(NEW YORK) -- Another round of life-threatening heat is slamming the West before heading to the East Coast.Temperatures are expected to skyrocket Tuesday to 103 degrees in Sacramento, California; 108 in Las Vegas; and a scorching 110 in Phoenix.By Wednesday and Thursday, the record heat will become more widespread, stretching…
(NEW YORK) -- Twelve years ago, the lives of students in the first-grade classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School were forever changed when a gunman opened fire, killing 20 of their classmates and six of their teachers and administrators.This week, the young students who survived the mass shooting in Newtown,…
(LOS ANGELES) -- About 25 people were arrested Monday night as they attempted to set up a tent encampment on the University of California Los Angeles campus, university police said in a statement."The individuals are in the process of being cited, issued 14-day stay away orders from UCLA property, and…
(WILMINGTON, Del.) -- Jurors began deliberating Monday afternoon in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial after prosecutors urged them to use "common sense" to find him guilty of three felony gun charges, claiming to have proved their case "beyond a reasonable doubt seven ways to Sunday.""If this evidence did not establish…
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump’s interview Monday with New York City probation officials lasted just under a half-hour, sources familiar with it told ABC News.Trump participated in the interview remotely from Mar-a-Lago.His defense attorney, Todd Blanche, was with him. Unlike most defendants, Trump was given permission to be…
(BALTIMORE) -- The Baltimore shipping channel where the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed has fully reopened following the catastrophic collision in March, authorities said Monday.The Fort McHenry Federal Channel has been restored to its original operational dimensions for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore, one of America's busiest…
(NEW YORK) -- The King County, Washington, Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged a man with second-degree murder and assault, both felony counts, for allegedly shooting a teen he thought was holding a gun and who he believed was about to rob a sporting goods store.Aaron Brown Myers, 51, told police…
(NEW YORK) -- A 6-year-old girl died days after she was accidentally injured by a badminton racket while on vacation with her family in Maine, police said.Lucy Morgan, of Stockholm, New Jersey, was playing with her older brother outside a home in Limerick on June 1 when the incident occurred,…
(NEW YORK) -- A 6-year-old girl died days after she was accidentally injured by a badminton racket while on vacation with her family in Maine, police said.Lucy Morgan, of Stockholm, New Jersey, was playing with her older brother outside a home in Limerick on June 1 when the incident occurred,…
(WASHINGTON) -- The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday -- a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called "historic."Reported incidents of violent crime dropped 15% between January and…