to a statement from Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to reports of an engine failure and fire on […]

(NEW YORK) — Across the country, conservative legislators have begun to target diversity programs in state agencies, schools and private companies. At least 10 states have implemented restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Some of these policies ban state funds […]

(NEW YORK) — The historic total solar eclipse on April 8 is set to be one of the most photographed events this year. In the U.S., 31 million people already live inside the path of totality and millions are likely to travel to cities within that path, watching the moon pass over and then completely […]