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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. has arrested a top MS-13 gang member, according to a post on X by Attorney General Pam Bondi."I'm proud to announce that early this morning our brave law enforcement officers conducted a successful operation that captured a top MS-13 national leader," Bondi posted. "DOJ will not rest until we make America safe again."The photo shared on X by Bondi showed a major operation […]

(NEW YORK) -- A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the U.S. this weekend, but only a select few of the northernmost states are expected to get a glimpse of the cosmic phenomenon.On early Saturday morning, the moon will pass in front of the sun, casting its shadow for viewers across the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA. Since the moon, sun and Earth are not perfectly lined up, the movement […]

(WASHINGTON) -- In February 2023, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted to social media a tightly edited video with dramatic music showing thousands of men, with their heads pushed down, being transferred to the country's newest prison: the Terrorism Confinement Center."Early this morning, in a single operation, we transferred the first 2,000 gang members to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT)," Bukele said on X. "This will be their new home, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production.Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.Over the past decade, annual losses for colonies have typically ranged between 40% and 50%, marking a significant jump this year.Priya Chakrabarti […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's effort to lift U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's block on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.The appeals court heard arguments Monday over the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act last week to deport more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador with no due process.The Trump administration's attempt to remove alleged […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg responded to the Trump administration's pushback over the publication's Monday article about a Signal chat discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen it says was accidentally shared with Goldberg.Speaking to ABC News, Goldberg said The White House is engaging in a semantic game by focusing on his use of "attack plans" instead of "war plans" in his followup report, which was published […]

(ACWORTH, Ga.) -- A Georgia mother recounted the moment she was "tug-of-warring" with a man she said tried to snatch her 2-year-old son from her while in a Walmart.Caroline Miller was shopping at a Walmart in Acworth with her two young children last week when the incident occurred. They were in a motorized wheelchair at the time because her 4-year-old daughter wanted to ride it, she told Atlanta ABC affiliate […]

Justice Department (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- The family of former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber, who was found dead on Saturday at a home in Virginia, said the 43-year-old suffered from epilepsy, calling her sudden death a "tremendous sorrow" in a statement Wednesday.Aber, 43, died in her sleep, her family said.Police in Alexandria, Virginia, said in an update amid the investigation on Tuesday that "detectives […]

(SAN DIEGO) -- Sea lions on the California coast are reportedly displaying strange behavior, likely due to a harmful algae bloom impacting the region, according to marine researchers.There have been reports of the marine mammals acting aggressively in some cases, and in others, they appear lethargic, Jeni Smith, rescue supervisor at SeaWorld San Diego, told ABC San Diego affiliate KGTV. Smith described one sea lion who appeared to be "star-gazing.""Some animals […]