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(NEW YORK) -- Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for federal student financial aid, they learned that an account associated with both of their identities already existed.Those accounts showed applications to multiple community colleges -- and much more."We noticed that there [was] a lot […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday presented a cockpit visual simulation demonstrating what contributed to the deadly mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C., last year.The simulation indicates it was very difficult for both aircraft to see each other before the January 2025 crash that occurred as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people, according to the NTSB.The […]

(SOUTH CAROLINA) -- The record-breaking measles outbreak in South Carolina continues to grow with 89 new cases reported since the last update on Friday.This brings the total number of cases in the outbreak to 789. At least 557 people are currently in quarantine across the state, including students from various schools.This is South Carolina's largest measles outbreak in over 30 years, a spokesperson for the state’s health department told ABC News. There have been at […]

In this booking photo released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Michael McKee is shown. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office) (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The doctor who is accused of gunning down his ex-wife and her husband had allegedly told his ex "he could kill her at any time," according to court documents.Michael McKee is accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, dentist Spencer Tepe, at their Columbus, Ohio, home on […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in an October airstrike are suing the U.S. government for wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, attorneys representing the families said the Oct. 14 attack was "part of an unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U.S. military campaign of lethal strikes against small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean."The two men -- Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo -- had […]

(NEW YORK) -- Three sons of wealth and privilege "were partners in crime" who used their money and status to lure women and girls with promises of trips, exclusive parties and celebrity encounters so they could sexually assault them, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements in the trial of Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander."These three brothers masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators," the prosecutor, Madison Smeyser, […]

(NEW YORK) -- A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesperson told ABC News.The shooting occurred early Tuesday morning, the Santa Rita Fire District said. Emergency responders provided first aid at the scene and the person was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, officials said.The sheriff's office said it's working with the FBI and Customs and Border Protection.This […]

(EL PASO, Texas) -- Several detainees at a Texas immigration detention facility claim in sworn court declarations that they heard a Cuban immigrant, whose death was later ruled a homicide, pleading for medication shortly before hearing what sounded like guards slamming him to the ground.Geraldo Lunas Campos died in ICE custody on Jan. 3 at Camp East Montana, according to the Department of Homeland Security.He is the third detainee to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday presented a cockpit visual simulation demonstrating what contributed to the deadly mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C., last year.The simulation indicates it was very difficult for both aircraft to see each other before the January 2025 crash that killed 67 people as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.The first video […]