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(LOS ANGELES) -- Authorities are searching for answers into the death of actor Gene Hackman, 95, who along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, were mysteriously found dead alongside a dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday.The couple was found on Wednesday during a welfare check with no obvious signs of how they died, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.However, their deaths were "suspicious enough […]

(NEW YORK) -- When Jose, a Venezuelan migrant who was seeking asylum in the United States, was awoken by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 8, he sensed he was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, home of the notorious U.S. prison camp that administration officials said would house the most violent "worst of the worst" migrants apprehended on American soil."When we got on the [military] […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice released files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Thursday evening.The material released contained previously published pilot logs from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The records include redactions performed by prosecutors on the case to protect the identities of potential victims. Also published is Epstein's so-called "black book" that has previously been made public.One document never before seen is what the Justice Department is calling […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her dismissal, nearly a week after Mayor Karen Bass removed her from the top post in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires.Crowley sent a letter to the Los Angeles City Council on Thursday, informing them she is proceeding with an appeal of Bass' removal of her as fire chief.According to the Los Angeles City Charter, […]

New police footage shows the moment a sheriff's deputy rescued a baby from a burning apartment in Winder, Georgia.At approximately 1:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Winder police and fire units reached out to the Barrow County Sheriff's Department for assistance in a residential fire, according to the sheriff's department.While on the way to the scene, police were informed that "an infant child was still in the apartment and was unable to […]

(CALIFORNIA) -- A cousin of the Menendez brothers said she's "thrilled" that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is addressing the brothers' request for clemency and ordering the parole board to investigate further."I certainly gasped in relief," cousin Anamaria Baralt, one of at least 20 relatives in support of the brothers' release, told ABC News at a virtual news conference Thursday. "This is huge."Lyle and Erik Menendez -- who are serving life in prison without […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel, whose proclaimed plans to overhaul the nation's premier law enforcement agency have rattled many within the bureau, has proposed enhancing the FBI's ranks with help from the United Fighting Championship, the martial-arts entertainment giant whose wealthy CEO, Dana White, helped boost President Donald Trump's reelection, according to sources who were told of Patel's proposal.On a teleconference Wednesday with the heads of the FBI's […]

(MATTHEWS, N.C.) -- A North Carolina woman is charged with attempted murder after allegedly locking her boyfriend in a storage unit, where he was stuck for several days with no food or water before being rescued, police said.Robin Deaton, 52, of Matthews, North Carolina, has been arrested on attempted murder and kidnapping charges, the Monroe Police Department said. She was booked into jail early Thursday after a manhunt by police.Her […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting that was set to discuss what flu strains to include in next season's flu vaccine has been canceled, multiple sources told ABC News, leaving some to wonder if the meeting cancelation will delay next year's flu vaccine delivery schedule.The meeting was canceled in an email sent from the FDA to members who were planning to attend the annual meeting […]