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(PHILADELPHIA, Pa.) -- It was just a normal Friday evening for Philadelphia father Andre Howard and his 10-year-old son Trey Howard.Andre Howard picked up Trey Howard and his two younger siblings from school and drove to a nearby Dunkin'."I promised him Tuesday that we would get donuts on Friday after school," Andre Howard told ABC News.However, as they were leaving the Dunkin', about to turn on Cottman Avenue, Andre Howard said the […]

(EDGEWATER, Fla.) -- A woman called 911 to report a toddler left alone in a vehicle outside a Florida bar before the mother of the child and her boyfriend were arrested for child neglect, according to newly released audio.The Edgewater Police Department released the audio of the 911 call along with the body camera footage Monday of what they had called a "disgusting" incident.The child's mother, 35-year-old Kristina Vitucci, and her boyfriend, […]

Philadelphia Police Department (PHILADELPHIA) -- A Temple University student has been arrested and charged with impersonating an ICE officer after showing up at a residence hall and attempting to enter.Two "suspicious" males identified themselves as police and ICE agents to dorm security on Saturday, according to Philadelphia police. The individuals were denied access to the residence hall, according to Temple.A third suspect -- identified by police as 22-year-old Aidan Steigelmann, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- For the family and friends of Jonathan Campos -- the captain of American Airlines Flight 5342, which plunged into the Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter -- the feelings of grief that followed the news of his death were quickly replaced by anger.As President Donald Trump made unfounded claims blaming diversity, equity and inclusion policies for contributing to the midair collision, Campos' former […]

Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A group of FBI agents who assisted in criminal investigations stemming from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol filed suit Tuesday in an effort to block the Justice Department from assembling lists of agents for potential disciplinary actions or firings.The class-action lawsuit, filed anonymously by the agents Tuesday afternoon in D.C. federal court, includes screenshots showing a survey that was […]

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is planning to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, sources confirmed to ABC News.The Super Bowl 59 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles comes one month after a terrorist drove a truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.Officials said Monday that there's no credible threats to […]

(MAITLAND, Fla.) -- Marcus Jordan, the son of basketball legend Michael Jordan, was arrested on drug and resisting arrest charges in Florida after he got his vehicle stuck on train tracks, according to an arrest affidavit.The 34-year-old Orlando resident was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Maitland after an officer saw a blue Lamborghini SUV that appeared to be stopped on railroad tracks, according to the affidavit. The officer […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Even as crews continued to comb the Potomac River for the remains of victims, the Army Corps of Engineers began on Monday the delicate task of removing from the frigid water the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair last week near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.With the roar of commercial jets taking off and landing from the airport's […]

(KENOSHA, WI) -- A 52-year-old man and his dog have been stabbed to death in their own basement after an alleged intruder broke into their home, police said.The incident occurred on Monday morning at 11:42 a.m. when the Kenosha Police Department in Wisconsin responded to the 8500 block of 18th Avenue after the homeowner “called to report that someone possibly entered his home and that his back door was broken,” […]