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(NORFOLK, Va.) -- A man suspected of killing at least three other people has now been identified as the suspect in a teenager's 1988 cold case murder, Virginia authorities announced.Laurie Ann Powell, 18, was last seen alive on March 8, 1988, walking along a road in Gloucester County, which is about 60 miles east of Richmond, Virginia State Police spokesperson Robin Lawson said at a news conference on Friday.Powell's body […]

mbbirdy/Getty Images (MONTEREY, Calif.) -- A father is dead and the search for a 5-year-old girl is ongoing after a large wave pulled them into the ocean in Monterey County, California, authorities said.A 15-to-20 foot wave swept the little girl and her dad into the Pacific Ocean just before 1 p.m. Friday near the Rocky Point Restaurant, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said.When the mom tried to reach out to […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A storm is dropping rounds of heavy rain on more than 22 million people across Southern California on Saturday, and the rainfall could spark dangerous flash flooding, mudslides and debris flows.Here's the latest:The first round of heavy rain is slamming the region early Saturday morning, and the second round will hit between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time.Rainfall rates could top 1 inch per […]

(NEW YORK) -- The United States is maintaining a presence at COP30, despite the Trump administration declining to send an official delegation to the climate conference in Brazil.This is the first time since the inaugural Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1995 that the U.S. will not be officially represented at the annual climate summit.However, a large number of state […]

mbbirdy/Getty Images (MARYVILLE, Tenn.) -- Two law enforcement officers were injured in a crash during an "executive protection mission" in Maryville, Tennessee, officials said.The incident occurred Friday evening south of Knoxville on East Lamar Alexander Parkway at Merritt Road in Maryville, according to a statement from the Maryville City Government.An officer in the Maryville Police Department's motor unit was involved in a crash with a state trooper "during an executive […]

(OAKLAND, Calif.) -- Legendary former football coach John Beam died on Friday morning after he was shot on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, on Thursday, the Oakland Police Department said, as authorities announced a suspect's arrest.Beam, featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," is a football legend in the Bay Area and had coached the sport for over 40 years before becoming solely the school's athletic director last year.Beam was at […]

(NEW YORK) -- A inmate in Louisiana is on the run after allegedly throwing a chemical substance at an officer and escaping from jail, according to the Berwick Police Department.Cecil Michael Stratton, 46, fled from prison on Wednesday at approximately 10:12 p.m. local time while jailers were "securing inmates during lockdown procedures," police said in a statement on Thursday.During a "brief struggle" between Stratton and authorities, a chemical substance was […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department will seek to move or dismiss a lawsuit filed by former prosecutor Maurene Comey over her "unlawful and unconstitutional" firing from the office where she prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and other high-profile defendants, according to a new court filing.The daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey was considered a star trial lawyer in the Manhattan prosecutor's office but was […]

Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) -- The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the criminal case against six so-called "fake electors" who were charged for their alleged role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election can proceed in Las Vegas.The decision, released on Thursday, reversed a lower court's dismissal of the case after a judge ruled last year that the case […]