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ABC (NEW YORK) -- A winter storm has pummeled the Midwest and the Northeast with sleet, freezing rain and snow, leaving dangerous travel conditions for millions.In Cleveland, cars, trees and power lines have been coated in sheets of ice, and in Kansas, the icy roads were blamed for car accidents.The ice targeted Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia overnight as the storm moved east.Snow and sleet reached New York City early […]

WSYX (NEW ALBANY, Ohio) -- Police are looking for a motive after a man allegedly killed two people and injured four others in a workplace shooting at an Ohio manufacturing facility, officials said.Officers responded to an active shooter report at a New Albany facility run by KDC/One, a beauty products manufacturer, around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, New Albany police said.One victim was found shot dead inside the building and five others […]

(WASHINGTON) -- After two deadly plane crashes in the past week — one in Washington, D.C., killing 67, and another in Philadelphia, killing 7 and injuring 19 — it wouldn't be unusual if travelers reported heightened apprehension toward air travel, according to experts."Given the fact that there were two incidents that were pretty large in the past seven days, I would say people that are on the fence about whether […]

Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Donations to Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund have picked up after a news report that they had slowed down.Mangione's online fund has received over $248,000 in donations to help defend him against state and federal charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Newsweek reported Tuesday that contributions had slowed to a trickle.In response, Mangione's lead defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said, "Luigi is […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, is set to be sentenced Thursday on federal charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodgers player, nearly a year after the gambling controversy first surfaced.Mizuhara, 40, admitted to fraudulently transferring the money from Ohtani's account for more than two years to pay his gambling debts, including impersonating the athlete on two dozen occasions in […]

Spencer Grant/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Human remains have been found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said.The discovery was made on Wednesday at approximately 5:30 p.m. when authorities from the NYPD Harbor Unit were called to the East River close to Governor’s Island and retrieved the suitcase with the human remains inside, according to ABC News’ […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least 37 giant live beetles measuring 4 to 5 inches have been found concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese snacks, potato chips and chocolate at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.The contraband was discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists assigned to LAX during a physical examination of a shipment arriving from Japan via air cargo last month.Upon inspection, authorities ended up […]

(NEW ORLEANS) -- The anticipation surrounding Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans is not just about which team will win, it's whether or not the city can pull the game off without a serious security breach.New Orleans has hosted 10 Super Bowls in previous years, but Sunday’s game at the Superdome is different. Just over a month before Sunday's kick-off, the city was the target of a terrorist attack on […]

WSYX (NEW ALBANY, Ohio) -- Police are looking for a motive after a man allegedly killed one person and injured five others in a workplace shooting at an Ohio manufacturing facility, officials said.Officers responded to an active shooter report at a New Albany facility run by KDC/One, a beauty products manufacturer, around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, New Albany police said.One victim was found dead inside the building and five others were […]