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(NEW YORK) -- Hate crime and murder charges have been filed against a New York City parks worker in the fatal July shooting of a Venezuelan migrant, a crime prosecutors described as "premeditated and cold-blooded."Elijah Mitchell, a 23-year-old temporary worker for the New York City Parks Department, was indicted Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime, second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree menacing as […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and the rest of the week will be no exception.Record highs are expected Thursday from Roswell, New Mexico, to Galveston, Texas, forecasts show. Heat alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service for Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Florida on Thursday.San Antonio and Austin are expected to break records if they reach the forecast […]

Getty Images - STOCK/Dean Fikar (COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont.) -- A search is underway for a climber who has been missing in Montana's Glacier National Park since Sunday evening.Grant Marcuccio, a 32-year-old from Whitefish, Montana, separated from his party while hiking from Heavens Peak to McPartland Peak, according to the National Park Service.Marcuccio was last seen heading toward McPartland Peak at about noon on Sunday, but he did not arrive at […]

(CHICAGO) -- There were chants of "USA" and boasts of patriotism. Even the vice presidential candidate touted his love of guns.No, it was not the Republican National Convention all over again, but it has been a roster of Republican speakers getting standing ovations at the Democratic National Convention by taking some of the harshest swipes at former President Donald Trump.Every night of the DNC, GOP members from a former press […]

(NEW YORK) -- The largest police force in the nation is planning to use a fleet of autonomous drones to combat an alarming surge in robberies and assaults in Central Park, the world's most iconic public green space.The New York Police Department has already flooded the sprawling park, one of the most popular tourist sites in America, with hundreds of officers patrolling on foot, bike and horseback since violent crime […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A Staten Island man who ran a large-scale marijuana smuggling operation and whose 10-year federal prison sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested for domestic assault in Atlantic Beach.Jonathan Braun, 41, is charged with punching his father-in-law Tuesday after the elderly man came to the assistance of Braun's wife, whom he was chasing after an argument, according to prosecutors.Braun pleaded […]

Brady Smith/U.S. Forest Service (FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) -- An 8-year-old boy who went missing at Arizona's Lava River Cave on Wednesday night has been found alive and is being evaluated.Tzion Maron was reported missing at around 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday after he became separated from his family at the cave, located near Flagstaff, according to the Coconino County Sheriff's Office.Before he went missing, the boy was last seen near […]

Cochise County Sheriff's Office (SIERRA VISTA, Ariz.) -- An Arizona man was taken into custody in connection with an alleged social media threat to kill former President Donald Trump, according to officials.Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, of Benson, was taken into custody on Thursday without incident, a Cochise County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told ABC News.Syvrud was wanted for "suspicious activity," the sheriff's office in southeastern Arizona said."Syvrud is being sought as […]

(SEATTLE) -- A man has been arrested after he allegedly carjacked an 80-year-old dog walker, leaving her with fatal injuries before stabbing her dog to death, according to police.James K. Hayes, a 48-year-old Seattle resident, was found and arrested Thursday morning in the murder of 80-year-old Ruth Dalton.Police expect he will be charged with first-degree murder, murder during the commission of a robbery and first-degree animal cruelty. He has eight […]