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: Usha Vance talks reading challenge in exclusive interview (ABCNews.com) (NEW YORK) -- Usha Vance, the second lady of the United States, is rolling out her annual summer reading challenge for its second year in an effort to enhance childhood literacy and curb some of the summer reading loss that comes during the summer months, she told ABC’s Linsey Davis in an exclusive interview.“It is the second one. Last year […]

Nighttime shot of unfurled police tape next to flashing lights from a police car. (halbergman/Getty Images) (SANDY, Ore) -- Multiple people were killed and an officer was shot and wounded in a domestic violence situation in Oregon, officials said.When officers responded to a shooting and domestic disturbance shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, the officers came under gunfire and returned fire, Sandy Police Chief Patrick Huskey said at a news conference.One […]

(FRISCO, Texas) -- The murder trial of a Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing another student at a high school track meet is set to get underway.Karmelo Anthony was indicted on first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025.Jury selection is scheduled for Monday and Wednesday at the Collin County Courthouse in McKinney, Texas, according to a court […]

(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Family visitation hours are set to resume on Sunday at the Delaney Hall Immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, following violent clashes between protesters and police that prompted arrests and a mandatory curfew around the facility, according to the state's governor."DHS has met our demand to restore family visitation," New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced in a statement on Sunday morning. Visits had been interrupted by […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge ordered on Friday that a pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana cannot spend another night at a Washington, D.C.-area airport where they have been detained for more than a week.Anabella Gyasi arrived at Dulles International Airport on May 19 with a valid tourist visa to bring her son to the United States for medical treatment, and she had been detained in a holding room […]

(STAFFORD COUNTY, Va.) -- Five people were killed and 44 were injured in a massive crash between a bus and multiple vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday morning, according to state authorities.The accident unfolded at about 2:35 a.m. on I-95 south in Stafford County, about 45 miles south of Washington, D.C., the Virginia State Police said.As traffic slowed for a work zone, a bus did not slow down […]

A view of the highest mountain peak in North America. (Lance King/Getty Images) (DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Ala.) -- One of the four climbers who fell while ascending Mount McKinley in Alaska has been rescued from the 17,200-foot basin, according to the National Park Service.The search for the remaining three climbers, who also fell while climbing Mount McKinley at 18,200 feet, is now a recovery mission, the NPS said.The […]

(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in the nonfatal shooting earlier this year of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested in Texas on Friday, more than a week after prosecutors announced the charges, officials in Minnesota said.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told members of the House Oversight Committee Friday that the Justice Department had released all the documents required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but that she did not lead every aspect of the process, according to a copy of her prepared opening statement.After a tumultuous year at the DOJ that was largely defined by her controversial handling of the Epstein files, […]