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(NEW YORK) -- The State Department announced on Wednesday that a charter flight for American citizens stuck in the Middle East was en route to the United States -- days after the war with Iran left thousands of American travelers stranded as combat operations led to the closure of airspace around the region.The department said the flight is "part of our ongoing efforts to assist Americans return home" and said […]

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff revealed in an interview this week that Iranian negotiators told him in the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran that they had enough enriched uranium to "make 11 nuclear bombs."But since the major combat operations were launched on Saturday with the intent of crushing Iran's nuclear ambitions, the administration has yet to publicly produce any concrete evidence on the whereabouts of the nuclear material or who is […]

This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie. (FBI) (ARIZONA) -- As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues into its second month, one lead that hasn't panned out for investigators is the glove recovered about 2 miles from Guthrie's home.The DNA on that glove traced back to a person who works at a nearby restaurant and "has nothing to do with the case," according to […]

(BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio) -- A 19-year-old who crashed and became trapped upside down in a river in Batavia Township, Ohio, was pulled from her sinking pickup in a dramatic rescue captured on body camera footage.The footage from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office obtained by ABC News showed first responders on Feb. 22 working to safely rescue Andi Burns as rising, freezing water filled the truck and a dispatcher stayed on […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Telesforo Cerero-Palacios is a home renovator in Minnesota who says he has no reported criminal history, so he was shocked to learn the Department of Homeland Security listed him as one of the "worst of the worst" detained immigrants in the U.S. who have serious offenses. "What happened here? Why does their system say this about you?" Cerero-Palacios, 53, recalled after a relative saw him on the list.The DHS website features thousands who the agency claims are the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new research.Past research may even have underestimated coastal sea level heights around the world by an average of .3 meters, or about 1 feet, a study published Wednesday in Nature found.Sea levels in some areas in the Global South -- regions such as Asia and the South Pacific -- could be up […]

Signage outside the US Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department is proposing a new policy that would seek to limit the ability of state bar associations to launch ethics probes into DOJ attorneys, according to a new document posted Wednesday in the Federal Register. The proposal, which comes amid growing scrutiny of the department's […]

(DILLEY, Texas) -- Emergency calls that were placed in recent months from a South Texas family detention center and obtained by ABC News reveal a series of medical emergencies involving pregnant women and young children that advocates say underscore their concerns about the sprawling ICE facility.The 911 audio calls from Frio County, dating from October 2025 through February 2026, document medical staff at the South Texas Family Residential Center in […]

Howard Lutnick, commerce secretary during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Feb. 20, 2026. (Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has "agreed to appear voluntarily" before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Committee Chairman James Comer announced Tuesday."I commend his demonstrated commitment to transparency and appreciate his […]