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CAL FIRE (NEW YORK) -- Two people were injured, including a student, after a vehicle collided head-on with a school bus in California in a fiery crash, authorities said.The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. PT Tuesday in Santa Cruz County, according to the California Highway Patrol.A man driving a Kia Forte northbound on Green Valley Road began traveling in the southbound lane "for reasons under investigation," CHP said in a […]

X / @USMSMemphis (NEW YORK) -- A murder suspect who has evaded authorities for several months was finally captured by U.S. Marshals after he fell through the ceiling from the attic space where he was hiding, authorities said.Deario Wilkerson, 20, has been wanted since May 9 when an arrest warrant for first degree murder and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon was issued for him in regard to the April […]

(NEW YORK) -- A prominent Latino voting organization is calling on the Justice Department to investigate a series of raids held across Texas last week as part an ongoing election fraud investigation led by the state's controversial attorney general, Ken Paxton.The raids targeted prominent Democrats and election volunteers -- including some in their late 80s -- according to a spokesperson for the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A couple in their 50's were kidnapped and assaulted this weekend while house hunting in Connecticut, police have said.The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in the city of Danbury, when a group of six men intentionally rear-ended the couple’s Lamborghini sports car before forcing them into the back of a van.The men -- all of whom live in Florida -- beat the couple with a […]

(NEW YORK) -- A dog breeder has been found dead and as many as 10 of his Doberman puppies have gone missing as police investigate his death as a homicide, authorities said.The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of 57-year-old Paul Peavey, who had last been heard from on the night […]

(OROVILLE, Calif.) -- A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a massive Northern California wildfire in July that destroyed 26 homes and businesses and prompted the evacuation of nearly 30,000 people, officials said.Spencer Grant Anderson of Oroville, California, was arraigned on Monday on charges of arson of an inhabited structure, arson of forest land and arson causing multiple structures to burn, according to the Butte County District […]

Getty Images - STOCK/Christian Dauphin (NEW YORK) -- United States intelligence and police officials are alarmed by two unrelated terror attacks in Europe last weekend and what those attacks say about the current threat environment in the U.S., according to a New York Police Department briefing obtained by ABC News."There is no initial indication that the two attacks are linked, however, both incidents underscore the current complex and elevated terrorism/targeted […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Extreme heat is gripping the Midwest before moving into the Northeast.Chicago is in the center of an excessive heat warning that stretches north to Madison, Wisconsin, and south to Springfield, Illinois.The heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity -- soared to a scorching 114 degrees in Chicago on Tuesday. Chicago's actual temperature hit 98 degrees, breaking the city's daily record of 97 […]

(ATLANTA) -- Two workers were killed and one was seriously injured in what officials termed a "possible explosion" at Delta Air Lines' Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to Delta TechOps and first responders.Delta TechOps said the Tuesday morning accident took place at its wheel and brake shop.Responders to the "possible explosion" found "three Delta employees on the floor," and the medics said they tried […]