(SANTA CRUZ, Ca.) -- The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC.The sentence also included three years of supervised release, KABC reported.A…
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal…
(NEW YORK) -- Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said…
(NEW YORK) -- Underwater forests could be the answer to helping to mitigate the environment from the impacts of climate change, experts told ABC News.Kelp, large brown algae or seaweeds that grow in shallow oceans, is a nutrient-rich species that grows quickly, helping it to absorb carbon dioxide at a…
(NEW YORK) -- The focus of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is expected to shift Thursday morning from what witnesses are saying in the courtroom to what the former president has said when he leaves.Two days after Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in criminal contempt for nine violations of…
(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- At least six people ranging between the ages of 3 to 19 years old have been shot at an apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas, police say.The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at approximately 7:30 p.m. when the Fort Worth Police Department received a call and…
(BALTIMORE) -- The body of a fifth victim of the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has been recovered.Authorities said the body of Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was recovered on Wednesday.Unified Command salvage teams said its teams had earlier found one of the construction vehicles…
(CHICAGO) -- The Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force took Xavier L. Tate Jr. into custody on suspicion of the murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca.Tate Jr. was found Wednesday night in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Illinois, police said.The 30-year-old officer was still…
(MT. HOREB, Wis.) -- A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News.The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, the sources said.A vehicle associated…
(PHOENIX) -- The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban that was recently ruled enforceable by the state Supreme Court.Two Republican senators, T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, joined the 14 Democrats in the minority and the bill passed 16-14, over vocal GOP objection.Ahead of…
