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(DALLAS, Texas) -- As the motive in the fatal sniper-type shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office this week becomes clear, law enforcement experts said the incident is part of a frightening trend of rifle-wielding shooters targeting politicians, police and others from long distances.The Dallas shooter, according to authorities wanted to "terrorize" ICE officers not just in Dallas, but around the country. The U.S. attorney for the Northern […]

(NEW YORK) -- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent seen on video pushing a woman at a federal courthouse in New York City on Thursday has been relieved of his current duties as the Department of Homeland Security investigates the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News.In the video reviewed by ABC News, a woman can be heard pleading with the agent as her husband is being detained, saying "you […]

(NEW YORK) -- A retired investment banker was arrested Friday at his Connecticut home on federal charges he trafficked women for sex acts in luxury hotels and at a Manhattan apartment converted into a sex dungeon with BDSM equipment, according to a federal indictment.Howie Rubin, 70, and his former personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, 45, are charged with sex trafficking and transportation for the purposes of prostitution, according to the U.S. […]

(NEW YORK) -- New Jersey's closely-watched gubernatorial race was jolted Thursday after the National Archives blamed a technician's mistake for the release of Congresswoman and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill's unredacted military records.Sherrill and some Democratic allies are calling for an investigation, saying the release was no mistake but an extension of President Donald Trump's effort to weaponize the federal government against his political opponents.Responding to a routine records […]

Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Shane Tamura, who drove cross-country from Las Vegas and opened fire at the New York headquarters of the NFL, killing four, had CTE, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Friday, confirming what was in the shooter’s own writings.Police found a three-page note in Tamura’s pocket claiming he had a traumatic brain injury and blaming the NFL for "concealing […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump stood by his Justice Department and slammed James Comey Friday, just hours after the former FBI director was indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020."It's about justice. He lied, he lied a lot," Trump told reporters outside the White House Friday morning.Asked if the indictment was about justice or revenge, Trump said "It's about justice, […]

JoAnn Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur, holding the manuscript of her autobiography with Old Havana, Cuba, in the background on October 7, 1987. (Photo by Ozier Muhammad/Newsday RM via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member who was convicted in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, has died in Cuba, where she fled, according to Cuban officials. She was 78.Her conviction for the […]

Tropical Outlook - Atlantic Basin Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A new tropical system may hit the Carolinas as a hurricane next week, bringing significant flooding with it.The system -- which will be named Imelda -- could strengthen to a tropical storm on Saturday and may become a hurricane on Sunday or Monday.The system will move through the Bahamas this weekend and then turn north. While the track remains […]

Bryson Higashi is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard) (KAUAI, Hawaii) -- Authorities in Hawaii say they are looking for a 44-year-old diver who was last seen on Tuesday in the waters near Kauai in Hawaii.Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a notification at 7:36 p.m. on Wednesday from Kauai Fire Department personnel of a possible person in the water […]