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Getty Images - STOCK (NEW YORK) -- A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Northeast Friday morning, shaking buildings from Philadelphia to New Jersey to New York City to Connecticut to Westchester, New York.The earthquake was centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Reports of injuries were not immediately clear.John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Baltimore/Washington […]

(NEW YORK) -- Across the country, conservative legislators have begun to target diversity programs in state agencies, schools and private companies.At least 10 states have implemented restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.Some of these policies ban state funds from being used for diversity-based programs, activities, and offices on college campuses, as seen in Alabama. Some […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) -- A Southwest flight departing from Lubbock, Texas, returned to the gate shortly after abandoning its takeoff roll when the flight crew reported a possible engine fire, according to a statement from Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to reports of an engine failure and fire on Thursday and said crews were working on "extinguishment operations."The flight was preparing to depart for Las […]

(NEW YORK) -- The historic total solar eclipse on April 8 is set to be one of the most photographed events this year.In the U.S., 31 million people already live inside the path of totality and millions are likely to travel to cities within that path, watching the moon pass over and then completely block the face of the sun for a short period.It's a phenomenon that almost every viewer […]

Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) -- A Fulton County judge on Thursday denied a motion from former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants seeking to have the Georgia election interference case thrown out based on First Amendment challenges.Trump and others had argued, in part, that the Fulton County indictment violated their First Amendment right to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.In his order denying the […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James questioned Thursday whether the California company that underwrote former President Donald Trump's $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case is financially qualified to handle a bond of that size.In a court filing, James requested that Knight Specialty Insurance Company submit papers demonstrating it is financially capable of paying the bond should Trump lose his […]

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- A three-judge panel heard arguments Thursday on throwing out a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's abortion ban as well as a motion to block part of the ban.The case stems from a lawsuit filed by seven women and two doctors against the state over its abortion bans. The judges are reviewing a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and a motion for a temporary injunction against the ban as it […]

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King and their daughter, Yolanda Renee King, made a rare visit to Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday to mark the 56th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.The King family made an appearance at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on his second floor balcony on […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles money storage facility was ransacked on Easter Sunday, leaving a hole in the building's roof and tens of millions of dollars vanished, sources told ABC News.Sources said the exact amount that was stolen is not known, but it is believed to be in the tens of millions, which would make it one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles' history.The FBI and Los […]