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(ATLANTA) -- After a gunman opened fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus in Atlanta last week -- forcing hundreds into lockdown, hitting six buildings and killing a police officer -- authorities found he'd been harboring years-long grievances with the COVID-19 vaccine.Patrick White's neighbors told ABC News that the 30-year-old believed he suffered negative health effects after he got the vaccine, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) found […]

Erin is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Erin has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, with several areas already on alert for heavy rain and strong waves and rip currents possible along the East Coast of the United States as early as next week.Hurricane Erin is a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds up to 75 mph.Tropical storm watches […]

(NEW YORK) -- Envelopes containing a white powder that were found at a government building in New York City housing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office did not contain any dangerous substances, officials said Friday.The incident occurred Thursday afternoon at 26 Federal Plaza, in Manhattan's Foley Square, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.The five letters were found at about 4 p.m. in the mailroom of the ICE Enforcement and Removal […]

(NEW YORK) -- WK Kellogg Co. has announced that they will stop using artificial dyes in its breakfast cereals by the end of 2027, according to a statement from the company.The maker of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies, just to name a few, said that they are evolving their portfolio of cereals “to provide consumers with more of what they want and need -- such as […]

(WASHINGTON) -- An emerging rift between Melania Trump and Hunter Biden escalated Thursday when the son of former President Joe Biden issued an expletive-laden response to the first lady's demand that he apologize for an allegation he made about her alleged prior ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.Last month, during an interview with YouTube host Andrew Callaghan, Hunter Biden said it was Epstein, the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A Washington, D.C., man facing charges of assault of a federal officer after he allegedly threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent during a confrontation this week, worked for the Department of Justice at the time, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.Sean Charles Dunn faces federal charges for allegedly throwing a Subway sandwich at a CBP agent who was patrolling with Metro Transit Police in […]

(OCHOPEE, Fla.) -- For a month, Rafael Collado couldn't tell the night from the day.Detained in the temporary detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," he spent his time confined in a chain-link cage with another man, stuck in what his fiancee Sonia Bichara described as a legal purgatory -- unaware of why he was detained, where he might be sent, and how long he would be stuck in the controversial […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Joe Raedle/Getty Images (SANDERSON, Fla.) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that his administration is opening a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Deportation Depot."The announcement of the new facility in north Florida comes one month after the state opened a detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz.""We are authorizing and will be soon opening this new illegal immigration detention, processing and deportation facility […]

Tropical Storm Erin. ABC News (NEW YORK) --Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning and then become a major Category 3 hurricane by Sunday morning as it passes north of Puerto Rico.But as of now, Erin is not expected to pose a direct threat to the U.S.Puerto Rico can expect 1 or 2 inches of rain from Erin’s outer bands, as […]