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(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Francine strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 1 storm, with winds reaching 75 mph, as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon or early evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans.Here's how the news is developing:Conditions deteriorating in southern LouisianaConditions are deteriorating in southern Louisiana as Hurricane Francine gets closer to landfall.The storm, located 120 miles southwest […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of keeping a proposition about abortion access on the state’s ballot, directing Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to certify the proposition.The order reversed a decision by a lower court and came after Ashcroft had decertified the proposition.If passed in November by Missouri voters, the initiative would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution and allow the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Francine strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 1 storm, with winds reaching 75 mph, as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon or early evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans.Here's how the news is developing:Weather warnings for Gulf Coast statesA raft of warnings was issued for cities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ahead of Hurricane Francine’s […]

(NEW YORK) -- The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the Line Fire ravaging areas east of Los Angeles since Sept. 5.Justin Wayne Halstenberg, a 34-year-old man from Norco, was identified "as the suspect who started a fire in the area of Baseline Road and Alpin Street in the city of Highland, also known as the Line Fire," the Sheriff's Department said in a […]

(NEW YORK) -- A rideshare driver has been arrested for allegedly murdering his female passenger, who was found shot to death near a wooded area after she was reported missing, police announced Tuesday.The victim, 30-year-old Chanti Dixon, was reported missing on Monday, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Chris Bailey. She had ordered an Uber around 3:30 a.m. Sunday to take her home from work, but she had not been […]

(NEW YORK) -- The mother of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspected of opening fire at his Georgia high school, said she last heard from her son the morning of the shooting when he texted her, "I'm sorry, Mom.""His dad had actually gotten texts from him that basically said the same thing already that morning, about 15 minutes prior," Marcee Gray told ABC News. "One said, 'I'm sorry,' and one said, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Three major wildfires were raging across Southern California Tuesday, threatening thousands of homes as firefighters and the state National Guard were battling to bring the flames under control amid a triple-digit heatwave, officials said.The Line Fire in San Bernardino County, the Airport Fire in Orange County and the Bridge Fire in Los Angeles County are all being fueled by extremely dry vegetation and spreading rapidly, officials said.The […]

Kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) -- A mother is facing charges after her 3-year-old daughter died from being left in a hot car as extreme heat grips Southern California, authorities said.Around 4:20 p.m. Friday, police and fire crews responded to reports of a 3-year-old girl and her mother, Sandra Hernandez, who were both unconscious, Anaheim police said.A family member had found the mother and daughter locked in a Ford Expedition, and […]

Clara McMichael, Sam Sweeney, and Emily Shapiro, ABC News (ATLANTA) -- A Delta jet clipped a smaller plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, tearing the tail off the smaller plane, officials said.Delta Air Lines Flight 295, which was en route to Tokyo, was taxiing for takeoff when its wingtip hit the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526, which was headed to Louisiana, knocking the […]