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(CHICAGO) -- Members of the Texas National Guard have arrived in Illinois, according to sources familiar with their whereabouts and video taken of them at an Army Reserve training facility in a Chicago suburb.The Texas National Guard boarded a military plane on Monday afternoon in Texas, as state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away from Chicago.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday […]

(NEW YORK) -- A week into the government shutdown, air traffic controller sick calls are beginning to cause delays and cancellations as a number of airport towers and control facilities don’t have enough staff to properly handle all flights.Controllers are considered essential workers and are exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown. An estimated 13,294 controllers will continue to work without pay during the shutdown, according to the Department of […]

A memorial is seen surrounding the Robb Elementary School sign following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (UVALDE, Texas) -- One of the two senior police officers charged in connection with the failures on the day of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school mass shooting will go on trial Jan. 5, the judge overseeing the case told ABC News.Judge Sid […]

(ELLSWORTH, Maine) -- The Maine secretary of state's office is investigating after 250 blank election ballots were found in a resident's Amazon order last week, saying misconduct has not been ruled out, while maintaining the safety of the state's election process.The same day that an unnamed resident reported the bizarre delivery, the town of Ellsworth -- 40 miles away -- reported 250 missing absentee ballots, according to officials.During a press […]

(NEW YORK) -- An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies.The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over Antarctica at a distance of just 265 miles above the Earth's surface last Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8:47 p.m. ET, the European Space Agency said on Monday. The International Space Station orbits at a similar altitude.The majority of satellites are low earth orbit, at altitudes between […]

(CHICAGO) -- As members of the Texas National Guard boarded a plane on Monday, as state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away from Chicago.It was not immediately clear when the Guardsmen would arrive in Chicago. Texas Gov. Abbott on Monday shared a photo on social media showing the state's "elite" National Guard boarding a plane -- but he did not say where they […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) -- The 69-year-old truck driver who police say was seriously injured during an altercation with former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is "thankful to be alive and is recovering at home with his wife," his attorney said.Sanchez, a Fox Sports color commentator, was initially arrested for multiple misdemeanors in connection with this weekend's confrontation in Indianapolis. On Monday, after investigators learned of the severity of the victim's injuries, prosecutors announced Sanchez was also charged […]

(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- The Portland police chief is disputing President Donald Trump's claim that the Oregon city is a "war zone" that is burning down and "war-ravaged" by protesters and violent criminals, amid legal challenges to the White House's deployment of National Guard troops."No, I would not say Portland's war-ravaged," Portland Police Chief Bob Day told ABC News on Monday, calling the narrative that the city is under siege by […]

(EDISTO ISLAND, S.C.) -- A South Carolina judge's house went up in flames Sunday, hospitalizing three and destroying the home.Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein was walking her dogs on the beach in Edisto Island, S.C., about an hour south of Charleston, when the fire began, according to officials. Her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, their son, Arnold Goodstein III, and one other occupant were forced to jump from the […]