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(NEW YORK) -- An emotional Savannah Guthrie spoke out on Tuesday following new reports that a ransom note said her mother, Nancy Guthrie, died shortly after she was abducted.The "Today" show host's 84-year-old mother was kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Feb. 1 and remains missing, according to authorities.Various ransom notes were sent to the media in the days after Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. The second […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally and prayer vigil for him before he enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge's ruling that dismissed the criminal human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.Robert McGuire, the federal prosecutor in Tennessee, filed a notice on Monday to […]

(ALASKA) -- No deaths have been reported after a United States Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a training flight in Alaska, the Coast Guard said Monday.A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter carrying four people crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, near Juneau, according to the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District. The incident was reported shortly after 10 a.m. local time.The four crew members were transported to an area hospital, according […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration voter-screening database, ruling that the government's "haphazard" system unlawfully consolidated "the private information of millions of Americans" in an effort to purge non-citizens from voter rolls.In her order, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the federal government "has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote."This is a […]

This image released by the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office shows the damage to a home after a Tesla crashed into it, in Katy, Texas, on June 19, 2026. (Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office) Editor's note: This story has been updated for clarity.(KATY, Texas) -- A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was allegedly in driver-assist mode crashed into a Texas house Friday night, killing a woman who was […]

(EUREKA, Utah) -- Mandatory evacuations are underway for hundreds of people on Sunday in a central Utah town being threatened by a wind-driven, out-of-control wildfire, officials said.The Iron Fire is burning in Juab County, about 28 miles southwest of Provo, and officials said on Sunday that flames are bearing down on Eureka, Utah, a small town in the East Tintic Mountains.The wildfire, which started on Friday night, had burned more […]

An 18-year-old man was transported to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition after he fell from a horse carriage in Central Park on June 17, 2026, the NYPD said. (WABC) (NEW YORK) -- Horse-drawn carriage rides will be suspended in Central Park until next week following the death of an 18-year-old Indian tourist who was in a runaway carriage with his family.The move comes after growing calls from […]

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Department of Justice June 11, 2026 in Washingon, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Friday refused to issue a signed declaration from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche verifying that it no longer intends to pursue President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund."The DOJ's refusal comes after a federal judge last week […]

(STOCKTON, Calif.) -- Two Northern California stores were burglarized and had thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon trading cards stolen within hours of each other this week, according to police and the stores' owners.Investigators in Stockton are looking for clues and suspects in the Wednesday burglaries, which have become the latest incidents in a string of Pokémon card thefts across the country.Police do not immediately know if the two burglaries are connected.The […]