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(NEW YORK) — The New York City Council held a special hearing on Tuesday after buses of asylum seekers recently arrived in the city after being sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The hearing focused on the conditions of the city's homeless shelters and how it can deal with the influx of asylum seekers, who have strained many of city's systems and services. "What is new now, is the systematic […]

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Investigators tracked down the Volkswagen sedan with tinted windows allegedly driven by the suspect in the most recent homicide, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced during a tweet Tuesday afternoon news conference. The car was stopped by New Mexico State Police near Santa Rosa, New Mexico -- about 115 miles east of Albuquerque […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One person is dead and "multiple" others are injured after a bus overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike Tuesday, according to state police. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two months after the California Reparations Task Force released its initial report detailing the state’s history of slavery and the ongoing impact of race-based discrimination, the state has launched a series of listening sessions in order to receive community feedback on the legislation. On Friday, California residents who might be eligible to receive reparations from the state met at the offices of Black Women for Wellness in […]

(UVALDE, Texas) — The frustrations of a community still reeling from a mass shooting were on full display Monday night as a procession of Uvalde residents confronted school district leaders over their response to the massacre that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers. Trustees of the Uvalde CISD School Board convened the special session to present plans for the upcoming school year, including upgrading security measures and an announcement […]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Investigators tracked down the Volkswagen sedan with tinted windows allegedly driven by the suspect in the most recent homicide, the Albuquerque Police Department announced Tuesday afternoon. The driver of the car has been detained and is the "primary suspect" for all four murders, police said. The most […]

(DALLAS) -- Jurors heard closing arguments Tuesday in the capital murder trial of Yaser Said, who is accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, in a taxi in the Dallas area in 2008. Said was placed on the FBI’s most-wanted list and evaded arrest for more than 12 years. Said, who had worked as a cab driver, was arrested in August 2020 […]

(TRUCKEE, Calif.) -- Lindsey Rodni-Nieman got a text late Friday night from her teenage daughter, saying she was planning to leave a party in about 45 minutes and would be coming "straight home." "I told her to be safe and that I loved her. And she said, 'OK, mom, I love you, too,'" Rodni-Nieman recalled in an interview with ABC News on Monday. "She never came home." Kiely Rodni, 16, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Back-to-school season is in full swing -- and running up against the ongoing national teacher shortage. In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that by 2024, the U.S. would need more than 300,000 teachers to fill the demand for educators nationwide. Several factors have worsened the problem in the last two years: Teachers have retired or walked away from the profession citing the […]