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(PHOENIX, Ariz.) -- The man who was detained and released after being questioned in connection with the abduction of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, says it was “terrifying.”The man, who said he works in Tucson and delivers packages for a living, said he was detained in a traffic stop in Rio Rico, according to ABC Phoenix affiliate station KNXV, which spoke to him after his encounter with law […]

(EL PASO, Texas) -- Flight restrictions put in place and then lifted for El Paso, Texas, by the Federal Aviation Administration were taken as a preemptive measure by the agency amid a potential operation by military drones in the area, a source told ABC News. The FAA said in a statement that there is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.Hours after issuing the flight restrictions, the FAA published […]

A sign at the El Paso International Airport (ELP) on December 25, 2025 in El Paso, Texas. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images) (EL PASO, Texas) -- The Federal Aviation Administration issued temporary flight restrictions over El Paso, Texas, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, prohibiting all flight operations there for the next 10 days for "special security reasons," according to a notice.The notice said no flights could operate beginning early Wednesday within a […]

(NEW YORK) -- The National Parks Service (NPS) removed the rainbow flag that sat on a flagpole inside the Stonewall National Monument near Christopher Park in New York City's Greenwich Village.The site was designated a national monument by President Barack Obama in June, 2016, becoming the first federal monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights.The communications office for NPS, which is overseen by the Department of the Interior, confirmed the removal of […]

(NEW YORK) -- The National Parks Service (NPS) removed the rainbow flag that sat on a flagpole inside the Stonewall National Monument near Christopher Park in New York City's Greenwich Village.The site was designated a national monument by President Barack Obama in June, 2016, becoming the first federal monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights.The communications office for NPS, which is overseen by the Department of the Interior, confirmed the removal of […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Federal authorities are expected to unseal the affidavit they filed in support of their search of a Fulton County, Georgia, election office last month, after a federal judge ordered the document be unsealed by the end of the day Tuesday.FBI agents on Jan. 28 seized 700 boxes containing ballots and other materials associated with the 2020 election from the county's  Elections Hub and Operations Center after obtaining a search warrant. President Donald Trump […]

In these images released by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Kentravious Holmes, 21, and Rickey Martin, 20, are shown. The two inmates escaped custody from the Sumter County Jail. Sumter County Sheriff's Office (SUMTER COUNTY, Ga.) -- Authorities are continuing the search for two murder suspects who escaped from a Georgia jail on Sunday.Rickey Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, escaped Sumter County Jail at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, […]

(CLARK COUNTY, Ohio) -- Schools and county offices in Ohio's Clark County received multiple bomb threats targeting the Haitian community on Monday, prompting classes in Springfield to be canceled for the day, according to Gov. Mike DeWine.There is no credible threat to the public at this time, according to the FBI's Cincinnati office, which said it is "aware of a number of hoax threats in Central Ohio."The emailed threats were directed at […]

(ROCKVILLE, Md.) -- A student was shot inside a high school in Rockville, Maryland, on Monday, according to Montgomery County police.One person is in custody in connection with the shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School, police said.The school is on lockdown, according to police. Rockville is about 20 miles north of Washington, D.C. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.