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(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Federal agents fanned out across North Carolina's largest city over the weekend, detaining more than 130 people in the first 48 hours of its immigration crackdown that has prompted protests and resistance from local leaders.Greg Bovino, commander-at-large spearheading the crackdown for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), vowed in a social media post on Sunday that his agents would "hit Charlotte like a storm."On Monday, a Department of Homeland Security […]

(NEW YORK) -- A magistrate judge expressed alarm Monday at what he called "a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" that may have irreversibly tainted the prosecution of James Comey and violated the former FBI director's constitutional rights, in a scathing opinion granting Comey's attorneys access to a vast trove of grand jury evidence. Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered the Trump administration to turn over a full transcript and recording of the September grand […]

(CHINO HILLS, Calif.) -- A suspected gas leak caused a home in California to explode, injuring nine people, officials said. An investigation is underway.The explosion also forced an evacuation of nearby homes in the Chino Hills neighborhood Sunday night, according to authorities.Jenny Smith, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, told ABC News that the explosion was caused by a possible gas leak."Deputies found a residence, in the […]

(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Officials are urging the suspects involved in the deadly shooting of a 10-year-old boy and a 21-year-old woman in New Jersey over the weekend to turn themselves in for committing the "heinous crime."“What you did was cowardly, heartless and unforgivable. You prove nothing but your own weakness," Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones said during a press conference on Monday. "We are coming, there is no hiding, there […]

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- New York Jets player Kris Boyd was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot on Sunday morning on a New York City street.A 29-year-old male was shot in the abdomen just after 2 a.m. in front of a restaurant at 156 W. 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan, the NYPD confirmed to ABC News. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New […]

(NEW YORK) -- The suspect who was killed in a shootout over the weekend that left four Kansas law enforcement officers injured was identified on Sunday as a 22-year-old man, whose grandfather was also hurt in the incident, authorities said.The suspect, Stephen M. McMillan, allegedly opened fire on officers who responded to a "domestic disturbance" call at his family's rural farmhouse in Osage County, Kansas, at around 10:30 on Saturday […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A surge of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday to take part in immigration arrests despite protests from the mayor and other local officials.Eyewitnesses filmed and photographed several incidents where masked agents arrested residents. Paula Walker Coleman filmed one of the incidents at a parking lot and told ABC News she witnessed agents arrest another woman who was filming."She was close to their car […]

(NORFOLK, Va.) -- A man suspected of killing at least three other people has now been identified as the suspect in a teenager's 1988 cold case murder, Virginia authorities announced.Laurie Ann Powell, 18, was last seen alive on March 8, 1988, walking along a road in Gloucester County, which is about 60 miles east of Richmond, Virginia State Police spokesperson Robin Lawson said at a news conference on Friday.Powell's body […]

mbbirdy/Getty Images (MONTEREY, Calif.) -- A father is dead and the search for a 5-year-old girl is ongoing after a large wave pulled them into the ocean in Monterey County, California, authorities said.A 15-to-20 foot wave swept the little girl and her dad into the Pacific Ocean just before 1 p.m. Friday near the Rocky Point Restaurant, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said.When the mom tried to reach out to […]