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(NEW YORK) -- When Jill Antares Hunkler purchased land in Belmont County, Ohio, in 2007, she never envisioned her home would be surrounded by 78 oil and gas fracking wells a decade later, she said."I wanted to build my home where I had roots," Hunkler, a seventh-generation Ohio Valley resident, told ABC News. "It was a place where I could live a more traditional, natural life."Hunkler's three-acre property at the […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- D.C. police officer Wayne David died on Wednesday evening after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while trying to recover a weapon from a storm drain, police have announced.Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle when a man jumped out of a car, ran onto the I-295 highway and placed the gun inside a storm drain, ABC News has learned. The suspect […]

(ST. LOUIS) -- A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general.Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his innocence, is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, according to court documents. He was charged in 1999 and […]

EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A United Airlines flight en route to Chicago was diverted to Tennessee after experiencing "severe turbulence" Wednesday, the airline said.Seven people were injured, including one who was transported to a local hospital, authorities said.Flight UA1196 encountered "a brief period of severe turbulence" Wednesday afternoon, United Airlines said in a statement. The seatbelt sign was on at the time, the airline said.The crew reported the severe […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- A former Nevada politician was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022.As the jury's foreperson read out the guilty verdict, former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles looked down and shook his head.Telles was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after a minimum of 20 years served.In a press conference after the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Police in Iowa said they have captured a "dangerous," injured water buffalo that had been on the loose since Saturday.The Pleasant Hill Police Department said the animal was transported Wednesday morning to the Iowa State University Veterinary Hospital after being located in Des Moines the previous evening.The capture followed a dayslong search that at one point saw an officer shoot the animal, nicknamed "Phill" by some in […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The FBI has been able to gain extensive analysis on the mindset of the suspected shooter who carried out the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, officials said Wednesday, but it has so far been unable to establish a clear motive.In a media call Wednesday afternoon, the FBI said it has conducted nearly 1,000 interviews, served […]

(NEW YORK) -- The hottest weather of the season is spreading across the eastern half of the U.S. -- with cities in the Northeast in the bull's-eye on Wednesday -- after baking the Midwest with extreme temperatures early in the week.Chicago's actual temperature hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city's daily record of 97 degrees. The heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity -- soared to […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- A former Nevada politician was found guilty Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022.As the jury's foreperson read out the verdict, Telles looked down and shook his head.In a press conference after the verdict was announced, Clark County District Attorney Steven Wolfson thanked the jury for their work on the case."Today's verdict should send a message, and that message is a clear message that any […]