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(ATLANTA) -- Flu activity is rising sharply across the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC estimates there have been at least ​7.5 million million illnesses, ​81,000 hospitalizations and ​3,100 deaths from flu so far this season. ​Five more pediatric deaths were reported this week, bringing the total to ​eight this season. At least 20 states are now seeing "very high" respiratory illness activity including […]

(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for the Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are urging a judge to release him pending trial, arguing the government has presented no evidence that shows he poses a danger to the general public.In a late-night filing on Monday, suspect Brian Cole […]

New Year's Eve - Wednesday, 4PM CT Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- More rough weather is forecast on both coasts when the ball drops on Wednesday night, ringing in 2026.On the West Coast, more rain is expected across a drenched Southern California, where residents are still recovering from last week's flooding.The new storm will bring widespread rain and mountain snow starting New Year's Eve and continuing through the end of […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated using bitcoin ATM machines, a marked uptick over previous years as the popularity of cryptocurrencies continues to grow.The new FBI statistics, which document fraudulent transactions using cryptocurrency kiosks, reflect a "clear and constant rise" that is "not slowing down," a bureau spokesperson told ABC News.In 2024, scammers […]

(SAN ANTONIO) -- Newly obtained dashboard camera video may show a Texas teenage girl right when she went missing on Christmas Eve, authorities said.Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, has been missing since Wednesday morning, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators previously released security footage showing a person they said they believe to be Mendoza Olmos searching her car in her driveway around 7 a.m. Wednesday.Now, investigators have a dash cam […]

(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's longest-serving aide, James Holt, is stepping down from his role at Archewell.Holt's departure comes weeks after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the rebrand of the Archewell Foundation to Archewell Philanthropies.Harry and Meghan's longtime aide, who originally worked with Harry at Kensington Palace, and moved out to Los Angeles with the couple when they stepped back from their roles as working members of the royal […]

(NEW YORK) -- In a sobering decision, one drunk thief apparently changed his tune and returned two mandolins that he had previously stolen, according to the owner of a New Jersey vintage guitar store.In a social media post Friday, Lark Street Music said that two previously stolen mandolins – a small, guitar-like instrument in the lute family – had been returned to the store, along with a handwritten note partly […]

(HAMMONTON, N.J.) -- The second pilot has died after two helicopters collided midair and crashed in New Jersey on Sunday, authorities announced.The pilot of the model 280C helicopter, identified as 71-year-old Michael Greenberg, of Sewell, New Jersey, died at the scene, according to the Hammonton Police Department.The pilot of the model F-28A helicopter, 65-year-old Kenneth L. Kirsch of Carney’s Point, New Jersey, was rushed to a hospital where he died […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new winter storm is moving east on Monday, bringing dangerous wind, snow and ice to millions.Wind gusts up to 45 mph are possible in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.Gusts up to 65 mph are possible in Cleveland, Ohio, Michigan and parts of Pennsylvania, where high wind warnings are in effect.A blizzard warning is in effect across parts of […]