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(LOS ANGELES) -- An operation is underway Thursday by the Los Angeles Police Department to make arrests in the murder of "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.Wactor was shot "without provocation" around 3:25 a.m. on May 25, after he ended his shift at a bar and walked to his car, according to police.He was confronted by three people who had his car "raised up […]

(ST LOUIS) -- The $2 million Brianna Coppage says she made on OnlyFans in the last year proved a lot more lucrative than her day job as a high school teacher.“You know what I need right now?” she says in an Instagram promo video. “Someone to take me to dinner, and then bring me home and have me for dessert.”Before beginning to produce saucy videos in 2023, Coppage was a […]

Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former President Trump is seeking to push back sentencing in his criminal hush money case until after the 2024 presidential election, arguing that the current sentencing date of Sept. 18 advances what his attorneys call prosecutors' "naked election-interference objectives."Judge Juan Merchan has already delayed sentencing once, at Trump's request, following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on presidential immunity.Trump was originally scheduled to be […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Five people are now facing federal charges in connection with the ketamine death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, ABC News has learned.The arrests were made in an early morning operation Thursday, according to law enforcement sources.Five people -- including two doctors -- have been charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine, according to a federal source. The indictment alleges that the two doctors were the initial sources of […]

(NEW YORK) -- The murder trial against Robert Telles -- the former Clark County public administrator accused of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022 -- began with opening statements on Wednesday.Telles, 47, has been accused of stabbing the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter to death outside his home after an investigation into corruption in his office destroyed his political career and marriage. German's story detailed the alleged hostile work environment […]

(NEW YORK) -- The state rested its case on Wednesday afternoon after the second day of testimony in the trial of Susan Lorincz -- the Florida woman who is charged in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through a closed door.The defense began presenting their witnesses on Wednesday afternoon, which could include two of Owens’ sons, Isaac, 13, and Israel, 10, who witnessed his mother’s shooting.Owens family […]

(NEW YORK) -- As students across the United States head back to school, classrooms may begin to feel the effects of laws concerning LGBTQ issues, race and religion that have recently been passed and signed by their local legislators.What laws are schools facing in your state?AlabamaRepublican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a “divisive concepts” bill set to go into effect in October, which prohibits public colleges and universities from promoting, sponsoring […]

Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A 37-year-old backpacker has died after suffering “sudden onset medical complications” while hiking at a national park in Michigan, authorities said.The currently unnamed 37-year-old female hiker from Battle Creek, Michigan, was with a hiking partner late Monday afternoon near Lake LeSage at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan when authorities say she began to experience “sudden onset medical complications,” according to a […]

(NEW YORK) -- A 28-year-old mother has been missing for two weeks under what police in Virginia said are believed to be "involuntary" circumstances.Mamta Kafle was last seen on July 31 in Manassas Park, Virginia, about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C, the Manassas Park Police Department said. She hasn’t had any contact with family or friends since then, police said.Her husband reported her missing on Aug. 5, Manassas Park […]