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In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea, captured at 15:20Z on October 28, 2025. NOAA via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- At first light on Wednesday, the coastal communities of southwestern Jamaica bore the devastation of being in the direct path of Hurricane Melissa, as images emerging from the area show numerous homes destroyed, vehicles overturned, power […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Two federal prosecutors were informed Wednesday that they will be put on leave after filing a legal brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as being carried out by "thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters," sources familiar with their removals told ABC News. The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were locked out of their government devices and informed Wednesday morning they will […]

(NEW YORK) -- A crew dressed in neon construction vests stole a safe containing jewelry -- valued at more than $3.2 million -- from a home in Queens, New York, after breaking in through a back door, police said Tuesday.The theft occurred on Oct. 16, just after 2 p.m., when the suspects entered the Jamaica Hills-area home.Once inside, the thieves removed a safe and jewelry valued at about $3.2 million […]

Isaiah Jamon Andrews in a police photo. (Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff) (CONSTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif.) -- Police are looking for a murder suspect who they say was accidentally released from a California jail.Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, was mistakenly released from the Martinez Detention Facility, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in a press release Monday.A native of Kent, Washington, Andrews was held in California on local charges, […]

In this July 30, 2024, file photo, Donna Massey, the mother of shooting victim Sonya Massey, is comforted during a press conference at New Mount Pilgrim Church in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) -- Closing arguments began Tuesday morning in the trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy accused of shooting and killing a Black woman in her home.The trial began last week for Sean Grayson, the former […]

(CHICAGO) -- In a face-off on Tuesday with a federal judge, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino came under questioning about the crowd-control tactics he and his agents are using in their Chicago immigration crackdown.With Bovino appearing before her dressed in uniform, Judge Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered him to meet with her in person each weekday at 6 […]

This ABC News graphic shows the forecast for Hurricane Melissa as of Oct. 28, 2025. (ABC) (NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.Here is Melissa’s projected path:The hurricane-force winds began in western Jamaica on Tuesday morning and will last until the evening.Around 1 p.m. ET, Melissa […]

(PITTSBURGH) -- A hockey fan was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after falling from the upper level of the arena during a Pittsburgh Penguins game on Monday, according to the team and local public safety officials.On Monday at approximately 7:15 p.m., officials were alerted that an individual had fallen from the 200 level of PPG Paints Arena during the Penguins-Blues game, the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said in a statement.During the fall, the […]

(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) -- A civil trial is underway in Virginia nearly three years after a then-6-year-old student shot his first grade teacher in an elementary school classroom.The teacher, Abby Zwerner, is seeking $40 million over the January 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, according to the civil complaint.The complaint alleges that the school's assistant principal at the time, Ebony Parker, failed to act after being informed multiple […]