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The mother of a 7-year-old Chicago girl is demanding "justice" after her child was fatally stabbed over the weekend in what appears to have been an unprovoked street attack.The mother of the young victim broke down in tears and collapsed to her knees during a community vigil on Sunday on a sidewalk in the South Side Chicago neighborhood where her daughter was attacked."My daughter's death should not be left like […]

More than 35 million people are under heat alerts on Sunday afternoon as a dangerous multi-day October heat wave continues across nearly all of California.Temperatures are expected to soar up to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, into the 90s and 100s, from Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, to the Mexico border.In some areas of California, especially urban areas, warm nights will provide little […]

Some of the fraternity brothers later accused of sexual assault at Cornell University attempted to contain the allegations in the weeks following the incident, apparently worried about what would happen to their own reputations and futures on campus, according to text messages, phone calls, and other records reviewed by ABC News. Students who later spoke to campus authorities described the efforts by some in Chi Phi as “damage control” to ensure the […]

An Ohio man who was found guilty of murdering his wife and staging the crime scene to make it seem as if an intruder had broken into their home and fatally shot the mother of two is set to be sentenced on Monday.Caleb Flynn, 40, a former pastor who once appeared as a contestant on "American Idol" in 2013, was found guilty of aggravated murder and multiple counts of murder, […]

A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed on a sidewalk in a shopping district of Chicago over the weekend by a woman who was detained at the scene of the crime by bystanders, according to police.The incident occurred just before noon local time on Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.The victim was walking southbound on the sidewalk when the […]

Commissioner Frank Strada (Tennessee Department of Correction) Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said he will resign days after Christa Pike was hospitalized following a botched execution attempt, according to Gov. Bill Lee.The Tennessee governor's statement on Saturday did not directly reference the situation with Pike, who is currently "critically ill," unconscious and on a ventilator in a hospital following the Sept. 30 failed execution. In the announcement, Strada […]

Gypsy Rose Blanchard's partner Kenan Urker was found dead on his 34th birthday in what officials describe as an apparent drug-related incident, authorities said.Officers discovered Urker dead when they responded to a call from a home in Raceland, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office.Urker, who was lying on a bed, was cold and his face and arms were blue, according to the sheriff's office. A […]

A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a fellow rider on a J train in Queens, police said.Jyrell Thomas was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation Thursday morning. He was described by police as emotionally disturbed.He was later arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.Police said Thomas was pacing back and forth inside the train car and appeared […]

The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.The officials told ABC News that […]