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(NEW YORK) -- SpaceX on Monday launched the world's largest and most powerful rocket and spacecraft on a mission that marks the first time the spacecraft achieved orbit.Starship splashed down in the Pacific, north of Hawaii, just before noon ET. Although the mission ended some seven hours earlier than planned, with the company choosing to return to Earth during the first scheduled mission checkpoint, SpaceX is calling flight 14 a success […]

(NEW YORK) -- A third suspect was arrested on murder charges in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black mother of four whose body was found hanging from a tree behind an apparently vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home on Aug. 3.Police arrested Eric Clark, a 45-year-old Black man, on murder charges in Fortune's death on Friday, the Jackson Police Department announced. Clark is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, […]

Flash Flood Threat Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- Millions across the Southwest are on alert for life-threatening flash flooding this week, with the worst of the flooding forecast for Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and southern Colorado. It's already been one of the wettest Septembers on record for parts of the Southwest. Albuquerque, New Mexico, has recorded 3.31 inches of rain this month, marking the second wettest September ever.On Monday, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional Democrats are pressing federal health officials following the government's decision to end a contract with legal advocacy groups that provide legal representation to migrant children.In a letter sent Monday to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, lawmakers raised concerns over the government's efforts to award new federal contracts to politically connected firms that […]

An ABC News graphic shows the forecast for Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- The worst of the deadly nor'easter that's lashed the Northeast is behind us, and Monday will feature minor impacts as the storm winds down. The storm claimed at least one life. The New York Police Department confirmed to ABC News that a 56-year old man died after being struck by a falling tree on […]

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month sparked outrage about the incident. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to the incident, though he said the allegations in the civil […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Tennessee woman who was falsely accused of bank theft crimes in North Dakota and detained for six months is suing for $10 million, alleging in a federal lawsuit that police improperly relied on AI facial recognition technology to arrest her for crimes she did not commit.Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old grandmother of five, was arrested in July 2025 while she was babysitting her neighbor's children, according to […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Louisiana woman was found guilty in the death of a Telemundo Kansas City reporter covering the 2025 Super Bowl who prosecutors said was the victim of a criminal enterprise that targeted men in New Orleans by drugging and stealing from them.Danette Colbert was found guilty of negligent homicide in the death of 27-year-old Adan Manzano, a reporter for KGKC Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports, who […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new "tiger cat" species has been discovered in Bolivia, according to researchers in Current Biology, the first living feline species identified by scientists in over a century.The small wild cat, officially known as Leopardus tilcayo (locally known as the tilcayo cat) is native to Bolivia's Yungas cloud forest, weighing no more than 3 pounds and approximately 18 inches long, making it smaller than the typical house […]