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(NEW ORLEANS, La.) -- More than 200 federal agents are expected to begin fanning out across New Orleans on Wednesday after the Department of Homeland Security announced the start of an immigration crackdown dubbed Operation Catahoula Crunch.Named after the Louisiana state dog, the immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans is the latest stop in the Trump administration's nationwide effort targeting undocumented migrants with criminal records, according to the DHS.U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 "countries of concern," meaning that even applicants with pending green card applications will be subject to a pause and review, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.A memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted on Tuesday says that anyone from a country on the administration's new travel ban list who is in the United […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy petty officer and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as "764," which the FBI now describes as "modern day terrorism" for its sadistic and violent tormenting of teens online.An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that the earlier group, calling themselves "Greggy's Cult," engaged in a criminal enterprise that pushed young […]

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- The son of a California radiologist has been identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of his parents at their home.Dr. Eric Cordes, 63, and wife, Vicki, 66, were shot multiple times in their Simi Valley garage on Sunday shortly after 12 p.m. local time. The couple was taken to a local hospital and later died of their injuries, the Simi Valley Police Department told […]

Low Temperatures - Thursday Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- The Northeast is bracing for its coldest temperatures of the season as an arctic blast hits the Midwest and then moves east.On Thursday morning, the temperature is forecast to plunge to 5 degrees in Chicago; minus 4 degrees in Minneapolis; minus 1 degree in Green Bay, Wisconsin; and 8 degrees in Kansas City, Missouri.On Friday, the temperature could fall to 1 degree […]

A Waymo self-driving car (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) - A Waymo driverless taxi drove a passenger into an apparent police standoff in downtown Los Angeles last week, according to a video posted online Monday. The Waymo taxi came across a street blocked by police vehicles early Friday before turning into an area that was not blocked off where other vehicles were also traveling, according to a Waymo spokesperson. Officers […]

amphotora/Getty Images (CADILLAC, Mich.) -- Two family members have been charged in connection to the death of a pregnant woman in Michigan after authorities allege she was lured to a home and tortured “in an attempt to remove the unborn infant,” according to the Michigan Department of Attorney General.Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, 47 -- both from Boon, Michigan -- were arraigned on Tuesday in the 84th District Court […]

(NEW YORK) -- A doctor who admitted to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry weeks before he died is set to be sentenced on Wednesday -- the first among the five people convicted in connection with the "Friends" actor's 2023 overdose death.Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty in July to four counts of distribution of ketamine. He is one of two doctors convicted of providing Perry with ketamine before the actor died in […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee appears set to amend the childhood immunization schedule, including potentially changing recommendations on a shot given to newborns.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is meeting Thursday and Friday. A draft agenda posted online on Monday provides little detail on what materials will be presented or which speakers will give presentations, but does mention a discussion about […]