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(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Attorney General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on Jeffrey Epstein as he faces pressure from his MAGA supporters.Trump, speaking to reporters as he left the White House, said he received a "very quick briefing" on the Justice Department and FBI review of the Epstein files. The briefing took place before the release of the DOJ and FBI memo last week.The […]

(NEW YORK) -- The extreme rainfall that occurred in the Northeast on Monday will likely occur more often in the future as a result of climate change, research shows.The Northeast has experienced the largest regional increase of extreme precipitation in the U.S., with a 60% increase in recent decades, according to the U.S. government's Fifth National Climate Assessment, a summary of the latest climate science research findings by 14 different federal […]

(PARKER COUNTY, Texas) -- A woman in Texas is behind bars after allegedly attempting to send her ex-husband fentanyl-laced chocolates, according to the Parker County Sheriff's Office.Pamela Jean Stanley, 63, from Coleman, Texas, was indicted last week after being arrested in May for "developing a plan to murder her ex-husband," in which she specifically wanted to purchase powdered fentanyl and inject it into a high-end box of chocolates, the sheriff's […]

(FALL RIVER, Mass.) -- Shirley Chambra was outside smoking a cigarette when she saw sparks and then flames at her home: the Gabriel House assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, according to her nephew, Ken Pelletier."I'm sure she felt so helpless being outside," Pelletier told ABC News. "She's lived there long enough she knows probably everybody there."Nine people were killed and dozens were hurt after a five-alarm fire tore through the assisted-living facility on […]

(NEW YORK) -- Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June compared to a year ago, marking a notable surge of price increases as President Donald Trump's tariff policy took hold and some retailers warned they may pass some of the tax burden onto shoppers.The reading matched economists' expectations.The fresh data indicated an acceleration from 2.4% annual inflation recorded in May. Still, the inflation rate clocked in below 3% recorded in January, the month […]

WABC (NEW YORK) -- Heavy rain caused significant transportation delays in the Northeast on Monday, with flash flooding submerging cars, flooding roadways and canceling flights -- and more wet weather is in the forecast.Flash flood warnings were issued in New York City; northern New Jersey; Westchester County, New York; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; and Arlington, Virginia. A rare flash flood emergency was issued in Petersburg, Virginia, where 18 inches of water […]

(NEW YORK) -- Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June compared to a year ago, marking a notable surge of price increases as President Donald Trump's tariff policy took hold and some retailers warned they may pass some of the tax burden onto shoppers.The reading matched economists' expectations.The fresh data indicated an acceleration from 2.4% annual inflation recorded in May. Still, the inflation rate clocked in below 3% recorded in January, […]

Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Immigrants who arrive in the United States illegally will no longer be eligible for a bond hearing, a move that comes as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to keep immigrants who enter the country legally detained, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.The new policy change was announced in a memo last week from the acting ICE Director Todd […]

WASHINGTON -- As federal authorities continue to crack down on the spread of fentanyl across the country, the Drug Enforcement Administration is warning about a surge in the use of methamphetamine, with DEA officials expressing particular concern over meth-laced pills being sold as drugs like Adderall to college-age adults."What we've seen here recently, that frightens me," acting DEA administrator Robert Murphy told ABC News' Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas in […]