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(FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) -- A top Fulton County official on Thursday blasted the Trump administration for the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots, saying the move is about "intimidation and distraction."County officials said the FBI seized original 2020 voting records Wednesday while serving a search warrant at the county's Elections Hub and Operations Center.The development comes after President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there was voter fraud in the 2020 election, specifically in Georgia, […]

(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder for the July 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a possible intruder at her home in Springfield, Illinois.Judge Ryan Cadagin said that Grayson will also have a two-year mandatory supervised release and will receive […]

(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, is set to be sentenced on Thursday after his convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder for the July 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a possible intruder at her home in Springfield, Illinois.Grayson could be sentenced to four to 20 years in prison or he could be sentenced to probation, according to […]

(NEW YORK) -- A potential blizzard is headed to the Southeast this weekend, impacting the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee.The storm will begin Friday evening with snow over Appalachia, along the Tennessee/North Carolina border and western Virginia.On Saturday, the snow is forecast to spread east into eastern Georgia and much of South Carolina, North Carolina and southern Virginia.The storm could bring powerful winds, which may lead to blizzard conditions. Visibility could be reduced […]

(HOUSTON) -- Law enforcement deployed tear gas during a clash with protesters outside a Texas detention facility on Wednesday, where a 5-year-old boy and his father are being held.At least two protesters were detained, according to ABC News' San Antonio affiliate KSAT.Both U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were on the scene during the protest, according to KSAT.Video of the encounter showed troopers […]

(NEW YORK) -- A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arivaca, Arizona, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesperson told ABC News.The shooting occurred early Tuesday morning, the Santa Rita Fire District said. Emergency responders provided first aid at the scene and the person was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, officials said.The FBI described the incident as "an alleged assault on a federal officer" […]

(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione should stand trial in State Supreme Court in New York starting July 1, at least three months ahead of when the accused killer could stand trial in federal court, the Manhattan district attorney's office said in a letter Wednesday.Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges stemming from the assassination-style killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan in December 2024.Federal judge Margaret […]

Ice chunks float in the Hudson River in front of the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2026. (Gary Hershorn/ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- As the East Coast digs out from a massive snowstorm, a potential nor'easter could bring more snow to the region this weekend.The details are not yet clear, but here is what the forecast shows […]

(NEW YORK) -- Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for federal student financial aid, they learned that an account associated with both of their identities already existed.Those accounts showed applications to multiple community colleges -- and much more."We noticed that there [was] a lot […]