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Scott Olson/Getty Images (CHICAGO) -- A woman died Thursday morning at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after getting caught in a baggage carousel, officials told ABC News.The woman, who has not yet been publicly identified, was believed to be about 40 years old, according to the Chicago Fire Department.Emergency responders were called to Terminal 5 at about 7:45 a.m. Thursday following reports of a woman “pinned in machinery," fire officials said.Upon […]

New Orleans Police Department (NEW ORLEANS) -- Police in New Orleans are seeking two people accused of stealing human remains from an apartment.The suspects allegedly stole "a bicycle and of a package containing the remains of a deceased person" from the apartment on July 26, according to the New Orleans Police Department. They then fled the scene, police said.Though the incident happened in July, police released information on the case […]

ABC News (Fort Worth, Texas.) -- An athlete drowned during a swimming event at a CrossFit competition in Texas on Thursday, the organization said.The death occurred on the first day of the CrossFit Games, being held in Fort Worth through Sunday. The events have been canceled for the rest of the day, CrossFit said.CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a press briefing he is "gutted" by the death of the […]

(MAUI, Hawaii.) --Scientists say they still don't understand the full extent of the damage the Maui wildfires did to the corals and marine ecosystem off the west coast of the island.After an initial blaze sparked into a weeklong series of wildfires, the needs of those on land -- resulting from at least 100 people dead or missing as well as entire neighborhoods obliterated -- remained the priority in the months […]

LAPD (LOS ANGELES) -- An actor is accused of luring at least three women into a "false sense of security" then violently sexually assaulting them without their consent, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Gabriel Olds, 52, was arrested and booked on seven felony sexual assault charges on Wednesday, LAPD said. His bail is set at $3.5 million.Police are asking additional alleged victims of Olds or witnesses to the incidents […]

(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday.At least six people have been killed in Florida and Georgia.Here's how the news is developing:Latest forecastTropical Storm Debby made a second landfall overnight in South Carolina.The storm has brought more than 18 inches of rain to South Carolina and another 3 to 6 inches is […]

(MAUI, Hawaii.) -- Thursday marks one year since the start of the devastating wildfires in West Maui that left 100 people dead or missing, destroyed thousands of structures and parched the local landscape.The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in the weeklong series of fires. A community plagued by a housing crisis and power struggles with the tourism industry were […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) -- Prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss' office are accusing Hunter Biden of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who was attempting to "influence U.S. government agencies," while his father Joe Biden was vice president.If true, the allegation would mark the closest prosecutors have come to tying President Joe Biden to his son's overseas business endeavors -- a matter congressional Republicans have spent years scrutinizing.The […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden penned a letter to commemorate one year since the fatal fires in Maui.In the letter, he reflected on the devastation he saw in his visit to the island and how the flames impacted the communities in Lahaina and Kula."We said a silent prayer before your beloved banyan tree, which had been charred by the flames, but was still clinging to life. That […]