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(MIDLAND, Texas) -- Authorities are assisting with an "active shooter situation" in Midland, Texas, on Friday morning, according to the Ercot County Sheriff's Office.Midland police said responding officers heard gunfire coming from a building.A standoff is ongoing with the suspected shooter, police said.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Boston police said they are looking for suspects in an armed robbery at a kids' lemonade stand in South Boston, June 10, 2026. (Boston Police) (BOSTON) -- Boston police are searching for two suspects wanted for committing an armed robbery at a lemonade stand.Two kids were running a lemonade stand in South Boston when, at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, the "unknown suspects made several passes by the stand," Boston police […]

ormer FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the cryptocurrency fraud conviction of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.The opinion came the same week Bankman-Fried submitted his application for a presidential pardon.Bankman-Fried was convicted of masterminding one of the largest financial frauds […]

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo is set to return to a Texas courtroom on Friday, as the judge overseeing his criminal trial weighs moving the case out of Uvalde and whether the whole thing might have to wait because US Customs and Border Protection has refused to cooperate.Arredondo in 2024 was charged with 10 counts of endangering students by failing to quickly respond to the […]

(NEW YORK) -- The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite efforts from the Trump administration to slow down the renewable energy sector, according to two reports released this week.The U.S. has generated more power from solar compared to coal for the first time, according to a report by Ember, a think tank focused on the clean energy transition. In May 2026, solar supplied […]

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) -- A 5-year-old girl who went missing when she was swept away in the ocean in Laguna Beach, California, has been found dead, city officials said.Her body was found Thursday morning about one-quarter mile north of where she went into the water, Laguna Beach officials said.The girl went missing at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday near Treasure Island Beach, officials said. She was with her mother and […]

The Pentagon is seen from a flight taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A partial lockdown at the Pentagon implemented in response to a potential air quality issue has been lifted after no hazards were found, according to the Pentagon's chief spokesman.Portions of the Pentagon had gone into a shelter-in-place earlier Thursday, after officials locked down […]

(NEW YORK) -- The New York Knicks' historic comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday ignited celebration as well as chaos outside Madison Square Garden as some fans went berserk, prompting dozens of arrests.Rowdy fans got into fistfights, climbed scaffolding, blocked Midtown Manhattan traffic, set off fireworks and smoke bombs, ripped down street signs, climbed poles, jumped atop taxis and other moving vehicles, and […]

An exterior view of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility where suspect Vance Boelter is being held before court appearances on June 16, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Steven Garcia/Getty Images) (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Vance Boelter, the man charged in the attacks against Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, changed his plea to guilty in his federal case on Thursday, according to ABC Minneapolis affiliate KSTP.John and Yvette Hoffman sat in the front row of the […]