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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON0 -- President Donald Trump is set to headline a fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts next month, according to an invitation obtained by ABC News, for which the top sponsorship level is selling for $2 million.The event, hosted by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees, includes a VIP reception followed by the center's opening night performance of Les Misérables.Trump -- who […]

(BRENHAM, Texas) -- The body of a 10-year-old girl was found on Tuesday after she was swept away by floodwaters in Texas. The sad end to the search comes as a a storm threat continues to impact millions in the South and Northeast on Tuesday.Two sisters were walking home from school in Brenham, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon when an adjacent creek rose quickly and one of the girls, 10-year-old Dhava […]

(BALTIMORE) -- A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's argument that a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, should not be returned to the U.S. because his asylum application would be denied.During the hearing in Maryland, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher -- who last month ordered the government to facilitate the return of the man, identified as Cristian in court filings -- […]

(JEROME, Fla.) -- An 89-year-old man and a dog were killed in apparently separate bear attacks near the victim's home in Florida, officials said.The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call shortly after 7 a.m. Monday involving a "bear encounter."The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41 near Jerome, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, a conservation area, according […]

WABC (CHESTER, N.Y.) -- A New York town official has been arrested for allegedly shooting a DoorDash driver who was lost and trying to get directions, police said.The 24-year-old victim was attempting to deliver food to a house Friday night when he got lost in Chester, a town about 50 miles north of Manhattan, the New York State Police said.He "approached several homes asking for directions before arriving at the […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Columbia University student who was detained in Vermont by Immigration and Customs Enforcement told ABC News that he was about to sign a document saying he was willing to take the Pledge of Allegiance, one of the final steps in the process to become a U.S. citizen, when masked agents suddenly arrested him.In an interview nearly a week after a federal judge ordered him released from detention while his case […]