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(JACKSON COUNTY, Miss.) -- Authorities are asking for the public's help as they investigate the mysterious death of Mississippi teen Nolan Xavier Wells.Wells, 18, went missing on the 4th of July after going on a boat trip with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island about 10 miles from the Gulf Coast, officials said."[The friends] left [Horn Island] and went back without Nolan," Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said. "From what […]

Construction crews build scaffolding outside The Kennedy Center on June 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A panel of D.C. Circuit appeals court judges has rejected a request by President Donald Trump and fellow members of the Kennedy Center's board to stay a lower court's order that Trump's name be removed from the building.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. […]

(BOSTON) --Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mass General Brigham home care clinicians took to the streets Wednesday morning for a strike set to involve roughly 4,500 workers, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association.The strike would be the largest nurse and healthcare professional strike in Massachusetts history, according to a Massachusetts Nurses Association press release."At both bargaining tables, the nurses and clinicians made significant efforts to compromise and offered […]

The U.S. Department of Justice is seen on July 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. Earlier today the Department of Justice asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury testimony used in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON)  -- A federal judge on Tuesday quashed a DOJ subpoena seeking the names and personal information of Fulton County's 2020 election workers as part of […]

(PROVO, Utah) -- A video compilation that prosecutors say shows conservative activist Charlie Kirk's alleged killer's movements on the campus of Utah Valley University before and after the shooting played in court on Tuesday over the vigorous objections of defense attorneys.Attorneys for the defendant, Tyler James Robinson, 23, argued that the video footage Judge Tony Graf allowed prosecutors to play publicly at Robinson's preliminary hearing will likely taint a potential jury pool."We […]

(BOSTON) -- More than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital and 450 Mass General Brigham home care clinicians are scheduling a strike Wednesday morning, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The strike would be the largest nurse and healthcare professional strike in Massachusetts history, according to a Massachusetts Nurses Association press release."At both bargaining tables, the nurses and clinicians made significant efforts to compromise and offered to continue negotiating to […]

Office buildings tower over midtown Manhattan on October 16, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Several Midtown Manhattan blocks were evacuated Tuesday morning after construction workers discovered the structure of an office building being converted into residential housing was compromised on the 21st floor, officials said.New York City Fire Department and Department of Buildings crews went to 235 East 42nd Street, which is one block west of […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Trump administration has been sharing confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government.According to the complaint filed in Washington, D.C., many Iranian asylum seekers are pro-democracy protesters, members of religious minorities, or members of the LGBTQ community who seek refuge in the U.S. "because of the grave dangers they face in Iran.""Disclosing their confidential information […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Mississippi community is mourning the death of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was believed to be recovered after going missing over the weekend.Wells vanished after going on a boat trip with friends on the 4th of July, officials said. He was last seen on Horn Island, a barrier island about 10 miles from the Gulf Coast, officials said."[The friends] left [Horn Island] and went back […]