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(NEW YORK) -- Two NYPD officers will face departmental misconduct charges in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Win Rozario after he had called 911 during what his family said was a mental distress episode, a police department spokesman confirmed to ABC News.Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is charging officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco with using excessive force against Rozario when they shot him five times after they say he lunged […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new book by two artificial intelligence researchers claims that the race to build superintelligent AI could spell doom for humanity.In "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All," authors Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares claim that AI development is moving too fast and without proper safety measures."We tried a whole lot of things besides writing a book, and you really want […]

(BARSTOW, Calif.) -- A desperate search is underway in Barstow, California, for a 2-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters Thursday evening, authorities said.Xavier Padilla Aguilera was traveling with his father, Brandon Padilla Aguilera, 26, when their vehicle was swept off a main road in Barstow, California, about 115 miles northeast of Los Angeles, by rushing flood waters around 7:14 p.m., according to Barstow Police.The father and son became […]

Leon Neal/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A federal judge has tossed President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and Penguin Random House, calling the complaint "decidedly improper and impermissible." U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday struck the complaint and gave the president's lawyers 28 days to refile their lawsuit. "A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Days before a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed a "National Day of Remembrance" for the conservative influencer after he was killed on Sept. 10.The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution marking Oct. 14, 2025 -- Kirk's birthday -- a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk."While on the Senate floor, Sen. Rick Scott, the Florida Republican leading the passage of the […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Days before a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed a "National Day of Remembrance" for the conservative influencer after he was killed on Sept. 10.The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution marking Oct. 14, 2025 -- the influencer's birthday -- a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk."While on the Senate floor, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who was leading the passage of […]

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after investigators were unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources. Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, ABC News first reported earlier this week, […]

Comptroller Brad Lander joins 11 local elected officials inside lower Manhattan’s federal building, demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on September 18, 2025, in New York City. Members of the group were later arrested. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Several elected officials in New York were arrested Thursday during a protest at an immigration office in Manhattan, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security has designated the upcoming funeral and memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) Level 1 event, a DHS official told ABC News.The funeral will have the same level of security as the Super Bowl or the Boston Marathon.SEAR 1 events are "reserved for events of the highest national significance and enable the federal government to provide […]