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(NEW YORK) -- New York City saw fewer shootings in the first three months of the year than in any previous quarter since the NYPD began keeping statistics, the police commissioner announced Thursday."Crime and violence reductions are historic," NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press briefing.Shootings dropped 23% citywide in the first quarter, she said."This is lives saved," Tisch said.The first quarter of the year also saw the […]

(MOSSY HEAD, Fla.) -- A Florida deputy has been killed in a shootout at a Dollar General store, according to Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson.At approximately 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, deputies received a call from a Dollar General store in Mossy Head, Florida, stating there was an individual "causing a disturbance and needed to be trespassed from the scene," Adkinson said during a press conference on Wednesday evening.Deputy William […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly three weeks after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to remove more than 200 alleged migrant gang members to El Salvador with little-to-no due process, a federal judge on Thursday is set to consider whether the Trump administration defied a court order by deporting the men.U.S. District Judge James Boasberg will consider what consequences the Trump administration should face if he deems that it willfully violated his […]

(NEW YORK) -- A four-day, once-in-a-generation weather event turned deadly on day 1 on Wednesday -- and the risk for destructive storms and tornadoes will continue on Thursday, and the threat of flooding will increase.Here's what you need to know:WednesdayThe rare weather event began Wednesday with a tornado outbreak that led to at least 20 reported tornadoes from Arkansas to Indiana.Matt Ziegler documented the moment a tornado ripped through his […]

(NEW YORK) -- April may be known for its rain showers -- but when the clouds part, nighttime skygazers can enjoy meteor showers and other dazzling displays all month long, according to astronomers.Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will be treated to simultaneous meteor showers this month. Fireballs from the Lyrids and the Eta Aquarids will be streaking through the sky at the same time from April 20 to 26, according […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran.She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was why she decided to participate in a junior lifeguard cadet program in Long Beach, California, on March 30.In the middle of competing in the 1,000-yard swim test, she felt pain in her right arm."My initial reaction was, 'I'm getting […]

(NEW YORK) -- A once-in-a-generation extreme weather event is underway, beginning with a tornado outbreak and continuing into the weekend with four days of dangerous flooding pounding the same region.A rare high risk (level 5 of 5) for severe weather has been issued for Wednesday evening, warning of dangerous thunderstorms, destructive wind gusts and potentially strong, large-track tornadoes from Arkansas to Illinois.The three areas of greatest concern into Wednesday evening […]

(NORTH CAROLINA) -- Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials.The missing include one person from Avery County, one from Mitchell County and three from Yancey County -- all of whom have not been in contact since the Category 4 hurricane hit North Carolina in September, officials confirmed to ABC News.Alena Ayers from Mitchell County has […]

(NEW YORK) -- The killing of Clint Bonnell, a retired Green Beret whose remains were found in a North Carolina lake earlier this year, left his loved ones reeling. Now, his wife has been charged with his murder."We as a community have been devastated," Kelli Edwards, Bonnell's girlfriend, told ABC News. "How do you comprehend something like this? There's really no comprehension."She added, "Whatever's happened to him he didn't deserve […]