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Children among nine injured in shooting along Hollywood Beach Broadwalk in Florida: Police
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) — Nine people, including children, were injured Monday night in a Memorial Day shooting along the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk in Florida after a dispute broke out between two groups, [Read More…]
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One dead, four missing after luxury fishing charter boat sinks off the coast of Alaska
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SITKA, Alaska) — The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska. Rescuers located one deceased individual near the vessel [Read More…]
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Two inmates escape from Mississippi jail weeks after four others broke out from same facility
Hinds County Sheriff’s Office (HINDS COUNTY, Miss.) — Two inmates allegedly escaped from a Mississippi jail on Monday, just weeks after four others broke out from the same facility. Michael Lewis and Joseph Spring were [Read More…]
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Natalee Holloway suspect beaten in Peruvian prison: Lawyer
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, has been severely beaten in Peruvian prison, his lawyer told ABC [Read More…]
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Eighth person rescued from partial building collapse in Iowa, no deaths reported
georgeclerk/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — An eighth person was rescued overnight from a partial apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, officials said, adding that no one appears to remain missing. More than a dozen people [Read More…]
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Key questions and takeaways from the debt ceiling deal
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After months of back and forth, House Republicans and the White House this weekend unveiled a deal on raising the nation’s $31.4 trillion borrowing limit while implementing [Read More…]
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Boston Celtics, Miami Heat gear up for Game 7
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (BOSTON) — After falling 0-3 to the Miami Heat in the East Finals, the Boston Celtics have clawed their way back to tie up the series. And on Monday night, [Read More…]
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New study shows benefits of afternoon exercise for Type 2 diabetes
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For people with Type 2 diabetes, could the time of day when you exercise have an impact on your blood sugar averages? A new study seems to suggest so. After [Read More…]
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Memorial Day sales: Shop the best deals
discan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Memorial Day is here and that means there are plenty of deals and sales to shop across multiple retailers. ABC News’ Becky Worley appeared on Good Morning America Monday to [Read More…]
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Uganda’s president signs anti-LGBTQ bill into law
Morgan Winsor, ABC News (LONDON) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law on Monday. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which was introduced in Uganda’s Parliament in early March, [Read More…]
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Teen dies, another injured in shooting outside Atlanta high school following graduation party: Police
kali9/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A teenager was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside an Atlanta high school after a confrontation that began at a graduation party, according to police. The Atlanta Police Department said [Read More…]
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Ralph Yarl raises money for traumatic brain injuries following wrong house shooting
Chase Castor/Getty Images (OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) — Ralph Yarl, the teenager who was shot in the head when he mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings, is set to attend a [Read More…]
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Escaped Ohio inmate convicted of double murder found dead: Marshals
James Lee and Bradley Gillespie in photos released by police. — Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (CLEVELAND) — One of the two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison has been found dead, authorities [Read More…]
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Gunman at large after 3 people shot at Seattle casino
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — A search was underway Sunday for a gunman who shot three people at a casino in Seattle, according to police. The shooting unfolded at the Roxbury Lanes Casino in southwest Seattle [Read More…]
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3 dead, 5 injured as biker gang shootout erupts in Red River, New Mexico
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (RED ROCK, N.M.) — Three people were killed and five others were injured when a shootout erupted between two outlaw biker gangs at the annual Red River Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally in New [Read More…]
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State Farm will no longer accept applications for homeowners insurance in California, citing wildfire risk
Google Maps Street View (LOS ANGELES) — One of the largest insurance agencies in the country will no longer accept applications for home and business insurance in California due to wildfire risks and the cost of [Read More…]
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Top DHS official on how his background informs his mission: Dismantling drug cartels
Leigh Vogel/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Deputy Homeland Security Secretary John Tien, a 24-year Army vet, now finds himself with a new challenge, handed down by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas specifically because of his background: defeating, [Read More…]
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McCarthy defends debt ceiling deal, predicts Democrats will join GOP in passing it to avert default
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan majority of Congress will approve a compromise in the coming days to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avert a historic default that could upend the economy while [Read More…]
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McCarthy announces tentative debt limit deal with White House
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced at a brief presser on Saturday night that House Republicans and the White House have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government’s debt limit, ending [Read More…]
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Mercedes-Benz’s message for Tesla: ‘We want to be most desirable electric vehicle luxury brand’
Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — German automaker Mercedes-Benz has seen its share of the U.S. luxury market slip as customers traded in their V8 sedans and sport utility vehicles for Teslas. Now, the [Read More…]