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The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen on a law enforcement vehicle in Washington. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (EL PASO, Texas) -- The wife of an active-duty U.S. Army sergeant with 27 years of service was released from immigration custody on Thursday.Deisy Fidelina Rivera Ortega was taken into custody on April 14 in El Paso, Texas, while attending a routine immigration interview related to a "Parole in Place" application […]

A bald eagle is seen on the 8th hole during the second round of the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club on March 27, 2026 in Savannah, Georgia. (James Gilbert/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A Texas man could serve jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a bald eagle at his home in 2024, which is a violation of federal law.Santos Guerrero, 42, has pleaded guilty to […]

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is pictured with the late Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. (Dept. of Justice) (NEW YORK) -- An Iraqi national carried out at least 18 reported terrorist attacks in Europe against U.S. and Israeli interests, including the stabbing of a Jewish-American citizen, in retaliation for the war in Iran and in an effort to halt the conflict, a federal criminal complaint alleges.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly firebombed a […]

(NEW YORK) -- The American doctor who was on the MV Hondius cruise ship and initially tested positive for hantavirus has since tested negative and says "there's no evidence that I've had hantavirus."A doctor from the biocontainment unit in Nebraska said the initial test was most likely a falsely positive, based on further testing.Dr. Stephen Kornfeld -- the only American to test positive for hantavirus -- came down with flu-like […]

(NEW YORK) -- Warming waters are attracting more swimmers and sharks alike to the Eastern seaboard -- creating the perfect recipe for an increase of shark sightings along the coasts in the coming months, some shark experts told ABC News.Scientists at the New England Aquarium in Boston urged the public to be vigilant and report shark sightings after the first white shark of the season was confirmed off Massachusetts on […]

(MAUI, Hawaii) -- A tourist on vacation in Maui has been arrested and charged for allegedly throwing a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, prosecutors announced Wednesday.Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, has been charged with harassing and attempting to harass an endangered Hawaiian monk seal by throwing a large rock at the seal's head, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to the […]

(LEBANON, Pa.) -- A Pennsylvania man who allegedly had a "hit list" and threatened to shoot Democratic state legislators in online posts has been charged with making terroristic threats, court records show.Adam Berryhill, 42, of Lebanon, allegedly made "politically violent posts" on his X account that included a "hit list," according to Pennsylvania State Police."The posts also included a picture of a firearm and made mention of a 'Memorial Day […]

A Beechcraft C90 King Air (Marko Hannula/Getty Images) (RUIDOSO, N.M.) -- All four people on board a small medical plane were killed when the flight crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, early Thursday, according to a local official.The Beechcraft King Air 90 had departed from Roswell Air Center and was headed to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport when it crashed around 4 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said."All four individuals […]

(NEW YORK) -- The lead prosecutor in the Alex Murdaugh trial, Creighton Waters, said that he is "disappointed in the court's decision" to vacate two murder convictions for Murdaugh, and that he hasn't ruled out an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.Speaking to George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" Thursday morning, Waters said "we disagree" with the decision, but that "we respect the court and respect the process and we'll […]