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(LONDON, Kent.) -- As the hunt for the suspected gunman in an eastern Kentucky interstate shooting that left five people injured entered its sixth day, Gov. Andy Beshear said law enforcement officers will be posted at high school football games and stationed along school bus routes in an attempt to ease fear in nearby communities.Beshear on Thursday said four of the victims shot in Saturday's sniper-like attack on Interstate 75 […]

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Francine made landfall early Wednesday evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans, as a Category 2 storm. Francine has since weakened to a tropical depression as it brings heavy rain to the South.Here's how the news is developing:No fatalities reported in LouisianaNo fatalities have been reported from the storm in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry said Thursday, and he thanked residents for heeding all the warnings.A Louisiana […]

Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) -- State investigators are revealing new details surrounding the gun a 14-year-old boy allegedly used to kill two teachers and two students at his Georgia high school.Colt Gray allegedly brought the AR-15-style rifle used in last week's shooting -- a Christmas present from his dad, according to sources -- to school on his own, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday. The long gun "could […]

(MOUNTAINVIEW, Colo.) -- A 17-year-old was shot in the face while he was looking for a location to take homecoming pictures in Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.Deputies responded to a report of two trespassers on a property at around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The homeowner also called her boyfriend to report the trespassers, according to the sheriff's office.Deputies arrived on the scene to find a teenager bleeding heavily […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is stepping down, he and his attorneys confirmed.Word of the resignation also came in a letter from Caban’s attorney to City Hall. The resignation is effective Friday.His resignation comes amid a federal investigation into possible corruption in New York City government that last week saw authorities seize cellphones belonging to Caban and other NYPD officials, according to sources familiar with […]

(NEW YORK) -- A New York grand jury has indicted disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Thursday, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said in court.Weinstein -- who is recuperating after emergency heart surgery -- was not present, and prosecutors asked the judge to set a date for his arraignment.Judge Curtis Farber ordered the city corrections department to house Weinstein in the Bellevue Hospital prison ward, if medically necessary.“Inattention […]

Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump has all but exhausted his efforts to eliminate the limited gag order in his criminal hush money case, after New York's highest court on Thursday declined to consider his request to lift the order."Appeal dismissed without costs, by the Court sua sponte, upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved," New York's Court of Appeals […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is stepping down, multiple sources told ABC News.Word of the resignation came in a letter from Caban’s attorney to City Hall. The resignation is effective Friday.His resignation comes amid a federal investigation into possible corruption in New York City government that last week saw authorities seize cellphones belonging to Caban and other NYPD officials, according to sources familiar with the […]

(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) -- A bomb threat has prompted a major police response in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, according to the city commission office.The threat was sent via email "to multiple agencies and media outlets," the office said."Our primary concern is the safety and well-being of our employees and residents. We are working to address this situation as swiftly as possible," the office said. "We ask the community to avoid […]