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Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There […]

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Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury

Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PICKFORD, Mich.) — Seann Pietila the 19-year-old who allegedly subscribed to a neo-Nazi ideology, was indicted by a grand jury — and the indictment offers more details about what Pietila allegedly said about carrying out a mass attack. “I won’t be taken alive, I’ll make […]

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Nearly 9,800 extra births occurred in Texas a year after the state’s 2021 abortion ban: Study

Nearly 9,800 extra births occurred in Texas a year after the state’s 2021 abortion ban: Study

thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Nearly 9,800 extra live births occurred in Texas the year after a strict abortion ban went into effect in 2021, a new analysis found. In the study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of […]

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Man with Jan. 6 warrant arrested near Obama DC home

Man with Jan. 6 warrant arrested near Obama DC home

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man with a Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., house, and he had guns and ammunition in his car, multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News. Taylor Taranto, 37, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department and charged with […]

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Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush

Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush

Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said the grand jury on Thursday returned no bills […]

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At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — At least 13 people have died from heat-related illness in Texas, The Associated Press reported. Ten deaths due to heat illness were reported in Webb County and another death occurred in Galveston County in the past two weeks, local officials told ABC News, as the Southern […]

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Judge denies Trump’s request to dismiss E. Jean Carroll’s remaining defamation claim

Judge denies Trump’s request to dismiss E. Jean Carroll’s remaining defamation claim

Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss E. Jean Carroll’s original defamation claim against him, ruling his arguments lacked merit. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, sued Trump in November 2019 over comments he made shortly […]

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Former Parkland school cop Scot Peterson, who allegedly fled shooting, found not guilty on all counts

Former Parkland school cop Scot Peterson, who allegedly fled shooting, found not guilty on all counts

Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (PARKLAND, Fla.) — The former Parkland, Florida, resource officer accused of failing to confront the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members in 2018 has been found not guilty on all counts. Scot […]

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Permanent children’s bereavement center established in Uvalde

Permanent children’s bereavement center established in Uvalde

Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In the 13 months after the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, resources from across the state flowed into the small Texas town, including the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas. Now, the bereavement center is permanently establishing its roots in Uvalde, recognizing […]

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Charges dropped against 2 parents in college admissions scandal

Charges dropped against 2 parents in college admissions scandal

David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Federal prosecutors in Boston are dropping charges against two parents in the college admissions scandal known as Varsity Blues, according to a court filing Thursday. The decision followed a ruling from the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the convictions […]

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