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iStock/Cavan Images (NEW YORK) — This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many Mexican Americans will find solace in celebrating Día de los Muertos. The holiday, which is celebrated from Oct. 31 through Nov. [Read More…]

iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A grand jury indicted Robert Durst on a second-degree murder charge Monday in connection with the 1982 death of his first wife, Kathleen Durst. Westchester County prosecutors charged the real estate [Read More…]

iStock (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up to send a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station for the fourth time. The mission, dubbed Crew-3, will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, [Read More…]

Texarkana Police Department via Facebook (TEXARKANA, TX.) — A search is ongoing in eastern Texas for a gunman who opened fire at a Halloween party attended by “at least a couple hundred” revelers, killing one [Read More…]

Courtesy Sgt. Tyler Andrews (WASHINGTON) — There was a sense of danger and urgency in the air at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Aug. 26. Sixteen hours earlier, the U.S. Embassy had [Read More…]

kali9/iStock (ARLINGTON, Va.) — Numerous police departments in Northern Virginia say the public can expect to see expanded police presence at shopping malls, public centers and gatherings over the Halloween weekend in response to a [Read More…]

Jeff Gentner/Getty Images for SiriusXM (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The relatives of those killed in the 2015 Charleston Church shooting are speaking out after they came to an $88 million settlement with the federal government over [Read More…]

Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 743,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]

Matt277/iStock (NEW YORK) — Four New York City firefighters have been suspended after driving their truck to a state senator’s office while on duty, asking for the politician’s home address and telling him the city would [Read More…]

baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — Another 28 million Americans are one step closer to getting vaccinated against COVID-19 after the Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer shot for 5-11-year-olds. Children will be one of [Read More…]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City firefighters and other city workers protested outside the mayor’s residence Thursday, as a COVID-19 vaccination deadline quickly approaches. Nearly all municipal employees, including [Read More…]

Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 740,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced it had reached settlements with the families of victims murdered by Dylann Roof in the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting. Families had sued [Read More…]

Michał Chodyra/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A California school safety officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old unarmed woman. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charge against [Read More…]

Artfully79/iStock This report is a part of “Rethinking Gun Violence,” an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. — and what can be done about it. (NEW YORK) — In [Read More…]

Obtained by ABC News (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Law enforcement officials in New Mexico said Wednesday that they suspect a real bullet was loaded in the antique revolver used in a movie-set shooting by actor Alec [Read More…]

KTRK (HOUSTON) — An 8-year-old boy whose skeletal remains were left in his Houston home died from “multiple blunt-force injuries,” authorities said Wednesday. The remains of the boy, who died around November 2020, were left in [Read More…]

Courtesy Katie Palamara (NEW YORK) — A 1-year-old golden retriever named Chandler has a Halloween costume for every day in October and they are paw-sitively adorable. Chandler, named after “Friends” character Chandler Bing by his owner [Read More…]

Getty Images/Jeff Swensen (PITTSBURGH) — On Oct. 27, 2018, 11 worshippers, including a 97-year-old woman, were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Here’s a closer look at the lives lost. Rose Mallinger [Read More…]

Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch (WASHINGTON) — Four months after announcing it would allow a third-gender option for U.S. citizens on their passports, the State Department said Wednesday that it has issued one. It is the first of [Read More…]