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Emergency responders gather at Times Square in Manhattan after a suspicious package was discovered on August 18, 2025 in New York City. Police evacuated a part of the popular tourist destination for over an hour as they examined the package, which turned out not to be a threat. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A suspect faces multiple charges after allegedly leaving a suspicious package in Times Square […]

kali9/Getty Images (MADBURY, N.H.) -- Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead in a New Hampshire home and police are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said.A toddler was found alive and uninjured in the home in Madbury, a small town in the state's Seacoast region northwest of Portsmouth, according to a statement from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.Police officers discovered the bodies […]

The temporary detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” was built on a rarely used airstrip in the Florida Everglades. Peter Charalambous/ABC News (MIAMI) -- A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit from immigrant advocates after finding that many of the detained plaintiffs at the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" have received access to legal counsel.The judge also transferred the case to a different jurisdiction after […]

Hurricane Erin - The Fifth Named Storm Map/ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a tropical storm watch for North Carolina's Outer Banks and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast.Here's the latest forecast:The Outer BanksWhile the storm won't make landfall on the East Coast, it has prompted mandatory evacuations for some Outer Banks residents and visitors.The Outer […]

(NEWS YORK) -- A Michigan man was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for kidnapping and torturing a woman he stalked for more than a decade, in a case that highlighted the potentially devastating impact of stalking.Christopher Thomas, 39, pleaded guilty to kidnapping, torture and aggravated stalking in December 2023, and was sentenced in 2024. The charges stemmed from a horrific October 2022 incident in which he kidnapped […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Jasveen Sangha, the so-called "Ketamine Queen," has agreed to plead guilty to five federal charges, including selling "Friends" actor Matthew Perry the dose of ketamine that led to his death in October 2023, according to the Justice Department.She agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Erin, now a powerful Category 4 storm churning in the Caribbean, is not forecast to hit land, but it will impact North Carolina and bring dangerous waves and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast.Here's the latest forecast:Erin’s outer bands lashed the Caribbean this weekend, flooding Puerto Rico and leaving more than 80,000 customers on the island without power on Monday.A flood watch remains in effect for Puerto Rico and […]

(MIAMI) -- A federal judge appeared skeptical about a lawsuit challenging the temporary detention facility in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" during a court hearing on Monday, despite plaintiffs' claims that the Trump administration and the state of Florida have run "roughshod over constitutional concerns" in their rush to build the controversial facility.A group of detainees at the facility is asking U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II, a […]

Powerball play tickets on display at Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne, CA, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- An estimated $605 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs, with a cash option of $273.4 million, marking what could become the fifth jackpot win of 2025 and the largest prize of the year, according to the Powerball website.The drawing on Monday […]