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Justin K. Aller/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) -- The baseball fan critically hurt in a 20-foot fall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh has been identified as Kavan Markwood.Markwood fell from the bleachers onto the field during the seventh inning of the Pirates-Cubs game on Wednesday night, officials said. The game was briefly halted as emergency crews responded.The Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety said the "incident is being treated as accidental."As of Thursday, […]

Charleston County Sheriff's Office (CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- The man accused of driving into three people in a hit-and-run outside a preschool at a South Carolina church has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault and battery, according to online records.Justin Collin Adams, who was taken into custody on Thursday following an hourslong manhunt, is expected to appear in bond court on Friday morning.Adams allegedly struck two […]

(NEW YORK) -- The World Trade Center Health Program is once again certifying illnesses linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks after a chaotic few weeks that left some cancer patients, including first responders, without access to treatment.Certification is the process by which the federal program confirms that a 9/11-related illnesses qualify for treatment or compensation.Dr. John Howard, the program's administrator, is the only official authorized to approve these certifications, and […]

ABC News (SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C.) -- Two children and one adult were struck by a driver outside a South Carolina church in what's being investigated as an intentional act, authorities said.The suspect is being sought after the incident outside Sunrise Presbyterian Church on Sullivan's Island, a beach town just outside of Charleston, according to the Isle of Palms police.One child and one adult were taken to hospitals in unknown conditions […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Trump-appointed federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from detaining, transferring or removing Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas -- ruling that the administration's invocation of the AEA "exceeds the scope" of the law.The ruling marks the first time a federal judge has declared President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act unlawful, with the […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Trump-appointed federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from detaining, transferring or removing Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas -- ruling that the administration's invocation of the AEA "exceeds the scope" of the law.The ruling marks the first time a federal judge has declared President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act unlawful, with the […]

quavondo/Getty Images (DENVER) -- A U.S. Army soldier stationed in Colorado was arrested on federal drug charges, authorities said Thursday.Staff Sgt. Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez, a soldier at Fort Carson, was arrested Wednesday evening, the FBI in Denver said.He faces federal charges related to the distribution of cocaine, the FBI said.The soldier was taken into custody with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division, the Department of […]

(NEW YORK) -- Years after the 2020 election and in the wake of a landmark $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, Fox News is continuing to fight back against a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by voting machine company Smartmatic.Fox wrote a clear message in a new court filing on Wednesday: "Smartmatic is not Dominion.""Unlike Dominion, Smartmatic was mired in a decade of business failure due to inadequate technology, missing […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Severe weather and flash flooding continue to threaten much of the central and eastern U.S. on Thursday, disrupting Americans' travel plans.More than 900 flights were halted across the U.S. on Wednesday, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport hit the hardest with more than 700 of those cancellations. So far on Thursday, nearly 400 flights are canceled.On Thursday, the worst of the severe weather will focus […]