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(CONVENTRY, Vt.) -- An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in Vermont, according to the FBI, as bizarre details of the suspects' movements beforehand have been revealed in the arrest affidavit.Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Washington state, was arrested on Friday and charged with assault on a federal law enforcement officer, according to a statement from the FBI.The affidavit […]

Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a planetary K-index -- which characterizes the magnitude of geomagnetic storms - of five out of a scale of nine for Friday and Saturday, meaning that auroral activity would likely increase […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- President Donald Trump will tour damage caused by wildfires in Los Angeles on Friday as he continues to feud with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the disaster and federal aid.Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Wednesday that he was going to Los Angeles after stopping in North Carolina, hit by Hurricane Helene in September."I'm stopping in North Carolina, first […]

Bellville Police Department (BELLVILLE, Texas) -- Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped custody while undergoing testing at a hospital in Bellville, Texas, on Thursday.The inmate, Salvador Saucedo, has red hair and tattoos and isn't handcuffed. He was wearing an orange shirt and blue pants when he escaped, according to the Bellville Police Department.He is missing his front teeth and has face tattoos, according to the Austin County Sheriff's […]

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to freeze applications in the passport pipeline with “X” selected as the gender identifier, according to internal communication reviewed by ABC News.The move follows President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that the U.S. government would only recognize a person's sex assigned at birth, limit the definition of a "male" or "female" to their reproductive cells and potentially […]

(NASHVILLE) -- A teenager who opened fire with a 9 mm pistol in his Nashville high school cafeteria fired a total of 10 shots within 17 seconds of entering the room, according to police.Solomon Henderson, 17, had gone into a bathroom and posted photos to social media just before he went to the cafeteria and opened fire, police said.Henderson shot and killed 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante and shot and wounded […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least 28 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California.Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active. One of the latest, the Hughes Fire in the Castaic area, has prompted evacuation […]

(Los Angeles) -- Whimpers and whines can be heard long before the sad feline and canine faces are visible within one Los Angeles-area animal shelter that has been overflowing since the fires.Nearly 1,000 displaced and stray animals have come through the Pasadena Humane Society, just half a mile from a stadium housing people displaced by the fire.Hundreds of animals are unidentified and waiting to be found by their owners; others […]

(aire images/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Trump administration border czar Tom Homan recently promised to carry out “big raids” in sanctuary cities across the U.S. -- and scenes of immigration authorities detaining migrants Thursday have rattled some residents in cities like Newark, Boston and New York City.However, sources told ABC News the enforcement operations this week since President Donald Trump's second inauguration are the type of routine immigration raids that […]