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(WENATCHEE, Wash.) -- Three young sisters in Washington who had not been seen since they left home for a scheduled visitation with their father have been found dead, according to the Wenatchee Police Department.Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5, were last seen at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday when they left to be with their father, Travis Decker, on a "planned visitation," police said.At approximately 3 […]

(OCALA, Fla.) -- A city in Florida began the formal process of removing fluoride from its water supply on Tuesday to be in compliance with a new state law.Ocala -- 75 miles northwest of Orlando -- currently has a city ordinance requiring fluoride to be added to the water supply. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems.Gregory Davis, public […]

(NEW YORK) -- Smoke from raging wildfires in Canada continues to bring dangerous air quality conditions to parts of the northern United States, with hazy and smoky skies also possible for the East and South.As of Tuesday, there are 208 active wildfires burning in Canada, with 107 of these considered to be "out of control," meaning fires that are being observed and assessed, but not immediately suppressed, according to the Canadian […]

(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- The brutal murder of a school teacher, stabbed in the chest at a California high school in 1978, has finally been solved, according to authorities, with the district attorney's office now revealing the then-16-year-old killer confessed to a family member minutes after the murder.Diane Peterson was found stabbed at Branham High School in San Jose one day after school ended for the summer. And though they […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Ramon Morales-Reyes, the man Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem publicly accused of writing letters threatening President Donald Trump, was framed by another inmate who wanted Morales-Reyes to be deported so he would no longer be able to testify against him in an upcoming trial, according to a court filing in Wisconsin yesterday."The investigation into the threat is ongoing," the DHS said in a statement. "Over the course of […]

(WENATCHEE, Wash.) -- A missing persons alert was canceled for three young sisters in Washington -- ages 9, 8 and 5 -- who had not been seen since they left home for a scheduled visitation with their father, according to the Wenatchee Police Department.The girls -- 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker -- were last seen at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday when they left to […]

(BOULDER, CO) -- As his friends caught fire in front of his eyes in Boulder, Colorado, Omer Shachar felt "panic right away" and said he knew he had to help extinguish the flames.Shachar, a co-leader of Run for Their Lives in Boulder, told ABC News he was standing in front of the group outside the Boulder courthouse Sunday afternoon when a man threw a Molotov cocktail under their legs."They're literally […]

(NEW YORK) -- A former assistant to Sean "Diddy" Combs concluded three days on the witness stand, with attorneys for the music mogul grilling her so intensely that a prosecutor asked the judge to stop the cross-examination, calling it "humiliating" and "harassing."The witness, testifying under the pseudonym "Mia," told jurors last week that Combs tormented and sexually assaulted her during her time working as his personal assistant.Defense attorneys tried to […]

(MILFORD, MA) -- Protests have erupted over the arrest of an 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student who state officials say was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend while on his way to volleyball practice.Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Brazilian national who is a junior at Milford Public High School, was arrested on Saturday, according to a court filing from his attorney.Students at the high school staged […]