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ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Wet weather could dampen Memorial Day for those in the South, with strong storms, flash flooding and high temperatures possible throughout the holiday weekend.Starting on Friday, the nor'easter that reached the East Coast earlier in the week will be exiting the Northeast, with lingering showers remaining.In the Heartland, strong storms will be possible on Friday and Saturday, specifically in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as […]

(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) -- A Southern California man accused of stealing a Bengal Lynx cat and beating other felines to death will be arraigned on Wednesday and could face up to four years and four months in jail, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.The suspect, 46-year-old Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, was arrested on April 24 after allegedly "luring cats with cat food in order to kidnap the animals to […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign a day after she accepted blame for the escape of 10 inmates from the New Orleans jail she oversees.Facing mounting pressure over the mass jailbreak that allegedly involved member of her staff, Hutson said she is suspending her campaign to focus her attention on "security, accountability and public safety."Five of the 10 inmates […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency injunction to block proceedings in a case involving a Freedom of Information request seeking information from the Department of Government Efficiency.The government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued DOGE earlier this year for public access to its records and plans for overhauling the government.The administration has claimed executive privilege, insisting that […]

(PLATTEVILLE, Wis.) -- A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student was fatally shot at a residence hall and another student was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a "targeted and isolated" incident, authorities and school officials said.The incident occurred Monday afternoon at Wilgus Hall, a residence hall on campus, the UW-Platteville Police Department said.Responding officers found both students suffering from gunshot wounds.One of the students, 22-year-old Kelsie Martin of Beloit, […]

(DOHA, QATAR) -- The recent Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar have not led anywhere yet, the Qatari prime minister said Tuesday, citing a "fundamental gap" between the two parties, Israel and Hamas."One party is looking for a partial deal that might or have the possibility to lead to a comprehensive deal and the other party is looking just for a one-off deal and to end the war and to get […]

(NEW YORK) -- A run-in with a rival record executive at Mel's Drive-in, assault weapons with illegally defaced serial numbers and a sex performance at Trump International Hotel & Tower on Central Park West were some of the topics that jurors in Sean Combs' criminal trial heard about Tuesday, as prosecutors tried to build their racketeering and sex trafficking case against the rap mogul.Across nearly six hours of testimony on […]

(NEW YORK) -- It's the rivalry that has defined hip-hop for a generation. And, according to many in law enforcement, it has claimed the lives of at least two of rap's brightest stars.Sean "Diddy" Combs vs. Marion "Suge" Knight.Their names are synonymous with the explosion of hip-hop, and the bad blood between the two moguls emerged as a central pop culture plotline of the 1990s. Inside the music industry, their […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A representative for former President Joe Biden said he last took a prostate-specific antigen blood test, commonly used to screen for prostate cancer, in 2014.Although the exact date of the test wasn't disclosed, Biden was around 72 years old at the time, which falls in line with current medical guidance and recommendations on who should take a test.Current screening recommendations suggest men age 55 to […]