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(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 […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge ruled that Manhattan's congestion pricing program can continue and the Trump administration does not have the authority to kill the program, which is the first of its kind in the nation.In a 149-page ruling, Judge Lewis Liman said the Trump administration's attempt to revoke approval for the program was unlawful, handing a victory to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority following a monthslong legal battle.  "It […]

(NEW YORK) -- American travelers are sharing their stories of being stranded in the Middle East after the joint U.S.-Israel attack against Iran triggered retaliatory strikes, impacting at least 11 countries in the region.President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with strikes targeting military and government sites. Iran has since responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases in Gulf nations and American […]

(ATLANTA) -- A Georgia jury found Colin Gray guilty Tuesday on charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter, stemming from a 2024 mass shooting allegedly committed by his teenage son with a rifle he gifted him as a Christmas present.The jury found the 55-year-old Gray guilty of 27 counts. Two other counts were dropped. The jury deliberated fewer than two hours before returning its verdicts.Gray is the first parent in the […]