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Authorities respond to a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, California, Nov. 13, 2025. KGO (OAKLAND, Calif.) -- An arrest has been made in Thursday's shooting of legendary former football coach John Beam on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, according to the Oakland Police Department.Additional details on the arrest were not immediately released.Beam, featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," is a football legend in the Bay Area and had coached […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Over 22 million people in Southern California are under a flood watch as a West Coast storm could slam burn scar areas, bringing potential mudslides, debris flows and excessive rainfall.Evacuation warnings are now in place through Friday evening for the following burn scar areas: Canyon, Bethany, Eaton, Palisades, Hurst, Kenneth, Sunset, Lidia, Franklin and Bridge, according to Los Angeles County officials."Anyone in these areas should be ready to leave at […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new prosecutor has been selected to take over the Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after District Attorney Fani Willis' disqualification.In a statement on Friday, the director of the agency tasked with finding the replacement said he had chosen someone new: himself.Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said he chose himself to take over the case after he […]

Mega Millions lottery tickets sit inside a convenience store in Lower Manhattan, (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest in history ahead of Friday night’s drawing where one lucky person could win an estimated $965 million.The jackpot grew from $900 million to where it currently stands after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night.The jackpot was last won […]

(NEW YORK) -- Already a convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein was still actively shopping his political and financial acumen with major power players on the international stage in 2018, according to messages in the trove of records released by the House Oversight Committee this week.Epstein appeared to welcome that role of influence-wielder, including by pitching himself as a guru on how world leaders should handle then newly-elected President Donald Trump. […]

(NEW YORK) -- Jim Avila, a former longtime ABC News senior correspondent, whose investigative journalism earned him several of the most prestigious awards in broadcast news, has died. He was 70.His death after a long illness was announced internally by ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. "Jim was a gifted journalist and a generous colleague," Karamehmedovic said in an email to staff.Avila had also a been 20/20 correspondent based in Los Angeles […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Within the thousands of Epstein documents released on Wednesday night by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are several newly released emails between Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and "The Duke" -- which appears to be Prince Andrew -- in which "The Duke" pleads with Epstein and Maxwell to publicly say he "knew nothing" of forthcoming allegations about the trio."I am NOT involved and … I knew and […]

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- An individual attempted to "confront" Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi."Last night, an individual attempted to confront one of our U.S. Attorneys — my dear friend @USAttyHabba -destroyed property in her office, and then fled the scene," Bondi posted on X Thursday. "Thankfully, Alina is ok.""Any violence or threats of violence against […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Southern California as an incoming storm could bring potential mudslides and debris flows to burn scar areas, according to county officials."Anyone in these areas should be ready to leave at a moment's notice," Los Angeles County officials said in a statement.The evacuation warnings are in effect for the following burn scar areas: Canyon, Bethany, Eaton, Palisades, Hurst, Kenneth, Sunset, Lidia, […]