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An Amtrak passenger waits for his train at Penn Station April 2, 2004 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A fire erupted on Amtrak work trains in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey early Friday, suspending Penn Station service for NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road commuters.LIRR service has since resumed, but the NJ Transit suspension into Penn Station is ongoing.Two […]

(NEW YORK) -- Two people died in a collision between a rider on an electronic scooter and another on a bike on the bike path during the morning commute on a New York City bridge on Thursday.  Francis del Valle, 39, who was operating the scooter, and Dmytro Stechenko, 35, who was on a pedal bike, were heading in opposite directions on the Queensboro Bridge around 8:20 a.m. when they collided, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump greets guests during the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on May 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Virginia on Friday ordered a temporary freeze on any payments coming from the Trump administration's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" as she considers arguments in a lawsuit brought by a former Jan. 6 prosecutor to block the fund permanently. The […]

A view of the highest mountain peak in North America. (Lance King/Getty Images) (DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Ala.) -- A search and rescue mission is underway after four people fell while climbing Mount McKinley at 18,200 feet, according to the National Park Service. Mount McKinley -- located in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve -- is the tallest peak in North America, according to the NPS.The climbers, part of a […]

A Virginia State Police car. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images) (STAFFORD COUNTY, Va.) -- Five people were killed and 34 were injured in a massive crash between a bus and six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday morning, according to state authorities.The accident unfolded at about 2:35 a.m. on I-95 south in Stafford County, about 45 miles south of Washington, D.C., the Virginia State Police said.As traffic slowed for a […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- An immigration law attorney whose career has spanned over two decades said he has never experienced a hearing like the one he had in Annandale, Virginia.“Normally, these master calendars will have 10 people, maybe sometimes 15, but usually in that range. The judge opened the hearing and said well, we have 100 cases on today's docket,” attorney Joseph M. Perez told ABC News.Master calendar hearings are when […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- After a tumultuous year at the Department of Justice largely defined by her controversial handling of the Epstein files, former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to participate in a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee on Friday.The second Trump cabinet official to testify behind closed doors as part of the Oversight Committee's yearlong Epstein probe, Bondi is expected to face questions about reneging on her […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new economic report identified a "remarkable" rise in food insecurity, potentially explaining gloomy consumer outlooks despite strong economic fundamentals.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report on Wednesday identifying uncertain access to adequate food and consumer pessimism on the rise in certain vulnerable groups across the country.The report, which relies on newly collected data from the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE), found a "remarkable increase in food insecurity, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Farms all over the country are bracing for the impact of drought after months of little precipitation, experts told ABC News.More than 60% of the continental United States has been under moderate drought or worse conditions since April 7, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.The nation as a whole has experienced a dry, warm period that began in the early autumn of 2025 and has pushed into recent weeks, […]