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Authorities in Las Vegas believe they have a positive ID for a body discovered inside a barrel after it floated to the surface of Lake Mead more than four years ago, according to officials familiar with the investigation.At the time the body was found by boaters on May 1, 2022, officials said one thing was immediately clear: this was no accident. The body was an apparent homicide victim believed to […]

Three children and one teacher are dead after a shooter forced his way into an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said.The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw the teen going into the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz told reporters at a news conference Thursday evening.The three children who were killed […]

Nine former FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first term filed suit against the FBI and Justice Department on Thursday alleging they were unlawfully terminated solely for their role in the probe.The nine agents, who in the suit say they collectively count "over a century" of experience in the bureau on cases spanning from the Boston […]

In this June 16, 2025, file photo, U.S. Capitol Police Officers stand guard outside of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE) The FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating "multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices," according to a notice sent to Senate staff on Thursday and described to ABC News. Investigators didn't […]

A meeting of Cornell University's faculty senate grew heated Wednesday as school president Michael Kotlikoff faced harsh questions about the Ivy League school's response to the alleged 2024 gang rape of a student at a fraternity house, according to an audio recording of the meeting.Kotlikoff defended the school's recent measures -- including suspending fraternity parties and involving state police in the investigation of sexual assaults on campus -- but was […]

President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference after testifying before the Supreme Court of Justice on Aug. 2, 2024, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images) Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, each pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges accusing them of torturing people, including Americans, to help them cling to power.Maduro, in a beige jail smock over a brown T-shirt and wearing glasses, greeted the […]

The most recent inspection of Six Flags Over Georgia's Goliath roller coaster found no violations or deficiencies, the office responsible for the safety of amusement park rides in Georgia said Thursday, days after a man fatally fell from the ride."No violations, deficiencies, citations, or red tags were reported" during the March 16 inspection, the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire (OCI) in Georgia said in a statement.ABC News […]

A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged after an investigation into an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship in the Aurora area, police said.Alexandros Paporakis of Palatine was arrested Sunday after the Palatine Police Department received information from the Mount Prospect Police Department about a potential mass shooting, according to a statement from Palatine police.The information came from an […]

Nearly a week after he was shot during an encounter with Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers in Manhattan, the man remains held at a detention center with the bullet still inside him, his attorneys alleged in a court filing Wednesday.Oscar Belgal was shot Thursday in his car while his 5-year-old son was in the back seat, authorities said. Attorneys with the Legal Aid Society said in a habeas petition that […]