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(OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.) -- The family of Mississippi teen Nolan Xavier Wells will conduct an independent autopsy following the 18-year-old's mysterious death, according to attorney Ben Crump, who revealed new details about what he says unfolded on the day Wells vanished."He was a good kid. He was beloved. He was a college athlete. He had everything going for him. And so to go on that island ... and then not […]

Brian Cole Jr. is seen in this undated yearbook photo from the C.D. Hylton High School in 2013. (C.D. Hylton High School) (WASHINGTON) -- Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man charged with placing pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, is set to go to trial in February, a federal judge said during a court hearing Wednesday. U.S. District […]

Authorities respond to a residence in Harris County, Texas, following a lightning strike, July 7, 2026. (Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office) (HOUSTON, Texas) -- A child was injured after lightning struck his Texas home and the electrical current traveled through the home's wiring, shocking him while he used a computer, according to authorities. The incident occurred Tuesday in Cypress, a Houston suburb. The electrical current caused a small fire in […]

(MILWAUKEE) -- Hannah Dugan, a former Wisconsin judge who was found guilty of obstructing federal immigration agents, was spared prison time, according to ABC Milwaukee affiliate WISN, which was in the courtroom for the sentencing on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman said prison was unnecessary and imposed a $5,000 fine, according to WISN.Dugan, 67, faced a maximum penalty of five years in prison.Adelman described the former judge as a dedicated […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City officials began reopening some streets and buildings in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday, after engineering crews stabilized a building that was at risk of a partial collapse due to buckling beams.Engineers worked throughout Tuesday night and the following morning to shore up the compromised floors at 235 E. 42nd St., the former Pfizer corporate building that is currently being converted into residential apartments."Right now, we have […]

E. Jean Carroll attends "Ask E. Jean" New York screening at IFC Center on May 21, 2026 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- While President Donald Trump attends the NATO summit in Ankara, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday ordered him to pay what he owes E. Jean Carroll after a jury held him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered disbursement […]

(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 […]