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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…]

Niagara County Sheriff’s Office (SEATTLE, Wash.) — A month after a woman was caught stowing away on a Delta Air Lines flight headed to France, ABC News has confirmed another unticketed individual was caught on a [Read More…]

Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C, caused panda-monium on Christmas Day when it released a video of it’s newest celebrities, Bao Li and Qing Bao. [Read More…]

Infared image taken by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department heat-seeking drone shows location of a 78-year-old man who went missing on Dec. 23, 2024. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LOS ANGELES) — High tech and [Read More…]

Ross County Correctional Institution (LUCASVILLE, OH) An inmate allegedly assaulted and killed a veteran corrections officer on Christmas Day at an Ohio prison, an attack authorities said was “beyond comprehension.” Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked Wednesday at [Read More…]

Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management (NEW YORK) — As the world gears up for 2025, it leaves behind a year of war, political shifts, pop culture moments, sporting triumphs, lost stars and more. [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nine states are on alert for wind, snow, avalanches and high surf as new storms hit the west. Parts of Oregon and Northern California could see 4 to 8 inches [Read More…]

Rarrarorro/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEWPORT, Ore.) — Several officials in Lincoln County, Oregon have received an anonymous letter urging people to report “brown folks” they suspect are undocumented immigrants, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. [Read More…]

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $1 billion ahead of its Christmas Eve drawing. The estimated jackpot would make it the seventh-largest in the [Read More…]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state murder and terrorism charges in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, supporters of the suspect continued to donate tens of [Read More…]