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E. Jean Carroll attends the 2024 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2024 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME) (NEW YORK) -- Writer E. Jean Carroll, who sued President Donald Trump over claims of sexual abuse and defamation, has received more than $5 million as part of a civil judgment paid by Trump. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, […]

Stock image of police tape. (Ajax9/Getty Images) (EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.) -- Five relatives were killed and two relatives were hurt in "evil" targeted shootings against a family in Illinois, authorities said.The seven family members were shot at three locations -- a park and two homes -- in the East St. Louis area this weekend, with five victims dying from their injuries, Illinois State Police said.The two suspects, a 15-year-old […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 125 million Americans are on alert for sweltering heat from coast-to-coast, as heat alerts are in place from Southern California to the intermountain West and northern Plains, upper Midwest and across to the Northeast.Daily record highs may be broken in Rapid City, Fargo, Grand Forks in the northern Plains on Tuesday.In the Northeast, record daily highs could be broken at Plattsburgh and Syracuse, New York. […]

(BIDDLEFORD, Maine) -- Federal immigration authorities were involved in a fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, according to the local elected leaders and multiple sources.Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said he was briefed on the incident by Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin. He said he was informed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in the deadly shooting.King said the man was fatally shot after federal agents tried […]

An FBI logo on a podium seen during a press conference at Los Angeles FBI Office on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (DETROIT) -- The FBI announced it is joining an investigation into the death of an infant who was found dead in a toilet at the Electric Forest music festival last month. The agency is offering a […]

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on July 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Florida has referred President Donald Trump's attorneys for potential disciplinary action over their filing of the $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS that resulted in the creation of the now-defunct "Anti-Weaponization Fund."This is a developing story. Please check back […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on March 24, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (BIDDLEFORD, Maine) -- Federal immigration authorities were involved in a shooting in Biddeford, Maine, multiple sources told ABC News.Local elected leaders, including Maine Speaker Ryan Fecteau, said in social media posts that at least one person was killed in the incident."A person was killed. ICE was involved," Fecteau alleged […]

(NEW YORK) -- Dangerous heat from Los Angeles to Boston is expected to impact more than 100 million Americans this week.Multiple cities in the West, from Utah to Montana, experienced their hottest temperatures on record Sunday afternoon, shattering previous heat records.The preliminary high temperature in Salt Lake City was 109 degrees F, breaking the previous all-time record high of 107 degrees, previously set in 1960, 2002, 2021, and twice in […]

(NEW YORK) -- A viral video depicting a Fourth of July party at a barrier island off the coast of Mississippi does not depict an argument involving Nolan Wells, a childhood friend of the late teen, said to ABC News Sunday in a broadcast exclusive.Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi football player, died last weekend following an all-day party on Horn Island, off the coast of Ocean Springs, his hometown. Attorney Ben […]