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Getty Images A helicopter carrying five people crashed into the water off the coast of Catalina Island in California on Wednesday evening, killing two of those on board, sending two others to the hospital and prompting a search in the water for the last one."This remains an active scene with search and rescue operations continuing throughout the night," the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.Two of four people who were […]

When Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk climbs aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket that will take him and the other three members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 to the International Space Station, he'll bring a more than 100-year-old pocket watch.Kutryk, a fourth-generation Ukrainian Canadian, says he's bringing the timepiece because "I need a watch to tell time," but also because it's been a family heirloom since […]

During a 2025 hearing at Cornell University, an unidentified female former student who alleges she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024 described her harrowing night at the house surrounded by multiple men: "I felt like bait. I felt like lions around me. It just was a totally debilitating place to be in."Her description is included in a heavily-redacted 99-page report, obtained by ABC News, that was prepared […]

(NEW YORK) -- The execution of the only woman on Tennessee's death row was paused at the 11th hour as a federal appeals court reviews the case.The state has since asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the appeals court's stay.Christa Pike, 50, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. She was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of […]

(NEW YORK) -- As prosecutors reopened an investigation into a former Cornell University student's allegations of being drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in 2024, a state-mandated survey of undergraduate students revealed that more than one-third of undergraduate women said they had experienced sexual assault during their time at the Ivy League university.According to the school's 2025 Survey of Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct (SARM), 35% of undergraduate women […]

(Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) -- A parent has been arrested after a toddler was found with a loaded gun inside a Michigan daycare facility, authorities said.A teacher noticed the gun Monday morning and took "immediate action," Canton Police Chief Joseph Bialy told ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ.Officers then responded to the incident in Canton, just outside of Detroit, and secured the weapon, according to Canton police.No injuries were reported.Charges […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Cornell University student detailed the night that she was allegedly sexually assaulted in a statement to police two years ago — describing that she was felt incapacitated, saying she declined to participate in some of the sexual activity and that the incidents at Chi Phi fraternity house "felt like coercion," according to a copy of the police report obtained by ABC News.The developments in the case, […]

Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration says it's taking away chairs at airport checkpoints nationwide and that TSA officers who check passengers' IDs must stand, saying the move is designed to help officers remain alert."This welcome change reinforces both our security posture and our commitment to hospitality by having these officers on their feet and alert," a TSA spokesperson said in a statement to ABC News. "All officers must meet […]

An elderly couple was arrested in connection with the shooting death of their son-in-law, a director for the New York Times' games division, over the weekend in California, police said.While court documents detailed a long a history between Jonathan McKinsey and his in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, and a divorce between McKinsey and his wife, investigators didn't immediately disclose a motive behind Saturday's shooting.McKinsey, 40, of Dublin, California was […]