Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is set to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against the alleged gunman who fatally shot two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Wednesday. Prosecutors are […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Texas House of Representatives failed again on Tuesday afternoon to move forward on their redistricting effort as several Democratic members have fled the state over a Republican redistricting plan. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, on Monday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to […]
Smoke from the Rosa Fire rises in Riverside County, California, Aug. 4, 2025. Cal Fire (SOLVANG, Calif.) — The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed over 82,000 acres in five days, continues to rage and is now accompanied by two additional fires emerging nearby, according […]
Gary S. Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A small earthquake centered in northern New Jersey on Tuesday rattled the New York City metropolitan area, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor that hit just after noon was centered in Hillsdale, in Bergen County, and measured a magnitude 2.7 […]
Anaconda – Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center (ANACONDA, Mont.) — A manhunt is intensifying for the former U.S. Army soldier who’s been at large for days after allegedly gunning down four people at a Montana bar. Michael Paul Brown, 45, is suspected of opening fire on Friday morning at […]
Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SHEARON HARRIS LAKE, N.C.) — A 10-year-old girl is dead and a woman suffered “critical injury” after a drunken boater struck swimmers in a North Carolina lake over the weekend, according to officials. Quinten Gregory Kight, 40, has been charged with felony […]
The Monroe Canyon Fire in Sever County Continues to burn. As of this morning, the fire is listed at 63,653 acres and is 13 percent contained. There are currently 1,348 personnel assigned to fight the fire and the cause is still under investigation.
Karen Read. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — A woman charged with leaking grand jury material related to the Karen Read murder case has pleaded guilty, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. Jessica Leslie, 34, pleaded guilty in a Boston federal court on Monday to a charge of criminal […]
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released its final report on the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, which killed five people on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage in June 2023, criticizing the company’s CEO, Stockton Rush, and singling him out as […]
Lauren Semanchik and 29-year-old Tyler Webb were found dead in Semanchik’s Franklin Township home over the weekend and their suspected killer is New Jersey State Trooper Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo Jorge Santos. WABC (PITTSTOWN, N.J.) — A New Jersey State Police sergeant, who once served on Gov. Phil Murphy’s security […]
