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(NEW YORK) -- Portland Trail Blazers head coach and National Basketball Association hall of famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday in Brooklyn federal court to charges he conspired to lure unsuspecting poker players to games allegedly rigged by the Mafia.“We enter a plea of not guilty,” defense attorney Mark Mukasey said. Prosecutors said Billups was one of the alleged scheme’s “face cards” who used his celebrity to attract high-rollers […]

(POSEN, Ill.) -- When she was captured on Sunday night, nearly 200 miles from the Wisconsin group home she allegedly fled, "Slender Man" stabbing assailant Morgan Geyser told officers who asked for her identity to "just Google" her, according to Illinois police.The 22-year-old Geyser, who in 2014 stabbed a friend 19 times to appease the fictional character "Slender Man," was located on Sunday after she allegedly cut off her Department of Corrections […]

(NEW YORK) -- Traveling to your Thanksgiving destination may be smoother than heading home, with a cross-country storm possibly bringing rain and snow to parts of the Northeast and Midwest.Here’s a look at the Thanksgiving week weather forecast:TuesdayA winter storm watch is in place for North Dakota and Minnesota, where 3 to 9 inches of snow may fall from Monday night through Wednesday morning. Wind gusts may reach 40 mph, causing blowing […]

(NEW YORK) -- What started as a dream vacation soon thrust a tight-knit blended family into shock and anguish when one of their own, a beloved teenage girl, was discovered dead on a cruise ship earlier this month.Even more baffling and heartbreaking, her grandparents said in an interview with ABC News, the person authorities told the family is suspected of Anna Kepner’s death: her stepbrother.  “We were all having a […]

(NEW YORK) -- Morgan Geyser, who in 2014 stabbed a friend 19 times to appease the fictional character "Slender Man," was located Sunday night after she allegedly cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a Wisconsin group home where she had been a resident, authorities said.Geyser was taken into custody in Posen, Illinois, police confirmed to ABC News.Before being located, Geyser was last seen in Madison around […]

New York Jets defensive player Kris Boyd while playing for his former team, the Houston Texans in 2024. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images) (NEW  YORK) -- A 39-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday near a Midtown Manhattan nightclub, and the New York City Police Department said the shooter remains on the run.The incident happened a week after New York Jets player Kris Boyd was shot and wounded outside of a Midtown […]

mphotoi/Getty Images (CHICAGO) -- At least seven people were injured in a shooting in downtown Chicago on Friday night, police said.Officers were on patrol when they observed a large group of people on the sidewalk close to the Chicago Theater on State Street, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department."Officer's heard gunshots being fired, and the large group began fleeing the scene," authorities said. "Officers immediately responded to […]

(NEW YORK) -- A proposal from the Trump administration to revise the Endangered Species Act could have critical impacts on the most vulnerable animals, plants and habitats throughout the U.S., according to environmental advocates.Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of the Interior outlined several rules within the ESA that it plans to roll back.Included in the proposed revisions are changes to the listing of protected species and critical habitat (50 […]

(NEW YORK) -- A significant change in the atmosphere means the weeks after Thanksgiving could be colder and snowier than normal across portions of the United States.It's all thanks to a disruption in the polar vortex. Here's what you need to know.Why is this happening?Our atmosphere consists of many layers of moving air; the troposphere is where our weather happens and above it is the stratosphere. Over both poles, a […]