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(LOS ANGELES) -- A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings -- and evacuations of coastal areas -- in Hawaii and alerts all down the U.S. West Coast.After the initial tsunami waves had washed ashore in Hawaii and along the West Coast, officials with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reduced the alert level for the Hawaiian islands to a tsunami advisory. Local officials […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Ghislaine Maxwell appealed to Congress on Tuesday to push for a pardon so she can "testify openly and honestly" about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a letter from her attorney.The overt pitch for clemency came in a letter to the House Oversight Committee which had subpoenaed Maxwell for testimony and records.In a response to Chairman James Comer, Maxwell's defense attorney David Markus said she would invoke […]

(NEW YORK) -- The man who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building, killing four people and wounding a fifth, appeared to be targeting the NFL headquarters and had a note claiming he suffered from CTE, police sources told ABC News.Shane Tamura drove across the country with a semiautomatic rifle and then carried out a mass shooting on Monday in the building that's home to the NFL's offices, officials […]

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Arkansas police have released a sketch of a person of interest sought in connection with a double homicide at Devil's Den State Park, where a married couple was found dead while hiking with their two young children over the weekend.Arkansas State Police released a composite sketch of a man seen in Devil's Den State Park on Saturday, the day of the killings."Investigators have asked the public for help […]

Wesley LePatner in New York City, Jan. 13, 2019./Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Four people were killed and a fifth was injured in a mass shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday.Among those killed was an officer who was a dad of two with a third on the way.Here's what we know about the victims:Didarul IslamDidarul Islam was an off-duty New York Police officer […]

(NEW YORK) -- The man who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building, killing four people and wounding a fifth, had a note claiming he suffered from CTE, police sources told ABC News.Suspect Shane Tamura died by suicide after the Monday mass shooting at 345 Park Avenue, which is home to NFL headquarters.One page of the note found in Tamura's pocket accused the NFL of concealing the dangers to […]

(TRAVESE CITY, Mich.) -- A former Marine who helped confront the suspect in a stabbing rampage at a Walmart in Michigan is speaking out in an exclusive broadcast interview after the terrifying incident that authorities said was an act of terrorism.Nearly a dozen people were randomly injured in the attack on Saturday before a group of citizens -- including Derrick Perry, who was armed with a gun -- helped prevent […]

Daniel Bockwoldt/picture alliance via Getty Images (RENO, Nev.) -- Three people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting outside a casino in Reno, Nevada, on Monday morning, officials said.The gunfire unfolded around 7:25 a.m. in the valet area outside the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance said during a press conference Monday afternoon.Six victims in total sustained gunshot wounds, with three being fatal. […]

Carl David Goette-Luciak/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) -- Two children participating in a youth sailing program are dead after a barge struck their sailboat in Miami Beach Monday, officials said.The sailboat capsized in Biscayne Bay, between Monument Island and Hibiscus Island, according to the Miami Beach Police Department.All six people on the sailboat -- an adult and five children -- were recovered from the water […]