ABC News (NEW YORK) — States across the country are considering bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. At least six states — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, South Dakota, and Utah — have passed laws or policies that restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of legal majority, which is […]
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — It’s been more than three weeks since the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, leaking dangerous chemicals into the air, soil and water. Crews are continuing cleanup of the area where hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene may […]
Angel Ruiz/EyeEm/Getty Images/STOCK (STAGECOACH, Nev.) — Five people are dead, including a patient and medical personnel, after a Care Flight plane crashed late Friday in Nevada. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. when the Lyon County Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls regarding a possible plane crash near Stagecoach, Nevada […]
Kali9/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An elderly man was killed and a woman critically injured in a “horrific” dog attack in Texas on Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 1:45 p.m. local time in a residential area of San Antonio. Responding firefighters had to fend off the dogs […]
Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A ransomware attack and data leak in September 2022 compromised assessment records, driver’s license numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of approximately 2,000 students, including 60 who are currently enrolled, the Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed to ABC News Friday. An investigation […]
ABC News (DETROIT) — TV personality Shaun Robinson has been reporting for almost 30 years. She worked in local news in Miami before going on to the national stage, co-hosting “Access Hollywood” and later becoming the face of reality TV sensation “90 Day Fiancé.” But it all started many years […]
Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The Moscow, Idaho, house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death will be demolished, according to the university president. “This is a healing step” in the wake of a “crime that shook our community,” president Scott Green said in a letter to […]
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a recent series of headline-making near misses involving commercial planes and an impending federal review of the nation’s aerospace system, data from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the number of the most serious close calls at U.S. airports has actually been decreasing even […]
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Students at one Arkansas high school are attending classes remotely after bats were found inside the school. The North Little School School District has canceled all after-school activities, practices and athletic events that take place inside the school. The campus has been closed since Wednesday. […]
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook (NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old Brooksville, Florida, boy has been found alive in the woods about 24 hours after he went missing, authorities said. Joshua “JJ” Rowland was found Friday morning by a volunteer searcher, Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said at a news conference. The […]
