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The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office are looking for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. FBI (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been taken into custody in connection with the investigation into her missing daughter, sources told ABC News.Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that Melodee's body was found in early December in Utah in an area where Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard […]

(NEW YORK) -- Even as investigators took Jeffrey Epstein into custody in July 2019, they were already turning their attention to others in the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender's vast orbit who might also be involved in his crimes, according to a massive new trove of files released by the Justice Department early Tuesday morning.The fresh batch of files also add new details to the Epstein saga not previously known, including […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. is still actively pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela, but that he's confident the vessel will be seized."It's moving along and we’ll end up getting it," Trump said while unveiling a new class of battleships from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. "Yeah, we're actually pursuing it. Can you imagine? Yeah, because it came from the wrong location. It came out […]

The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office are looking for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. FBI (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been taken into custody in connection with the investigation into her missing daughter, sources told ABC News.The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office did not provide additional information and only said it will share "major developments" in Melodee's case at a […]

The booking photo for Antonio Moore. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.) -- A 65-year-old woman was fatally stabbed at a Barnes & Noble store in Florida, authorities said.A suspect is in custody, according to police.The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday at a Barnes & Noble in Palm Beach Gardens, according to police.Officers responding to the stabbing found the victim -- identified by police as Rita Loncharich -- […]

(WASHINGTON) -- After the Department of Justice released thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a tranche on Friday that included a number of decades-old photographs of former President Bill Clinton, a spokesperson for Clinton on Monday called on all of the files relating to Clinton to be released.In a statement, Clinton spokesperson Angel Ureña accused the DOJ of using the selective release of Epstein documents to imply wrongdoing where there […]

(NEW YORK) -- This year is expected to be the busiest on record for holiday travel, but rough weather can make getting to your Christmas destination even harder.As a life-threatening storm heads to California, here's a look at the Christmas week weather forecast:TuesdaySnow is falling in the Northeast on Tuesday. Up to 1 inch of snow is possible along the Interstate 95 corridor from New York City to Boston, but that snow may not […]

(NEW YORK) -- Brown University is moving forward with a series of safety and security steps following the deadly shooting on campus this month that left two students dead and nine others injured.The Ivy League university's announcement comes the same day the Department of Education announced it would be reviewing the school for potential Clery Act violations.Brown University's review includes putting Rodney Chatman, the vice president for public safety and […]

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, December 19, 2025 (U.S. Justice Department) (NEW YORK) -- The Justice Department on Monday released additional documents from its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Following a congressional mandate to release all of its Epstein files by Friday, the Justice Department on Friday released thousands of documents -- ranging from investigative material to photos […]