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(NEW YORK) -- As bird flu continues to spread across the U.S., stores around the country are reporting a shortage of eggs amid soaring prices, high demand and supply limits.More than 150 million poultry birds have been killed across all 50 states in an attempt to combat bird flu since 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The number of birds affected by the virus has been rising in recent […]

The NYPD is searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2025. NYPD (NEW YORK) -- Authorities in New York City are searching for a man who allegedly impersonated a federal immigration enforcement agent before trying to rape a 51-year-old woman in broad daylight, according to police sources.The victim was waiting for a cab outside a Brooklyn CityMD just before 11 a.m. […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A new atmospheric river is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.The storm moves into the Golden State on Wednesday, with the heaviest rain falling on Thursday and Friday.Some areas could see as much as 5 to 10 inches of rain while the Sierra Nevada mountain range could see 5 to 8 feet of snow.A flood watch […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A group of nonprofits suing the Trump administration over its 90-day foreign aid freeze is accusing government officials of "accelerating their terminations of contracts and suspensions of grants of USAID and State Department partners," according to court documents filed Wednesday.The aid groups, who filed their suit Tuesday, said many of them "received new purported termination notices, including yesterday and this morning" and suggested that government officials "may be […]

ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) -- As the Mid-Atlantic digs out from a significant snowstorm, a new winter storm is underway in the Plains that will move through the Midwest before reaching the East Coast.On Wednesday morning, the second storm is hitting Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.The storm will reach Chicago later in the morning, dropping 4 to 6 inches of snow.An ice storm warning has been issued […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their place as native New Yorkers.According to Orkin, the pest control service, New York has been ranked as the third rattiest city in the country behind Los Angeles and Chicago. Now local officials are […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Three weeks into Donald Trump's breakneck effort to remake the federal government, the rapid pace of lawsuits pushing back against his orders -- and a number of legal setbacks for the Trump administration -- have challenged the Department of Justice, seemingly overwhelming the government lawyers tasked with defending the president in court.In a court filing Monday night, Justice Department lawyers acknowledged making two significant errors last week during a court hearing about […]

(NEW YORK) -- Refrigerators, beers and bicycles stand at risk of higher prices as a result of tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by President Donald Trump this week, experts told ABC News.The tariffs, which take effect next month, slap a 25% tax on all foreign steel and aluminum, repeating a policy Trump initiated during his first term in office.Trade experts told ABC News the tariffs will likely raise prices […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has removed a career Justice Department official from his role as the acting head of the DOJ's National Security Division after the longtime prosecutor served in the position for less than a month, sources told ABC News.Devin DeBacker, who in that role was an acting assistant attorney general, served for only a few weeks in the position, which helps oversee the Justice […]