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(WASHINGTON) -- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations of sexual abuse raised by a former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein during her interview with the committee last month, according to a letter from Comer and three other Republican lawmakers.Sarah Kellen, a longtime personal assistant to Epstein, told the Oversight Committee that she was sexually abused by Epstein for over a decade, […]

Graduaton cap (seng kui Lim/ 500px/Getty Images) (FAIRFIELD, Calif.) -- A teenager was killed and three people were wounded, including an 11-year-old, when gunfire erupted outside a high school graduation ceremony in Northern California, according to police.The shooting took place at about 7:15 p.m. local time Wednesday in the parking lot of Fairfield High School after a ceremony ended there for Sem Yeto High School graduates, the Fairfield Police Department […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed the detection of New World screwworm in a cow in Texas after the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned Wednesday that the parasitic fly may have arrived in the mainland U.S after moving north from countries in Central America and Mexico, which have been dealing with an outbreak in livestock since at least 2022.Rollins said that the screwworm was detected in a three-week-old […]

A horse, named Detail, who was unable to compete due to a stabbing injury. (Obtained by ABC News) (LAS VEGAS) -- The teenage girl accused of stabbing three horses is due in court for a hearing on Thursday as prosecutors hope to move her case to adult court.The girl -- who was in Las Vegas for the National Barrel Horse Association's Professional's Choice Vegas Super Show -- is accused of […]

(NEW YORK) -- An appellate court in New York has upheld a $4.3 million judgment imposed on former National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre after he was found liable of misappropriating money. The Appellate Division's First Department also upheld the prohibition on LaPierre from holding a position as an officer or director of the NRA for 10 years."The 10-year ban does not burden LaPierre’s rights to freedom of speech and association, […]

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A man was arrested and faces a federal charge after an explosive device was allegedly found in his carry-on bag at a California airport, federal authorities said.Kimani Osayande Jones, 49, was detained at the Sacramento International Airport on Saturday after attempting to go through a security checkpoint, according to the Transportation Security Administration.Jones was "wearing a scarf covering his face and latex gloves on his hands" at […]

(SOUDERTON, Pa.) --  A volunteer firefighter has been arrested for allegedly setting fires and then responding to them with his fire department, according to officials in eastern Pennsylvania.Justin Sholly, a 29-year-old member of the Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company in Souderton, was arrested on Sunday on charges including arson, according to court documents.The first fire was Friday morning, when the Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company and other agencies responded to a fire […]

Yellow police tape says "police line do not cross" is set against blurry background. (Sheila Paras/Getty Images) (BAKERSFIELD, Calif) -- All hostages have been released, and a suspect is confirmed dead on Wednesday after an hours-long standoff at a bank in California, sources told ABC News.The standoff began after a reported bomb threat at a bank in California. Two hostages were first released after hours of ongoing negotiations with a […]

(VIRGINIA) -- Two Honduran immigrant children have been unlawfully detained at a youth facility in Virginia for more than 300 days, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.According to the complaint, the two siblings -- a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl who lawyers say both fled gang violence in Honduras -- have remained in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) despite "the existence […]