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(CHICAGO) -- A federal judge is set to hear arguments Wednesday and is weighing extending restrictions on the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area.Attorneys representing journalists, clergymen and protesters who say they’ve been harmed by federal immigration agents during lawful protests are expected to show images and call on witnesses they say prove the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and […]

(LOUSIVILLE, Ky.) -- At least three people are dead after a UPS aircraft crashed upon departing the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, officials said Tuesday, sending a massive plume of smoke into the air and leading authorities to urge residents of a large swath of the nearby area to shelter in place following the fiery crash.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he believes the number of fatalities will increase […]

(LOUSIVILLE, Ky.) -- Authorities are responding to a reported plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, police said Tuesday.There are reported injuries, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department, which did not specify how many.A shelter-in-place has been issued within five miles of the airport, police said."This is an active scene with fire and debris. Stay away," the Louisville Metro Police Department said on social media.A […]

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Authorities in South Carolina said they are searching for a 19-year-old college student who has been missing since Halloween.Owen Tillman Kenney was last seen early on Oct. 31 in Charleston, according to the Charleston Police Department.The teen was last seen by friends around 2 a.m. in an area near his school, the College of Charleston, police said. Detectives have confirmed he was then walking alone onto the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A suburban Chicago man was federally charged for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump on social media, according to court records unsealed on Monday.Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, was charged via criminal complaint with making a threat in interstate commerce to injure a person, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.Following his arrest Monday morning, a federal judge […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Jake Haro, the father of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the baby's murder.He was also sentenced to over six years in prison for other offenses, to run consecutively.He is ineligible for probation because he was already on probation for severely abusing another child, the judge said while handing down the sentence on Monday.His sentence […]

(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- A federal judge on Sunday extended her order blocking President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops into Portland, continuing the legal battle over the president’s power to use the military on American cities.Following a three-day trial last week, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the deployment of troops from any state’s National Guard into Portland through at least Friday.Judge Immergut concluded that […]

Kali9/Getty Images (BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio) --  "We are heartbroken by this senseless act of gun violence, and our thoughts are with the injured victims and all those affected by it," Airbnb said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday afternoon. "Unauthorized and disruptive gatherings are strictly prohibited on Airbnb and our Safety team acted immediately to remove the account of the individual who deliberately broke those rules by booking […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ROADS, La.) -- Two young girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel at a weekend harvest festival in Louisiana, authorities said.The incident unfolded at around noon on Saturday at the Harvest Festival on False River in New Roads, about 40 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, according to Pointe Coupée Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux.Thibodeaux said both girls injured in the incident are under […]