(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;…
(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.
(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, 51-year-old Brian Warter and 48-year-old Erica Wishard, were swimming on Hutchinson Island Thursday afternoon when the couple and two of their teenage children were swept…
(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 lifeIn an exclusive interview with ABC News, Lizette…
(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 City Airport just after midnight Thursday, according to the FAA.An automated warning went off from the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning system at…
(NEW YORK) -- "The heat is coming for everybody," Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, said as one of the season's earliest-onset heat waves scorches the United States.As officials heed heat wave warnings across the country, forecasting what could become another hottest year on record,…
(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 City Airport just after midnight Thursday, according to the FAA.An automated warning went off from the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning system at…
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump filed a motion Thursday to try to get the judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial in New York kicked off the case.The motion alleges that Judge Arthur Engoron violated the rules governing how judges are supposed to behave.Engoron in February ordered Trump…
(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…
(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…