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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- One person is dead and three others are still missing after a boat capsized on St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.The Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department responded to a reported capsized vessel with multiple people in the water at 8 p.m. on Friday.Four people were pulled from the water upon arrival of first responders and four more were unaccounted for.Multiple agencies' boats, search teams, helicopters […]

(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University appears to have ceded to the Trump administration's demands after a threat to withhold $400 million in federal funds.The school posted a four-page memo entitled "Advancing Our Work to Combat Discrimination, Harassment, and Antisemitism at Columbia." Columbia's response is being closely watched by other schools that became flashpoints for pro-Palestinian protests last year.The Trump administration canceled $400 million worth of grants and contracts to Columbia […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Cornell University graduate student filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at going after universities and "foreign national" protesters, then he was asked to surrender to ICE.Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student in Africana Studies at Cornell University, filed the suit on Saturday hoping to prevent the administration from targeting him and others who have participated in pro-Palestinian protests. An attorney for Taal said […]

Las Cruces Police Department (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) -- Three people were killed and 15 were injured in a shooting at a park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Friday night, according to police.The deceased are two 19-year-old men and one 16-year-old boy. The injured range in age from 16 years to 36 years, according to a police statement to ABC News on Saturday.Police were dispatched to the shooting shortly after […]

(NEW YORK) -- Powerful winds and wildfire warnings persist in several states, with some areas still fighting existing flames, as a new cross-country storm emerges in the Pacific Northwest on Friday.Red flag warnings are in place for areas in the Southwest, including New Mexico and north-central Texas, where wind gusts will reach up to 40 mph on Friday paired with a relative humidity down to 10%.Firefighters have continued to battle the Gail […]