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(ENDERLIN, ND) -- At least three people were killed in North Dakota after severe weather swept across the region overnight, authorities said.The Cass County Sheriff's Office said it was dispatched to rural Enderlin, North Dakota, for tornado damage at a residence at approximately 11:40 p.m. local time on Friday night.Once deputies arrived on the scene, the Enderlin Fire Department let them know that storm chasers had located two deceased people […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.Khalil, a green card holder who is married to an American citizen, was arrested by ICE agents in New York City in March.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The Justice Department and attorneys for President Donald Trump on Friday asked a federal appeals court in New York to delay oral arguments scheduled for next week in Trump's appeal of his $83 million defamation case.Trump is appealing a 2024 verdict ordering him to pay former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll $83 million for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her accusation that […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images (HAWAII) -- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.On Friday morning, "Episode 26" of the ongoing eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu -- the pit crater within Kīlauea Caldera at the summit of the volcano -- spewed lava fountains that reached massive heights, according to the USGS's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.Episode 26 was preceded by […]

(BOSTON) -- A woman on the jury that voted to acquit Karen Read this week on murder and manslaughter charges spoke exclusively to ABC News, telling Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman she believed “a collision did not occur” and that a “sloppy police investigation” sunk the case for the prosecution.“I think, with the evidence presented, a collision did not occur, and that’s all I’m letting myself consider,” said the juror, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A dangerous heat wave is moving in, with more than 100 million people from the Midwest to the Northeast on alert for life-threatening temperatures.The widespread heat alerts are first impacting Midwest states including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and South Dakota. The heat index -- what the temperature feels like with humidity -- could reach 110 degrees on Friday and Saturday.Central U.S. cities like Denver and Minneapolis […]

(ROCKY RIVER, Ohio) -- Republican Congressman Max Miller says that he was run off the road by a man waving a Palestinian flag in Ohio -- an incident that comes amid a heightened environment of political violence.“The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control,” Miller said on social media Thursday. “Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my […]

amphotora/Getty Images (ORMOND BEACH, Fla.) -- Police in Florida have arrested a father who they say is responsible for the death of his 18-month-old son after he left him “helpless in a hot truck” for more than three hours while he got a haircut and went drinking at a local bar, police say.The Volusia Sheriff’s Office along with the Ormond Beach Police Department arrested 33-year-old Scott Allen Gardner on Thursday […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (PEORIA, Ariz) -- A mother in Arizona has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after driving her pickup truck through “a park full of kids” and running over a 12-year-old girl, officials said.Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced earlier this week that 31-year-old Brandie Gotch was handed the 10 year sentence which stemmed from an incident that took place in February 2024 when her children “were […]