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(SANTA DE, NM) -- Signs of rodent activity were found at Gene Hackman's New Mexico property after the actor's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from a rare disease transmitted through rodents, according to a report.Arakawa, 65, died at their Santa Fe home in February from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome -- a disease spread through rodent urine, droppings or saliva, officials said.Signs of dead rodents and rodent feces were discovered in their attached […]

(HOUSTON) -- A Texas man was arrested after his dogs fatally attacked his neighbor, with a history of disturbing others, according to the Houston Police Department.Marshall Garrett, 38, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with three counts of criminal negligent failure to secure his dogs after his three Staffordshire mixes fatally mauled 65-year-old Harriette Phillips, according to court documents filed on April 9.The attack occurred on March 23 in Houston, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at Susman Godfrey, the law firm that has for years represented Dominion Voting Systems -- the leading supplier of election technology across the U.S.The decision from Judge Loren AliKhan on Tuesday is the latest win for one of the few law firms that have fought back against Trump's orders instead of striking a […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Fifteen minutes before a scheduled hearing in wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration said in their daily status report to the court that it is "prepared to facilitate Abrego Garcia's presence in the United States in accordance with those processes if he presents at a port of entry.""I have been authorized to represent that DHS is prepared to facilitate Abrego Garcia's presence in the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested by immigration authorities Monday, was taking the last step in the process for him to become a U.S. citizen, his attorney told ABC News.Mahdawi, a permanent United States resident, was arrested during his naturalization interview and detained in Vermont, Luna Droubi, one of his attorneys, told ABC News."It was the last stage, the last hurdle for him," Droubi said. […]

ABC News (DALLAS) -- At least one student was shot in the leg at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday, multiple sources told ABC News.Preliminary information indicates the shooting was student-on-student violence and not an active shooter situation, sources said.The school has been secured, the Dallas Independent School District said, but people are urged to stay away from the campus.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.ABC […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A day after a highly anticipated Oval Office meeting in which the president of El Salvador said he would not return a wrongly deported Maryland man being held in his country, the federal judge who ordered his return will hear from Trump administration attorneys at a court hearing Tuesday afternoon.Kilmar Abrego Garcia is entering his second month in an El Salvador mega-prison after he was deported there on […]

(FRISCO, Texas) -- The 17-year-old student charged with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school track meet has been released from jail after his $1 million bond was reduced, online records show.Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, was detained following the deadly stabbing, which occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2 during a track and field championship involving […]

amphotora/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged for fatally shooting a Lyft driver in North Carolina, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.The teen was arrested on Friday in connection to the death of Carlos Leiva, 25, a Lyft driver who was fatally shot last year in Charlotte, police said in a statement on Monday.On Oct. 23, officers responding to the scene found a man -- […]