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STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock (WASHINGTON) — The Treasury Department was breached by a China-sponsored actor earlier this month, officials told Congress in a letter on Monday. The “major” breach was achieved by gaining access to a [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Red flag warnings were issued Monday due to critical fire danger in West Texas, eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma/Kansas/Colorado corner. The combination of warm temperatures, gusty winds and low [Read More…]

Dublin Police Services, FILE (CALIFORNIA) — The man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Northern California woman in a case that became known nationwide as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has now been charged with [Read More…]

David Eulitt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has issued a formal warning to sports leagues about organized theft groups targeting professional athletes. The warning follows a rash of burglaries, beginning in September, at the homes [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’ll be a rainy New Year’s Eve in New York City, but dry and warm for much of the country. Here’s what you need to know: Rain will hit the Ohio [Read More…]

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a jury’s verdict last year that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. The [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (DELRAY BEACH, Fla.) — A Brightline train collided with a fire truck on Saturday morning in Delray Beach, Florida, injuring three firefighters and 12 train passengers, city officials said. The three injured [Read More…]

Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During the final Mass at the All Saints Parish in Buffalo, New York, on a warm Sunday in July, the priests encouraged the few parishioners [Read More…]

via ABC News (NEW YORK) — A moderate risk for severe weather is in place from eastern Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi and into Alabama on Saturday. The risk for severe weather begins in Texas [Read More…]

youngvet/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The winning ticket for the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot has been sold in California, with the winner set to take home the fifth-largest prize ever. The winning ticket was [Read More…]

New York Attorney General’s Office (NEW YORK) — Excerpts of body-worn camera footage from four corrections officers were released Friday by the New York Attorney General’s Office showing the in-custody beating of 43-year-old inmate Robert [Read More…]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — A 9-year-old boy visiting New York City for the holidays will remain hospitalized “for quite some time,” the boy’s mother said after they both were pinned by a taxi [Read More…]

Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GEORGIA) — A woman sleeping in a truck was killed when a fire caused an explosion at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Georgia overnight, officials said. The victim, 61-year-old [Read More…]

FDA (WASHINGTON) — One lot of eye drops is being voluntarily recalled due to potential fungal contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this week. The eye drops, Systane Lubricant Eye Drops Ultra [Read More…]

United States Geological Survey/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaii) — The National Park Service is cautioning people to heed warnings and safety precautions while watching volcanic activity since the latest eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea [Read More…]

WABC (WHARTON, N.J.) — A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that’s closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton [Read More…]

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $1.22 billion — and a winner could take home the fifth-largest prize in Mega Millions history. The next [Read More…]

Metro Richmond Zoo (RICHMOND, Va.) — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec [Read More…]

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office (KISSIMMEE, Fla.) — A pregnant woman who ordered pizza in Florida was stabbed 14 times by a delivery driver who police say was disgruntled over her $2 tip. Osceola County Sheriff’s [Read More…]

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, FILE (MICHIGAN) — Jennifer Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting her son carried out at a Michigan high school, is asking to be released from prison [Read More…]