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The Aurora Borealis lights up the night sky over Monroe, Wisconsin, on Nov. 11, 2025. (Ross Harried/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It's been a busy week for the sun, and aurora watchers in some northern and upper Midwest states looking for a glimpse of the famed colorful sky could benefit from enhanced solar activity Thursday night into Friday morning, Oct. 9. On Tuesday, a coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive burst of […]

The former Cornell student who reported an alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity has faced a series of threats and doxxing attempts in the three weeks since filing her explosive lawsuit, her attorney told ABC News. Attorney Thomas Giuffra said Jane Doe is concerned about the threats but vowed to continue the case -- saying the national attention is bringing awareness to the issue, pushing lawmakers to reconsider laws surrounding […]

Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed new charges against ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro that accuse him of conspiring with his wife to torture individuals who were held in Venezuelan prisons.The new indictment, unsealed in Manhattan federal court, specifically accused his government of torturing Americans because Maduro "assigned blame to the United States for the instability in Venezuela."Federal prosecutors alleged Maduro "presided over this system of repression and […]

University of Maryland student Dilan Shaan Ashar, who had been missing since Oct. 2, was found "disoriented" and "dehydrated" in the woods on Wednesday by campus police six days after he went missing.University of Maryland Chief of Police David Mitchell said during a press conference on Thursday that the 22-year-old was located as they canvassed a wooded area in the surrounding College Park community at about 7:30 pm local time."Dilan […]