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(NEW YORK) -- The South is about to be walloped with more winter weather, less than a week after an ice storm ripped through the region, closing highways and taking down power lines and trees.The National Weather Service has issued cold weather alerts from Texas to Tennessee and Florida, warning that prolonged exposure to the bitter cold could lead to hypothermia if proper precautions are not taken.Several dozen people have […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday said that in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, federal officials issued public statements about the incident based on "the best information" they had at the time and "what we knew to be true on the ground."Noem previously suggested on the day of the shooting that the agents' actions were justified, claiming at a […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein's survivors told ABC News that names and identifying information of numerous victims appear unredacted in the latest disclosure of files on the late sex offender by the Department of Justice, including several women whose names have never before been publicly associated with the case.Three million pages from the DOJ's files on Epstein were being released to the public Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said […]

(NEW YORK) -- New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are set to go into effect on Feb. 1 and it could mean that millions of Americans lose their benefits.Nearly 42 million Americans, including low-income families and vulnerable households, rely on the federal program to help pay for groceries or other household essentials.However, under President Donald Trump's megabill that was signed into law in July, work requirements […]