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(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- A man is accused of intentionally plowing into a 10-year-old, a 12-year-old and a teacher in a hit-and-run outside a school at a church on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, officials said.Justin Collin Adams, who was taken into custody on Thursday following an hourslong manhunt, is charged with three counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault and battery, according to online records. He was held without bond at a Friday […]

(NEW YORK) -- Newly released video shows the moments when Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador, was pulled over by state troopers in Tennessee in 2022.The video, which was obtained by ABC News through a public records request, shows members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol questioning Abrego Garcia on the side of Interstate 40 after nightfall.Abrego Garcia was not charged or arrested […]

Adam Gray/Getty Images (OCEAN COUNTY, N.J.) -- A second teenager has been arrested for arson in connection with a massive New Jersey wildfire that destroyed a commercial building, shut down a major highway and forced thousands of people to flee, prosecutors said.The second suspect -- an unidentified 17-year-old boy -- was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with arson and aggravated arson for allegedly helping set wooden pallets on fire and […]

Justin K. Aller/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) -- The baseball fan critically hurt in a 20-foot fall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh has been identified as Kavan Markwood.Markwood fell from the bleachers onto the field during the seventh inning of the Pirates-Cubs game on Wednesday night, officials said. The game was briefly halted as emergency crews responded.The Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety said the "incident is being treated as accidental."As of Thursday, […]

Charleston County Sheriff's Office (CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- The man accused of driving into three people in a hit-and-run outside a preschool at a South Carolina church has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault and battery, according to online records.Justin Collin Adams, who was taken into custody on Thursday following an hourslong manhunt, is expected to appear in bond court on Friday morning.Adams allegedly struck two […]

(NEW YORK) -- The World Trade Center Health Program is once again certifying illnesses linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks after a chaotic few weeks that left some cancer patients, including first responders, without access to treatment.Certification is the process by which the federal program confirms that a 9/11-related illnesses qualify for treatment or compensation.Dr. John Howard, the program's administrator, is the only official authorized to approve these certifications, and […]

ABC News (SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C.) -- Two children and one adult were struck by a driver outside a South Carolina church in what's being investigated as an intentional act, authorities said.The suspect is being sought after the incident outside Sunrise Presbyterian Church on Sullivan's Island, a beach town just outside of Charleston, according to the Isle of Palms police.One child and one adult were taken to hospitals in unknown conditions […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Trump-appointed federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from detaining, transferring or removing Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas -- ruling that the administration's invocation of the AEA "exceeds the scope" of the law.The ruling marks the first time a federal judge has declared President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act unlawful, with the […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Trump-appointed federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from detaining, transferring or removing Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas -- ruling that the administration's invocation of the AEA "exceeds the scope" of the law.The ruling marks the first time a federal judge has declared President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act unlawful, with the […]