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(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called "Truth and Justice Commission" and establish a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by alleged victims of government "weaponization" in exchange for President Donald Trump dropping his ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, sources told ABC News.Sources told ABC News that the proposed deal -- which is likely to face legal hurdles […]

(HARRISON COUNTY, Ind.) -- Three people were found dead in a murder-suicide after the shooter expressed suicidal thoughts to a family member, according to authorities.Harrison County deputies responded to a welfare check on Wednesday at a residence in southern Indiana after a Mississippi man reported that his brother expressed suicidal thoughts to him in a phone call earlier in the day, according to the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.Deputies found a […]

(NEW YORK) -- An Iraqi national carried out 20 reported terrorist attacks in Europe and Canada against U.S. and Israeli interests, including the stabbing of a Jewish-American citizen, in retaliation for the war in Iran and in an effort to halt the conflict, a federal criminal complaint alleges.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly firebombed a Bank of New York Mellon building in Amsterdam, tried to detonate improvised explosives at the […]

(SEATTLE)-- The transgender University of Washington student who was killed in a student housing building suffered over 40 stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulder, arms and hands, according to the probable cause statement.Juniper Blessing, 19, was found covered in blood in the laundry room of the Nordheim Court building on Sunday night, according to court documents.The suspect, 31-year-old Christopher Leahy, surrendered to police on Wednesday and was booked for […]

(CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.) -- Rage-baiting livestreamer Dalton Eatherly, known online as "Chud the Builder," is being held on $1.25 million bond after being charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse.Eatherly, 28, and another man sustained gunshot wounds during the shooting incident Wednesday outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.There was a "physical altercation that escalated to gunfire," the […]

The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen on a law enforcement vehicle in Washington. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (EL PASO, Texas) -- The wife of an active-duty U.S. Army sergeant with 27 years of service was released from immigration custody on Thursday.Deisy Fidelina Rivera Ortega was taken into custody on April 14 in El Paso, Texas, while attending a routine immigration interview related to a "Parole in Place" application […]

A bald eagle is seen on the 8th hole during the second round of the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club on March 27, 2026 in Savannah, Georgia. (James Gilbert/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A Texas man could serve jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a bald eagle at his home in 2024, which is a violation of federal law.Santos Guerrero, 42, has pleaded guilty to […]

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is pictured with the late Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. (Dept. of Justice) (NEW YORK) -- An Iraqi national carried out at least 18 reported terrorist attacks in Europe against U.S. and Israeli interests, including the stabbing of a Jewish-American citizen, in retaliation for the war in Iran and in an effort to halt the conflict, a federal criminal complaint alleges.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly firebombed a […]

(NEW YORK) -- The American doctor who was on the MV Hondius cruise ship and initially tested positive for hantavirus has since tested negative and says "there's no evidence that I've had hantavirus."A doctor from the biocontainment unit in Nebraska said the initial test was most likely a falsely positive, based on further testing.Dr. Stephen Kornfeld -- the only American to test positive for hantavirus -- came down with flu-like […]