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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Top administration officials met with Rep. Lauren Boebert Wednesday morning about the effort to force a House vote on the release of Justice Department's Epstein files, multiple sources told ABC News.The meeting, with top White House and Justice Department officials, was part of an effort to get Boebert to remove her name from the petition to release the files, the sources said.It came just hours […]

(NEW YORK) -- At least 893 flights were canceled in the United States on Wednesday morning, with departures from the busy hubs of Chicago, Denver and Atlanta leading the list of the most cancellations, according to FlightAware.Another 1,117 flights had been delayed as of about 1 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware.Chicago O’Hare International topped the tracker’s list of cancellations, with 45 as of about 1 p.m. local time. Next was […]

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office (SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif.) -- Authorities said they are searching for an at-risk woman who was last seen at a bonfire on a California beach.Danielle Staley, 35, of Utah, went missing while visiting the California Central Coast with a friend, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.She was last seen with a group of people at a bonfire on Rio Del Mar State Beach […]

(NEW YORK) -- Dazzling waves of color are lighting up the skies this week.After green and pink displays of auroras lit up the sky Tuesday night, another Northern Light array is expected to bring a gleaming light show to the northern part of the U.S. Wednesday night.The auroras are being caused by one of the strongest geomagnetic storms of the year, which occurs when electrons from the sun collide with […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department prosecutor handpicked by President Donald Trump to lead the criminal cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey is now the subject of a bar complaint that alleges she is unfit to be an attorney and that her actions constitute an "abuse of power." The progressive watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint against Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Tuesday […]

Pedestrians walk past Purdue Pharma LP headquarters stands in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Purdue Pharma begins several days of hearings Wednesday to finalize a $7.4 billion bankruptcy restricting plan that no longer fully protects the company’s owners, members of the Sackler families, from opioid litigation.The U.S. Supreme Court last year blocked an earlier version of Purdue’s bankruptcy settlement because […]

Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind.) -- A semitruck fatally struck a sheriff's deputy in Indiana while he was assisting a stranded motorist along an interstate, according to local officials."This is a heartbreaking loss for our law enforcement family and for the entire Delaware County community," Jeff Stanley, the chief deputy for the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, said in a statement on Wednesday.The tragedy occurred […]

Travelers walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 11, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- At least 878 flights were canceled in the United States early on Wednesday, with the departures from the busy hubs of Chicago, Denver and Atlanta leading the list of the most cancellations, according to a flight-data tracker. Another 404 flights had been delayed as of about 5 a.m. ET, according […]

Freeze Alerts - Latest Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans from the Midwest to the Northeast to the South are facing the first deep freeze and snow of the season.Parts of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan saw more than 1 foot of lake effect snow on Monday, with the Indiana State Police saying it "responded to hundreds of calls for assistance."Flurries even fell in Nashville, Tennessee, and […]