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(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- A car crashed into the outdoor dining area of an Urbane Cafe in Simi Valley, California, on Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said.The crash was reported at about 2:30 p.m. near Tierra Rejada and Madera roads in a busy shopping center, according to Simi Valley Police.Aerial footage from ABC News Los Angeles station KABC showed a white Tesla lodged in the […]

(NEW YORK) --A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to the Midwest, the South and the East Coast this week.The extreme heat hit the Midwest first. On Monday, the heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity-- soared to the triple digits in Minneapolis and Chicago.On Tuesday, the worst of the heat will stretch from the Great Lakes to the South to the central Gulf Coast.The […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Doug Band, a former close adviser to President Bill Clinton, is due on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning for a closed-door interview with the congressional committee probing the government's investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Band, who began his tenure with Clinton as an intern in the mid-1990s, is expected to be questioned by the House Oversight Committee about the former president's interactions and travels with Epstein in the […]

(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A judge in Florida set Detroit Lions NFL cornerback Terrion Arnold's bond at $1 million on Monday, denying the prosecutors' request that he remain held without bond on charges alleging he orchestrated a kidnapping in which three men were robbed and beaten at gunpoint.The 23-year-old NFL player is one of seven people arrested in connection with the "targeted armed robbery" last February in Tampa, police said.Arnold is […]

A JetBlue plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A JetBlue Airways pilot reported hitting a drone as the flight was on approach for landing at JFK Airport on Monday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The plane, which was coming from Las Vegas, landed safely, and the airline and FAA said no […]

(NEW YORK) -- Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Edward Davis, current sports agent Paolo Zamorano and three others were indicted Monday for their alleged roles in a sports gambling scheme in which authorities said Beasley was bribed to manipulate his performance in NBA games.With their inside knowledge, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Beasley’s co-defendants placed sports bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.In a Jan. 26, 2024 game between […]

Luigi Mangione appears at an evidence suppression hearing at Manhattan Supreme Court on May 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Accused killer Luigi Mangione will stand trial in Manhattan federal court beginning Jan. 5 with jury selection, followed by opening statements on Jan. 25, Judge Margaret Garnett said Monday.Garnett said she hoped to hold the trial this fall but Mangione's state trial, […]

A JetBlue plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A JetBlue Airways pilot reported hitting a drone as the flight was on approach for landing at JFK Airport on Monday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The plane landed safely and the FAA said no damage was found during inspections. The agency will […]

Weather map. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to the Midwest and the East Coast this week.The extreme heat hits the Midwest first. On Monday, the heat index -- what temperature it feels like -- is forecast to soar to around 105 degrees in Minneapolis and over 100 degrees in Chicago.By Tuesday, the feels-like temperature in Chicago will be closer to 105 degrees. Indianapolis […]