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(NEW YORK) -- Books bans in public schools have become a "new normal" in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group. In a new report, PEN America said the federal government has emerged in 2025 as the newest force fueling campaigns to restrict materials related to race, racism and LGBTQ+ issues.There were 6,870 instances of book bans across 23 states and 87 public school districts in the […]

ICE (DES MOINES, Iowa) -- A now-former school superintendent who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has been charged by federal prosecutors in Iowa with one count of being an "illegal alien in possession of firearms," according to court records.Former Des Moines Public School Superintendent Ian Roberts was charged by complaint on Wednesday, according to the case docket. The complaint remains under seal.He is set for an initial […]

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at low speeds while taxiing Wednesday evening at LaGuardia Airport, according to the airline.Endeavor flight 5155 was taxiing for departure when its wing made contact with the fuselage of Endeavor flight 5047 as it was taxiing to its gate after arriving, the airline said when releasing preliminary information."Their right wing clipped our nose and the […]

(WASHINGTON) -- An immigration judge on Wednesday denied a motion filed by Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys to reopen his immigration case, according to a copy of the decision obtained by ABC News. In the emergency motion filed in August to reopen the case, attorneys for the wrongly deported Abrego Garcia argued that because he was deported to El Salvador and then brought back to the United States, he is now eligible to apply for asylum […]

(NEW YORK) -- As President Donald Trump calls for military intervention in cities across the nation, gun violence and major crime are at a record low in America's largest city, the New York Police Department announced Wednesday. There were fewer shootings in NYC during the first nine months of the year than in the same time period of any prior year, officials said in a press release sharing third-quarter crime data.The record-low number of shootings […]

MEGA/GC Images (NEW YORK) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs is opposing a prosecution request to allow his former assistant -- who testified under the pseudonym "Mia" -- to deliver a victim impact statement at his sentencing hearing on Friday."Simply, she is not a victim of anything," defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a letter to the judge on Wednesday.In July, a jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution […]

(NEW YORK) -- The federal government shutdown went into effect on Wednesday morning amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.Here are some frequently asked questions about how a government shutdown impacts travel:Will TSA work in a shutdown?Transportation Security Administration workers at airport checkpoints will continue to work -- without pay -- during the shutdown. According to Department of Homeland Security documents, 58,488 employees out of the total TSA workforce of 61,475 will be […]

A 13-year-old child with an 11-year-old in the passenger seat is accused of driving a stolen vehicle and crashing it while intoxicated in Flagstaff, Arizona. AZDPS Highway Patrol (FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) -- A 13-year-old girl drove drunk and crashed a stolen car while an 11-year-old was in the passenger seat, officials in Arizona said.Both children were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the early Tuesday morning crash, the Arizona […]

(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- An Iowa superintendent who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week will resign, his attorney said Tuesday.Ian Roberts, 54, announced his immediate resignation as superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in a letter released through his attorney on Tuesday."Out of concern for his 30,000 students, Dr. Roberts does not want to distract the Board, educators, and staff from focusing on educating DMPS's students," the […]