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(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man charged in the April 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, is fit to stand trial in February 2025, a judge said on Tuesday, according to Kansas City ABC affiliate KMBC.The ruling came after the judge reviewed the findings of Lester’s mental exam, which he ordered last month after Lester’s attorney argued that […]

(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- A suspect is in custody after allegedly killing a man on a Florida golf course with his own golf clubs on Monday in what police said appeared to be a "random act of violence."Junior Boucher, 36, faces first-degree murder charges for the death of the man, identified by police as 65-year-old Brian Hiltebeitel, at Sandhill Crane Golf Club in West Palm Beach.A witness said he […]

(WASHINGTON) -- One day after moving to dismiss both his cases against President-elect Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith is continuing to defend the validity of his own appointment as he appeals the dismissal of the classified documents case against Trump's co-defendants.In a filing Tuesday, Smith urged a federal appeals court to reverse U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to toss the classified documents case based on the constitutionality of […]

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Andrew Lester, the man charged in the April 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, is set to appear in court Tuesday after his attorney submitted a mental evaluation -- the results of which could determine whether Lester is fit to stand trial in February 2025.Steven Salmon, Lester's attorney, confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday that the examination has […]

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office (WELCHES, Ore.) -- A search continued Tuesday for a missing hiker and her two large Malinois-mix dogs believed to be in the Green Canyon Way Trail area of Welches in Oregon, according to officials.Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, was reported missing after failing to show up at work, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.Searchers looked for Lane-Fournier on Monday in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, covering over 100 miles […]

(NEW YORK) -- When the weather turns cold, meteorologists and climate scientists almost always get a variation of the same question, “If we had global warming, I don’t think I’d have a jacket on.”That’s because climate and weather are two terms that go hand in hand but are not the same thing.ABC News Chief Meteorologist and Chief Climate Correspondent Managing Editor of the ABC News Climate Unit Ginger Zee has […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (DENVER) -- Incoming border czar Tom Homan says he's willing to throw Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in jail over his protests about mass deportation."But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing -- he's willing to go to jail, I'm willing to put him in jail because there there's a statute. It's Title 8 United States Code 1324 (iii). And […]

(NEW YORK) -- Snow and rain are in the forecast for some parts of the U.S. as travelers hit the road and head to the airport for Thanksgiving.Here's your weather forecast for the holiday week:TuesdayRain is sweeping across the East Coast from New York to Alabama on Tuesday morning.There's a slight chance for freezing rain in southern Vermont and the southern Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York before it warms […]

ABC News (BETHESDA, MD) -- An FBI special agent has been arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, and stands accused of sexually assaulting two women, according to police.Special Agent Eduardo Valdivia, 40, is charged with 10 counts, including two counts of second-degree rape.According to court records, the alleged attacks took place in May 2024 and September 2024.Valdivia is in custody in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility and is scheduled to appear […]