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(AUSTIN) -- Police in Texas said they are looking for a missing 9-year-old girl who hasn't been seen in over seven years whose disappearance was uncovered after the child's mother was arrested for allegedly locking her 7-year-old daughter in a closet for weeks.Virginia Marie Gonzales, 33, of Austin, was arrested on a charge of injury to a child after the 7-year-old girl was found "locked in a closet and starving" […]

Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Another Navy fighter jet sank to the bottom of the Red Sea on Tuesday following the second such mishap aboard the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in just over a week, a U.S. official told ABC News.The F/A-18 F fighter jet was attempting a nighttime landing onto the deck of the carrier when the crew was unable to stop it in […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement allegedly conducted raids targeting businesses in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.A coalition of activists had warned delivery drivers and restaurants of the planned enforcement one day prior."I have heard those reports, I've been getting them all morning. I am disturbed by them," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters Tuesday. "It appears that ICE is at restaurants or even in neighborhoods, and it doesn't look like […]

(SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, OHIO) -- A woman has been arrested after a raccoon named Chewy was found holding a meth pipe in the driver’s seat of her car in what police are calling a “strange encounter on patrol” in Ohio.The incident occurred on Monday at approximately 7:15 p.m. when Springfield Township police officer Austin Branham decided to conduct a traffic stop on South Arlington Road after identifying a vehicle whose registered […]

(GEORGIA) -- A man who has been detained for more than six weeks after being accused of attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Walmart in Georgia was granted bond on Tuesday in a case that prosecutors called "unusual."Mahendra Patel, 57, of Kennesaw, was arrested and subsequently indicted by a grand jury on attempted kidnapping, battery and assault charges stemming from an incident reported at a Walmart in Acworth on March […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Escalating an ongoing clash between President Donald Trump's administration and Harvard University, the Department of Education announced Harvard is ineligible for new research grants unless it agrees with compliance criteria."Harvard is not eligible for any new grants from the federal government until they demonstrate responsible management of the university," a senior official from the Department of Education said on a call with reporters on Monday.The pause extends to […]

(HONOLULU) -- Hawaii has passed legislation to increase people staying at hotels to help the islands cope with the increasing pressures from climate change.The bill, SB1396, adds a 0.75% levy to existing taxes on tourist lodging within the state -- including hotels rooms, timeshares and vacation rentals starting Jan. 1, 2026. It also imposes an 11% tax on cruise ship bills for each night the ship is in a Hawaiian port.The […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the Alien Enemies Act "was not validly invoked" by the Trump administration when it opted to deport alleged Tren de Aragua members, marking the second time a judge has deemed the administration's use of the AEA unlawful.U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction in the case of two plaintiffs identified by their initials, […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON0 -- President Donald Trump is set to headline a fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts next month, according to an invitation obtained by ABC News, for which the top sponsorship level is selling for $2 million.The event, hosted by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees, includes a VIP reception followed by the center's opening night performance of Les Misérables.Trump -- who […]