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(NEW YORK) -- Active shooter drills have become the norm in schools across the U.S., but experts warn they have the potential to cause more harm than good.Though the exercises seek to prepare students to respond to gun violence in their schools, little evidence exists proving their efficacy, experts told ABC News, days after two people were killed during a shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin.They can, however, […]

(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will waive extradition to New York when he appears in court in Pennsylvania on Thursday, his attorney said Wednesday.The  Pennsylvania judge must accept the waiver or go forward with a scheduled hearing Thursday morning immediately following a separate hearing on the local charges Mangione faces.Assuming the extradition paperwork is in order, the NYPD would transport Mangione […]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (PENNSYLVANIA) -- Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has waived extradition and expects to be returned to New York as soon as Thursday, his attorney said Wednesday.The judge in Pennsylvania must accept the waiver or go forward with a scheduled hearing Thursday morning immediately following a separate hearing on the local charges Mangione faces.Assuming the extradition paperwork is in order, the […]

(NEW YORK) -- The so-called "murder hornet" has been eradicated from the United States, five years after the invasive species was first discovered in Washington state, officials declared Wednesday.There have been no confirmed detections of the northern giant hornet -- the hornet's official name -- for the past three years, the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.The eradication was the result of a yearslong […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- One of the suspects accused of running a secret Chinese police station in lower Manhattan has pleaded guilty.The suspects in the case, Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, were accused by prosecutors last year of working on behalf of China's Ministry of Public Security in violation of the Espionage Act.Chen pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of […]

(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at the president-elect's golf club in Florida, is now facing a state attempted murder charge in connection with a car accident that occurred following his arrest, officials announced Wednesday.The Florida Attorney General's Office said it has obtained an arrest warrant against Routh, who was apprehended on Interstate 95 in Martin County on Sept. 15 […]

(ATLANTA) -- The state prosecution of Donald Trump on election interference charges in Georgia may be able to continue despite his impending inauguration, a lawyer for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis signaled in a court filing that urged an appeals court to reject the president-elect's request to throw out the case based on presidential immunity.The filing argued that Trump's lawyers failed to demonstrate why a state prosecution would be subject to […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The House Ethics Committee quietly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, multiple people with direct knowledge of the decision tell ABC News.The report is expected to be released after the final House votes are cast for the year and as members head home for the holidays, those sources said.The move appeared […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A guilty plea is expected Wednesday in the case of a secret Chinese police station operating in lower Manhattan.The suspects in the case, Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, were accused by prosecutors last year of working on behalf of China's Ministry of Public Security in violation of the Espionage Act.Chen is expected to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of […]