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(NEW YORK) -- A day after former President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court for a stay that would delay the sentencing in his New York hush money case, the Manhattan district attorney's office on Thursday asked the court to reject Trump's request.Trump's longshot attempt to delay his Sept. 18 sentencing came a day after District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Trump's bid to move his criminal case to federal […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump is once again brushing aside traditional debate preparations as his first match against Vice President Kamala Harris approaches, reverting to a similar strategy of policy meetings with advisers and a series of interviews and town halls.In the week leading up to the Sept. 10 ABC News debate, Trump was on campaign trail for a town hall in Pennsylvania, gave an economic address in New […]

ABC News (PHOENIX) -- Extreme late-season heat is plaguing the West Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle with heat alerts issued for more than 65 million Americans across six states.Phoenix has surpassed 110 degrees 55 times this summer, tying the record set just last year. Phoenix is expected to break that all-time record Thursday as temperatures are forecast to reach near 114 degrees.Over the last 30 years, Phoenix has seen […]

(NEW YORK) -- The FBI conducted searches at the homes of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' closest aides on Thursday, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.The Hamilton Heights home of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who is engaged to Schools Chancellor David Banks, and the Hollis, Queens, home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, were searched as part of an ongoing investigation, the […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- When a gunman opened fire outside Stephanie Reyna's classroom at Apalachee High School in Georgia, killing math teacher and football coach Richard Aspinwall, she said her classmates jumped into action, shutting and barricading their door.The chaos began when Reyna, 17, said her class "heard banging on the lockers right outside of the classroom door."Brayan Maldonado, also 17, said it sounded like someone had been pushed up against […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- After hours of legal wrangling on Thursday, Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to nine tax-related charges in a last-ditch bid to avoid a lengthy and potentially embarrassing trial in Los Angeles.The president's son initially offered a so-called "Alford plea," in which he would agree to a guilty plea on the counts but maintain his innocence on the underlying conduct of the charges. But when prosecutors opposed […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- The 14-year-old student accused of opening fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, has been charged with four counts of felony murder, with additional charges expected, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday,Two teachers and two students were killed in Wednesday morning's shooting: math teacher and football coach Richard Aspinwall, 39; math teacher Christina Irimie, 53; and students Mason Schermerhorn, 14, and Christian Angulo, 14, officials […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) -- Former President Donald Trump's election interference case resumes Thursday after months of delays, with a hearing in front of the federal judge overseeing the case.The hearing comes a week after special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment that revised the original Jan. 6 charges to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling that Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts […]

(NEW YORK) -- A trans teenager was allegedly assaulted by a large group of teens in Massachusetts, and police are investigating it as a possible hate crime.Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, had been at an outdoor party in a wooded area in Gloucester Friday night when the alleged incident occurred.His attorney, Craig Rourke, told ABC News the assailants "stomped on his head" and "called him the f-slur" during the attack."We view this […]