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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Police are searching for suspects who shot and killed a 7-year-old Florida girl at a shopping plaza over the weekend. Heydi Rivas Villanueva was sitting in a vehicle with [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Virginia) — When you walk into Courtroom 900 in the federal court house in Alexandria, Virginia, you step into another domain, a territory ruled not by a mayor or a governor or [Read More…]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Thousands of people descended upon Washington, D.C., today for protests on the anniversary of the violent Charlottesville rally, but only a few dozen appeared to be in support of the Unite the [Read More…]

ABC News(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A toxic algae bloom is creeping up the west coast of the Sunshine State, killing wildlife and keeping residents and tourists away from the acclaimed beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAUREL, Md.) — NASA has launched a mission to get closer than its ever gotten before to the sun, its corona and solar wind. After a 24-hour delay, the mission, called Parker Solar Probe, launched [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The first half of the weekend was a washout for much of the Northeast, thanks to heavy showers and thunderstorms that continued throughout the day. Many areas received 2 to 3 inches [Read More…]

Isa Foltin/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Oleg Sentsov has not eaten for 90 days. For nearly three months, the Ukrainian film director has been on a hunger strike in a remote Russian prison, where advocates say he [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(OAKLAND, Calif.) — What was planned to be a sentencing for the two men charged in the December 2016 Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 people in an Oakland warehouse took a surprising turn when [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Overcast skies and strong showers are expected across the Northeast this weekend. Winds will be off of the Atlantic Ocean, allowing for the formation of scattered thunderstorms. Heavy downpours with flash [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — An empty Horizon Airlines plane has crashed after it was stolen by a ground employee from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday around 8 p.m., according to local authorities and a senior federal aviation [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ, Iran) — Iran fired a short range anti-ship missile last week as part of the short notice naval exercise it held near the Strait of Hormuz, according to two U.S. officials. Earlier [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A viral tweet has inspired people to donate millions of frequent flyer miles to help reunite separated immigrant families. Non-profit organizations have been working to reunite hundreds of children and parents who [Read More…]

State of Nevada Department of Corrections(CARSON CITY, Nev.) — Authorities have used DNA to link four cold case murders from 1984 in Colorado to a man already serving time for attempted murder and deadly assault [Read More…]

San Diego Crime Stoppers (SAN DIEGO) — A rare cello worth $100,000 that was used in the soundtrack of the “Star Wars” films has been stolen from a hotel room in San Diego. The cello [Read More…]

Google, 2017(BOSTON) — A man who shares a name with the Bard was convicted of a “brazen daytime murder” in Boston committed while the victim’s 4-year-old son sat nearby. William Shakespeare shot and killed Marcus [Read More…]

ABC News(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — The spot where counter protester Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed down a street during the Charlottesville protest last year has become an unlikely space of refuge for her [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — Hitler-style mustaches and swastikas can now be used in video games in some instances, German regulators have ruled. Germany’s constitution forbids the use of symbols deemed “anti-constitutional,” including Nazi party-affiliated symbols, and violation [Read More…]

ABC News(SAADA, Yemen) — Houthi rebels welcomed a call for an international investigation into an airstrike that killed dozens of children traveling on a school bus in Yemen’s Saada province Thursday. “We welcome the call [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(DUBLIN) — Around 50,000 passengers across Europe are expected to be affected this weekend as Ryanair is forced to cancel almost 400 flights due to a 24-hour walkout by staff in five European countries over [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least four people were killed Friday morning in a shooting in Canada’s eastern city of Fredericton, police said. The Fredericton Police Force confirmed via Twitter that there were “multiple fatalities” from [Read More…]