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Emergency responders gather at Times Square in Manhattan after a suspicious package was discovered on August 18, 2025 in New York City. Police evacuated a part of the popular tourist destination for over an hour as they examined the package, which turned out not to be a threat. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A suspect faces multiple charges after allegedly leaving a suspicious package in Times Square […]

kali9/Getty Images (MADBURY, N.H.) -- Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead in a New Hampshire home and police are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said.A toddler was found alive and uninjured in the home in Madbury, a small town in the state's Seacoast region northwest of Portsmouth, according to a statement from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.Police officers discovered the bodies […]

The temporary detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” was built on a rarely used airstrip in the Florida Everglades. Peter Charalambous/ABC News (MIAMI) -- A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit from immigrant advocates after finding that many of the detained plaintiffs at the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" have received access to legal counsel.The judge also transferred the case to a different jurisdiction after […]

Hurricane Erin - The Fifth Named Storm Map/ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a tropical storm watch for North Carolina's Outer Banks and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast.Here's the latest forecast:The Outer BanksWhile the storm won't make landfall on the East Coast, it has prompted mandatory evacuations for some Outer Banks residents and visitors.The Outer […]

(NEWS YORK) -- A Michigan man was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for kidnapping and torturing a woman he stalked for more than a decade, in a case that highlighted the potentially devastating impact of stalking.Christopher Thomas, 39, pleaded guilty to kidnapping, torture and aggravated stalking in December 2023, and was sentenced in 2024. The charges stemmed from a horrific October 2022 incident in which he kidnapped […]