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(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Four detainees at an immigration detention center in New Jersey remain unaccounted for on Friday, according to law enforcement officials, following what the city's mayor referred to as an "uprising" at the facility.Federal officials have told local law enforcement in New Jersey that the four detainees have escaped, officials told ABC News. A be-on-the-lookout notice has been issued and a search is ongoing.The detainees were being held at Delaney […]

(NEW YORK) -- Levels of the harmful toxin microcystin have been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Microcystin is a group of toxins produced by cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They are the most common cyanobacterial toxins and can be found inside algal cells. They can also accumulate in common marine life, such as zooplankton, mussels, […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court on Friday declined to rehear President Trump's challenge to a $5 million civil judgment after a jury found him liable in 2023 for the battery and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.A jury in Manhattan federal court found in 2023 that Trump attacked Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the 1990s and later […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom, dealing the administration a temporary reprieve to what would have been a major reversal of its policy on the protests in Los Angeles.Earlier Thursday, a federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Trump's deployment of California National […]

(BOCA GRANDE, Fla.) -- A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a shark while snorkeling off the Florida Gulf Coast, with the animal nearly biting her entire hand off, her family said.At approximately 12 p.m. on Wednesday, 9-year-old Leah Lendel was swimming in Boca Grande, Florida, near the shore, with her mother and two younger siblings about 4 feet away from her, Leah's family said in a statement provided to ABC […]

(NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Md.) -- A Maryland mother has been charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter after falsely reporting to police that the child was kidnapped at gunpoint, according to Maryland State Police.Darrian Randle, 31, was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse resulting in the death of a minor under 13 and "other related criminal charges," police announced on Wednesday. She was also charged with […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (BOSTON) -- A JetBlue flight rolled into a grass area off the runway after landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, officials said.No one was hurt, Massachusetts Port Authority said.Passengers were seen exiting the Airbus A220 by the stairs."The runway is closed at this time as the aircraft is assessed and passengers are bussed to the terminal," Massachusetts Port Authority said in a statement.JetBlue Flight 312 […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Army is reviewing how pro-President Donald Trump merchandise wound up being sold on one of its bases this week at a service-sponsored event orchestrated by the White House and the president's supporters.Earlier this week, Trump spoke at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in celebration of the Army's 250th birthday. At the event, a truck was spotted selling Trump merchandise -- including "Make America Great Again" hats […]

(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The Orlando, Florida, community on Thursday evening is set to honor the 49 victims who were gunned down at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016.It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, though it was surpassed by the Las Vegas attack the following year.The ninth anniversary of the attack comes as groups of victims and survivors this week visit Pulse -- once […]