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(DALLAS) -- Jurors heard closing arguments Tuesday in the capital murder trial of Yaser Said, who is accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, in a taxi in the Dallas area in 2008. Said was placed on the FBI’s most-wanted list and evaded arrest for more than 12 years. Said, who had worked as a cab driver, was arrested in August 2020 […]

(TRUCKEE, Calif.) -- Lindsey Rodni-Nieman got a text late Friday night from her teenage daughter, saying she was planning to leave a party in about 45 minutes and would be coming "straight home." "I told her to be safe and that I loved her. And she said, 'OK, mom, I love you, too,'" Rodni-Nieman recalled in an interview with ABC News on Monday. "She never came home." Kiely Rodni, 16, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Back-to-school season is in full swing -- and running up against the ongoing national teacher shortage. In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that by 2024, the U.S. would need more than 300,000 teachers to fill the demand for educators nationwide. Several factors have worsened the problem in the last two years: Teachers have retired or walked away from the profession citing the […]

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- The fourth Muslim man killed in a possible string of murders in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been identified as a 25-year-old native of Pakistan, according to police. Naeem Hussain was found dead from a gunshot wound on Friday near Truman Street and Grand Avenue in Albuquerque's Highland Business neighborhood, according to the Albuquerque Police Department. Police are investigating whether the killing is connected to the shooting death […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (BOSTON) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu extended the city's heat emergency through Tuesday as Bostonians deal with a marathon of at least 95-degree days. "With the weather forecast now showing the high temperatures and humidity lasting through Tuesday, we're extending the heat emergency to make sure all of our Boston residents and families are safe," Wu said in a statement. Boston set a new record on Monday, reaching […]

(ATLANTA) -- Brianna Grier, the Georgia woman who died after falling out of a police car last month, died from a severe blunt force injury to the head, according to the preliminary findings of an independent autopsy ordered by her family. "In this case, the cause of death is consistent with the severe blunt force injury that occurred inside of the head," Dr. Allecia Wilson, a pathologist and the director […]

(ATLANTA) -- The father and son convicted of federal hate crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Monday to life in prison. Gregory McMichael, 66, chased 25-year-old Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, with his son, Travis McMichael, 36, who fired the fatal shot. The McMichaels' neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, 52, who joined the chase and recorded video and was also convicted of federal hate crimes, was sentenced Monday […]

(NEW YORK) -- The family of Gabby Petito announced Monday that they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the police department in Moab, Utah, where Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie were questioned last year about a possible domestic dispute. Shortly after Petito and Laundrie were questioned by police on Aug. 12, 2021, Petito, 22, went missing. Petito's body was discovered last September in the Bridger-Teton National Forest […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) --  Sentencing is underway for the three men convicted of federal hate crimes in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal shot on Feb. 23, 2020, was sentenced Monday to life in prison. His father, Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan could also face life sentences. They'll be sentenced Monday afternoon at the Brunswick, Georgia, courthouse. The three […]