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(PHOENIX) --  Record-shattering temperatures are expected to continue on Sunday as a rare and strong early-season heat dome has resulted in triple-digit highs in some parts of the Western U.S.As the temperatures soared to 105 degrees on Saturday in Phoenix, Ariz., the third-straight day the weather has topped the 100-degree mark, more than 400 people attending an airshow in nearby Glendale were treated for heat-related illnesses, authorities said.At least 25 […]

(NEW YORK) -- Saturday saw the highest call-out rate of TSA officers at airports since the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown began, according to exclusive data from the Transportation Safety Administration first obtained by ABC News.Over 3,250 officers called out Saturday, March 21, according to TSA data, accounting for 11.51% of the scheduled workforce.Airport security lines are growing nationwide as TSA officers, who haven’t received a paycheck for over […]

(NEW YORK) -- Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the bureau in the tumultuous decade following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and who later served as special counsel overseeing the politically charged investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, has died, his family announced. He was 81."With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night," a family statement said. […]

(OAHU, Hawaii) -- Dangerous flooding is impacting Hawaii's Oahu island, prompting evacuations and a warning from local officials of a possible dam collapse, as major rains pummel the area for the second significant rain event in a week.An evacuation order was issued early Friday morning local time for Haleiwa and Waialua, including areas near the Wahiawa Dam, according to Oahu Emergency Management, which warned that the dam "may collapse or […]

Mark Anderson, 36, showed up at MDC-Brooklyn with a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter and, when jail guards asked for credentials, threw papers at them, prosecutors said. (United States District Court Eastern District of New York) (NEW YORK) -- The man who allegedly claimed to be an FBI agent and demanded Luigi Mangione’s release from federal jail is considering whether to plead guilty, his attorney said at a hearing […]

(NEW YORK) -- After Kouri Richins was charged with murder for fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, a friend of the Utah mother of three had a difficult time reconciling that.In an exclusive interview with "20/20," Ali Staking said she and her children were "devastated" about the sudden 2022 death of 39-year-old Eric Richins."I said, along the way, 'Sometimes it looks like Kouri might have done it,'" Staking recalled saying to her […]

Police crime scene tape (mbbirdy/Getty Images) (CHICAGO) -- An 18-year-old student at Loyola University in Chicago was shot and killed while walking with her friends near campus, authorities said.The group was walking near Tobey Prinz Beach Park, less than 1 mile from the university's Lake Shore campus, when an unknown male walked up to them at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Chicago police said.The male showed a gun and opened fire […]

(NEW YORK) -- The ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown is taking its toll on the thousands of Transportation Security Administration employees at airports who have been working without pay.Approximately 60,000 TSA officers who have gone over a month with partial pay began receiving their first $0 paychecks last week.Many say they are living in fear, with some taking on extra jobs or even leaving the agency altogether to make […]

(NEW YORK) -- Dolores Huerta, the iconic civil rights leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, said she decided to speak out to support other women who have come forward after a New York Times report revealed accusations of sexual assault against the late labor leader Cesar Chávez."And to think that somebody that we looked at as our hero and our leader -- you know, it's pretty horrible," Huerta […]