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(ATLANTA) -- Eight people were killed in a fiery, six-vehicle pileup on Interstate 85 in Jackson County, Georgia, the Jackson County Coroner's Office confirmed to ABC News.A semi-trailer chicken feed truck collided into the back of a Dodge van Monday afternoon, causing a chain reaction that ensnared four other cars in the northbound lanes of I-85, just south of mile marker 147, according to the Georgia State Patrol.The Dodge van […]

(NEW YORK) -- The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, prosecutors said.Cody Balmer pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated arson, arson and the attempted murder of Shapiro, the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office said.Prosecutors released surveillance video on Tuesday capturing the attack as it unfolded.Balmer climbed a fence at the governor's mansion in […]

Wichita Police Department (NEW YORK) -- Police in Kansas are asking the public for help in identifying a woman who was seen on surveillance video being taken by force by an unidentified man, according to authorities.The Wichita Police Department said that the incident happened early Sunday morning at approximately 2 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Volutsia in Wichita, though the circumstances that led up to the abduction are […]

Phoenix Zoo A powerful "microburst and thunderstorm" pushed through Tempe, Arizona, leaving more than 130 people displaced Monday afternoon, officials said.Several apartment buildings were "severely" damaged during the storm, according to the City of Tempe.The storm, which began around 1 p.m. local time, lasted a little over three hours and knocked out power for at least 34,000 customers.A microburst is described as "a small concentrated downburst that produces an outward […]

KABC (LOS ANGELES) -- A former student at a school in California allegedly stabbed three staff members and planted two pipe bombs before being arrested, police said.The Torrance Police Department is investigating the incident that occurred on Monday at approximately 8:15 a.m., when, they said, a former student from the Switzer Learning Center allegedly stabbed a total of three staff members and attempted to stab a fourth before fleeing the […]

(ALASKA) -- First responders in Alaska have conducted dozens of rescues after the remnants of Typhoon Halong fueled a powerful storm that battered the region and washed away several homes.The remnants of Halong -- which originated in the northern Philippine Sea on October 5 -- intensified the widespread significant weather impacts and massive flooding to the western regions of Alaska Saturday night into Sunday.Powerful wind gusts and significant coastal flooding […]

U.S. Marshals Service Denver (DENVER) -- An alleged child sexual assault fugitive has been taken into custody after more than four years on the run and a five-day manhunt in Colorado, according to officials.Paul Sandoval, 62, was arrested just before 10:30 a.m. local time Sunday on Blanca Peak in Southeastern Colorado, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Sandoval was apprehended in a multi-agency manhunt comprised of more than 70 people […]

(WASHINGTON) -- As the government shutdown continues and the impacts become more widespread, the Senate will not vote again on the clean funding bill until Tuesday night.It is expected to fail for an eighth time.Meanwhile, over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced that he ordered the Pentagon to use “all available funds” to pay some 2 million service members on Oct. 15 to avoid missing a paycheck as the shutdown […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A coastal storm moving along the East Coast on Monday will continue to bring the threat of significant coastal flooding, strong to damaging winds and moderate to locally heavy rainfall.Rain and wind will be dying down Monday morning in the Southeast, while the Northeast will see the worst impacts of the storm through midday.Rain will become more scattered in the Northeast on Monday afternoon (with […]