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(SOUDERTON, Pa.) --  A volunteer firefighter has been arrested for allegedly setting fires and then responding to them with his fire department, according to officials in eastern Pennsylvania.Justin Sholly, a 29-year-old member of the Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company in Souderton, was arrested on Sunday on charges including arson, according to court documents.The first fire was Friday morning, when the Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company and other agencies responded to a fire […]

Yellow police tape says "police line do not cross" is set against blurry background. (Sheila Paras/Getty Images) (BAKERSFIELD, Calif) -- All hostages have been released, and a suspect is confirmed dead on Wednesday after an hours-long standoff at a bank in California, sources told ABC News.The standoff began after a reported bomb threat at a bank in California. Two hostages were first released after hours of ongoing negotiations with a […]

(VIRGINIA) -- Two Honduran immigrant children have been unlawfully detained at a youth facility in Virginia for more than 300 days, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.According to the complaint, the two siblings -- a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl who lawyers say both fled gang violence in Honduras -- have remained in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) despite "the existence […]

Harris County Sheriff's Office Patrol Bureau Major Earl Dean speaks to reporters after a man and his girlfriend were found dead in a murder-suicide after an hours-long standoff with police. (Harris County Sheriff's Office) (HOUSTON) -- A man and woman were found dead in a Houston apartment after an hours-long standoff with the sheriff's department, according to officials.A 20-year-old woman and the 23-year-old suspect were found dead in the apartment, […]

(NEWARK, N.J.) -- New Jersey officials are pursuing legal avenues to get to the bottom of allegations of poor conditions at Delaney Hall in Newark, including threatening to sue to shut down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility if state health inspectors are not allowed to examine it.The city of Newark already filed a lawsuit in April 2025 against the GEO Group, the private company contracted by ICE […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- Prosecutors in Nevada said they're looking to try the teenage girl accused of stabbing three horses in adult court.Officers responded to a barn in Las Vegas early Saturday and found three horses "intentionally injured with a sharp object," Las Vegas police said.A teenage girl who was in Las Vegas for an equestrian competition was identified as a possible suspect, according to police and the National Barrel Horse […]

(MUSCATINE, Iowa) -- Six people were killed in a shooting spree at multiple locations across an Iowa city in an apparent domestic dispute, according to police.The suspected gunman died from a self‑inflicted gunshot wound as officers confronted him, police said.The "series of homicides" occurred Monday at two residences and a business in Muscatine, police said."Today I simply do not have the words -- this act of evil and what it […]

Aerial view of Coast of NJ (Michael Duva/Getty Images) (WILDWOOD, N.J.) -- The search is ongoing for a 14-year-old boy who went missing in the ocean at the New Jersey shore, officials said.An officer in Wildwood was alerted to a swimmer in distress at about 1:26 p.m. Monday, local police said, and police, lifeguards and fire department personnel were sent to the scene.The first responders saw several people in the […]

A protester speaks to the police using a megaphone near the Delaney Hall detention center on May 31, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark has ordered a mandatory curfew surrounding Delaney Hall from 9 PM Saturday until 6 AM Sunday. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/Getty Images) (NEWARK, N.J.) -- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Tuesday called for the immediate closure of Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs […]