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(NEW YORK) -- About 50 million people in America's Heartland were in the storm zone on Monday, bracing for another day of destructive thunderstorms and tornadoes.A level 4 out of 5 moderate risk for severe storms was in place across eastern Kansas, including the cities of Wichita, Topeka, Salina and Manhattan.The new threat of twisters tearing through the Heartland comes a day after 20 tornadoes were reported in Nebraska, Iowa, […]

(NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing Luigi Mangione's state murder case ruled Monday that certain evidence seized from his backpack during a search at the Pennsylvania McDonald's where he was arrested must be suppressed, while evidence seized at the stationhouse in Altoona, Pennsylvania -- including the alleged murder weapon -- will be allowed.New York Judge Gregory Carro determined Mangione's backpack was not in a "grabbable area" while he was detained […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys representing the Department of Justice and Donald Trump informed a federal judge on Monday that the president plans to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.ABC News has reported that Trump was planning to drop the suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.776 billion compensation fund for those who allege they were wrongly targeted under the Biden administration.This is a developing story. […]

This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry) (NEW YORK) -- Members of the House Oversight Committee on Monday are set to interview a former prison guard who was on duty at the Metropolitan Corrections Center in New York when convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019.The interview of Tova Noel -- believed to […]

(NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing Luigi Mangione's murder case in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to issue a critical ruling Monday on what evidence and testimony prosecutors can use during the accused assassin's murder trial.New York Judge Gregory Carro is considering Mangione's request to prohibit prosecutors from using the evidence that police seized from Mangione's backpack -- including the alleged murder weapon and writings […]

(NEW YORK) -- For the first time in 32 years, tens of thousands of New Yorkers are bracing to begin the workweek without the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)after workers at the busiest commuter railroad in North America went on strike over the weekend.More than 300,000 daily commuters rely on the LIRR to get from Long Island to New York City. State and local officials were scrambling over the weekend […]

(NEW YORK) -- Residents in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains are bracing for another day of severe weather threats, including possible tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.The severe weather, expected to extend into Monday and Tuesday, is forecast to be especially active from north-central Oklahoma up into Minnesota and western Wisconsin.The greatest risk areas, a level 3 out of 5 "enhanced risk," according to the National Weather Service, […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called "Truth and Justice Commission" and establish a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by alleged victims of government "weaponization" in exchange for President Donald Trump dropping his ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, sources told ABC News.Sources told ABC News that the proposed deal -- which is likely to face legal hurdles […]

(HARRISON COUNTY, Ind.) -- Three people were found dead in a murder-suicide after the shooter expressed suicidal thoughts to a family member, according to authorities.Harrison County deputies responded to a welfare check on Wednesday at a residence in southern Indiana after a Mississippi man reported that his brother expressed suicidal thoughts to him in a phone call earlier in the day, according to the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.Deputies found a […]