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Waller County Emergency Medical Services (HOUSTON) -- A coach was shot after gunfire erupted at a youth baseball tournament in Texas on Sunday, local authorities said.The Waller County Sheriff's Office found the 27-year-old coach shot in the shoulder at The Rac baseball complex in Katy when they responded to multiple firearms complaints around 10 a.m. Sunday, according to authorities.The coach was airlifted to a nearby hospital and has since been […]

(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Ryan Routh, who is representing himself as he faces charges of trying to kill Donald Trump on his West Palm Beach golf course last year, rested his defense at his trial in Florida Monday.Routh called three witnesses, two of whom testified about his character. He declined to testify in his own defense.Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday morning. Routh, who lacks any legal education or experience, began his […]

Hurricane Gabrielle outlook. ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Gabrielle, which has now rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 storm, is the second major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, according to the National Hurricane Center.Gabrielle, currently located southeast of Bermuda, now has maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.Gabrielle is also the second tropical system to undergo rapid intensification this year.On average, the second major hurricane forms around Sept. 19, meaning Gabrielle's […]

(SAN ANTONIO) -- Authorities in San Antonio are investigating the apparent hot car deaths of a 3-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother after the local sheriff said there were "inconsistencies with the story" told by the children's mom.The mother, Tiona Islar, allegedly told authorities she last saw her son and daughter in the home around 10 a.m. Saturday, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. Islar said she fell asleep, and […]

View of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are seen in Tennessee. (Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A 21-year-old man was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a multi-day search, according to the National Park Service.Ryan Lake was last seen in Nashville on Thursday, with officials locating his vehicle on Saturday, the NPS said in a press release on Sunday.On Monday, park officials said Lakes was […]

View of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are seen in Tennessee. (Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Park rangers in the Smoky Mountains are searching for a missing 21-year-old man who was last seen in Nashville four days ago, according to the National Park Service.Ryan Lakes was last seen in the Tennessee capital on Thursday, with park officials locating his vehicle on Saturday, the NPS said in […]

(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump on his West Palm Beach golf course last year, is defending himself before a Florida jury. Routh, who is representing himself despite lacking any legal education or experience, plans to call three witnesses on Monday -- a gun expert and two character witnesses -- as he tries to make a case why a jury should spare him […]

(NEW YORK) -- Immigration can be a hot-button topic, something frequently discussed on cable news and splashed across the headlines. But to one enterprising young author, it's also the perfect material for a children's book that helps young people understand each other's roots.Last month, Scarsdale, New York, high school senior Max Reddy Spencer wrote and self-published a children’s book titled "We Are All Immigrants."Spencer, the son of an Indian American […]

(NASHUA, N.H.) -- One man was killed and several people were wounded after a shooting at a New Hampshire country club Saturday evening, authorities said.It happened at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua when a man entered the club and fired several gunshots, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.A "person of interest" in the shooting was detained at the scene by police officers, according to Peter Hinckley, […]