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(NEW ORLEANS) -- The last of 10 inmates who had been on the lam following a New Orleans jailbreak in May has been captured, police said Wednesday.Derrick Groves, 28, was apprehended in Atlanta following a "brief stand-off," Louisiana State Police said.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(LAS VEGAS) -- A 12-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a school bus while riding her bicycle in Las Vegas, authorities said, marking the second middle schooler in the city to die in a crash within one week.The girl -- identified by the coroner's office as Haylee Ryan -- was struck at about 3:23 p.m. Monday and was flung onto a parked SUV before falling to the […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of "maliciously" igniting a fire on Jan. 1 in the Pacific Palisades that ultimately erupted into the Palisades Fire, the Department of Justice said.The New Year's Day brush fire […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- Two suspects have been arrested and two more are at large in connection with a burglary at the home of New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan.The four suspects allegedly broke in through a back door while the house was empty on Sept. 14 -- the day of a Saints home game, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said.Jordan spoke out about the break-in on social media on […]

Volunteers with Samaritan's Purse search for meaningful personal items for members of the Alvarado family in the rubble of their home which burned in the Eaton Fire on February 05, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, the Department of Justice […]

(PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind.) -- An Indiana woman was reported missing last week following a "suspicious" fire in her house, authorities said. Britney Gard, 46, last had contact with her family the evening of Sept. 30, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. She is considered a missing endangered person "due to her unknown whereabouts," the sheriff's office said.Authorities responded to her home on Oct. 1, following a 911 call for a fire […]

Volunteers with Samaritan's Purse search for meaningful personal items for members of the Alvarado family in the rubble of their home which burned in the Eaton Fire on February 05, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, sources close to the […]

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump is ramping up a war of words with the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois, suggesting in a social media post on Wednesday that they "should be in jail" for refusing to protect ICE agents.Trump's social media post came as Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Monday night and were preparing to be deployed in Chicago."Illinois will not let the […]

Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (BROWN COUNTY, Ind.) -- A K-9 unit with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana located two missing 11-year-old kids who became separated from their mother and were lost in the woods, police said.First responders were dispatched to the area of Sundance Lake in Hoosier National Forest at approximately 5:48 p.m. on Sunday afternoon after they received a report that two 11-year-old children “became separated […]