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2 killed and 3 injured in shootings at shopping center north of Dallas, police say
[caption id="attachment_1504131" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Officials respond to the scene of a shooting Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at K Towne Plaza in Carrollton, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)[/caption]CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) — A man shot five people in Texas on Tuesday, killing two of them, after meeting at a shopping center north of Dallas, police said. It was not a random act of violence and the attacker knew the victims, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said. "It was a known business relationship. We are still working through trying to identify his causes,” Arredondo said. After a short chase on foot, the 69-year-old suspect, Seung Han Ho, was arrested about 4 miles (6 kilometers) away at a grocery store, police said. It was not ... Read More
10 transported to hospital due to chemical leak at Louisiana facility: Police
A chemical leak was reported in Duson, Louisiana, on May 5, 2026. (Duson Police Department)(DUSON, La.) -- Ten people were transported to the hospital due to a chemical leak at a facility in Louisiana that prompted evacuations, police said.The "hazardous materials incident" was reported to authorities shortly after 7 a.m. CT on Tuesday in Duson, located about 10 miles west of Lafayette, according to Louisiana State Police. The incident occurred at FIBA Technologies, the Duson Police Department said.A "valve malfunction" resulted in a boron trifluoride leak, state police said. The gas has a "pungent, suffocating odor," according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.Video from the scene posted by state police showed a white cloud billowing from the facility.Hazardous materials crews responded ... Read More
Florida woman arrested for allegedly kicking child during youth football game
Booking photo of Renee Lambert, 34, who was arrested, May 2, 2026, in Fort Myers, Florida, after she allegedly ran onto a football field and assaulted a child during a Pop Warner football game, according to police. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)(FORT MYERS, Fla.) -- A Florida mother was arrested after police alleged she charged onto a football field over the weekend and repeatedly kicked a 13-year-old player during a youth football game brawl.The woman, 34-year-old Renee Lambert, was arrested on Saturday on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and resisting an officer without violence, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.The incident unfolded on Saturday afternoon at Brooks Park in Fort Myers during a Southwest Florida Panthers Youth ... Read More
Secret Service officers exchange gunfire with armed suspect near White House, juvenile bystander injured: USSS
Police officials inspect the crime scene following an exchange of gunfire by the U.S. Secret Service and a gunman on the National Mall on May 4, 2026, in Washington, DC. Police say a gunman shot at a Secret Service agent and wounded a bystander before being shot by police. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secret Service officers exchanged gunfire with an armed man near the White House property in Washington, D.C., on Monday, authorities said.The suspect and a juvenile bystander were struck during the exchange of gunfire, according to the U.S. Secret Service.The suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Michael Marx, according to multiple law enforcement sources. He has a Texas driver's license and no obvious connection to Washington, ... Read More
Woman arrested after driving on sidewalk toward child riding bike: Police
Handcuffs (Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images)(SPOKANE, Wash.) -- A woman was arrested last week in Spokane, Washington, after she allegedly drove up on the sidewalk and nearly hit a child who was riding their bike, police said.In the April 28 incident, Wendy A. Clemente, 56, was caught on camera driving in her silver Ford Focus when she turned onto the sidewalk where the child was riding their bike, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office."The driver chased the juvenile on the sidewalk before reentering the roadway and leaving the area. Thankfully, the juvenile was not hit or injured," the sheriff's office said in a statement Monday.Deputies began searching the area for the driver when they received a call about a reported ... Read More
Former FedEx driver sentenced to death for killing 7-year-old girl after delivery at her Texas home
DALLAS (AP) — A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift. Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Horner's punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included audio of Athena Strand's last moments from inside his delivery van. Horner, 34, pleaded guilty to capital murder last month in the 2022 killing just as his trial began. Athena's body was found two days after she was reported missing from her home in the rural town of Paradise, near Fort Worth. Horner didn't visibly react when the judge read the sentence, according to a ... Read More
Justice Department seeks the names of 2020 election workers in Georgia’s Fulton County
ATLANTA (AP) — The Department of Justice is seeking the names of every person who worked in the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that Donald Trump has long accused of widespread voter fraud he falsely says cost him victory against Joe Biden in the state that year. Lawyers for the county filed a motion on Monday night to quash a grand jury subpoena that asks for the names and personal contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers. This latest action comes after the FBI in January went to a Fulton County elections warehouse and seized ballots and other documents from the 2020 election, which Georgia’s certified totals showed Trump lost in the state to ... Read More
2 hikers injured in bear attack at Yellowstone National Park
The wooden entrance sign to Yellowstone National Park, USA. (Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)(MYSTIC FALLS, Wyo.) -- Two hikers were injured in a bear attack at Yellowstone National Park, prompting some areas of the park to close, the National Park Service said.The incident occurred Monday afternoon on the Mystic Falls Trail near Old Faithful in Wyoming, the park service said. The two hikers "sustained injuries by one or more bears," the park service said in a press release on Tuesday. National Park Service emergency services personnel responded, and the incident remains under investigation, the park service said. The National Park Service did not release any additional details, including the condition of the hikers or the type of bear suspected in the attack.Craig ... Read More
Colorado braces for significant late-spring snowstorm
Snow potential on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- May is expected to feel like December in parts of Colorado as a significant snowstorm is forecast to hit the state on Tuesday, potentially providing a late-spring gift to its sagging snow totals.Winter storm alerts are in place on Tuesday for parts of Colorado and neighboring Wyoming through Wednesday. The Denver metropolitan area is expected to get 2 to 6 inches of snow on Tuesday night and into Wednesday.The Mile High City is about 20 inches below average for snowfall this season.Parts of the Central Rocky Mountains, which up to now have seen a record-low snowpack this season, could get 1 to 2 feet of snow on Tuesday and into Wednesday. The snowstorm comes ... Read More
FAA employee arrested after allegedly using work computer to threaten Trump
A FAA flag is displayed at the Orville Wright Federal Building which houses the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters on June, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A Federal Aviation Administration employee was arrested Monday after he allegedly threatened to harm the president and used a work computer to research his plans, prosecutors said.Dean DelleChiaie, 35, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was slated to appear in federal court Tuesday on charges of communicating an interstate threat.Prosecutors allege DelleChiaie used his government computer to search the internet for how to get a gun into a federal facility.The suspect allegedly also made other incriminating searches on the device, including previous assassination attempts against Trump, the percentage of the population that wants ... Read More
Secret Service says suspect fired weapon on National Mall
WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspect opened fire on the National Mall on Monday, according to the Secret Service, after being confronted by police. Officers retaliated, according to Matt Quinn, Deputy Director of the Secret Service. According to Quinn, the suspect struck a bystander. Vice President JD Vance's motorcade passed through the area shortly before the shooting, according to Quinn, but there was no sign that it was the intended target. The Washington Monument was close to the intersection of 15th Street and Independence Avenue on Monday afternoon when the incident occurred. While emergency personnel responded to the shooting near the White House, where President Donald Trump was hosting a small business event, the Secret Service advised people to stay away. ... Read More
Prosecutors say arson suspect in Los Angeles’ Palisades Fire was angry ‘at the world’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was upset that he didn’t have plans for New Year’s Eve and ranted about being angry at the world before the initial blaze was sparked, according to court documents filed by prosecutors. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, has pleaded not guilty to starting what became one of the most destructive wildfires in California history. It began Jan. 7, 2025, in hillside neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Malibu and killed 12 people. Prosecutors say Rinderknecht started a fire on Jan. 1 that burned undetected deep in root systems before flaring back up a week later. Rinderknecht’s trial is set to begin June 8. His attorneys say he ... Read More
Police search for suspects in Oklahoma shooting that sent at least 18 people to hospitals
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma were looking for suspects Monday in a weekend shooting at an unsanctioned lakeside party packed with young adults that left at least 23 people injured, some critically, according to police and hospital officials. It wasn’t clear how many of those injured had suffered gunshot wounds, according to a statement released by police Monday. No arrests had been made. The shooting broke out Sunday night during a party near a campground at Arcadia Lake, a popular swimming and boating spot in Edmond, just outside Oklahoma City, said Edmond police spokesperson Emily Ward. At least 18 people were treated at hospitals in the Oklahoma City area. One healthcare system said the victims it treated ranged ... Read More
Cornell University president accused of backing into student in parking lot confrontation
Enhanced surveillance video released by Cornell University, May 3, 2026, shows university President Michael Kotlikoff backing out of an on-campus parking space after a group confronted him about free speech. (Cornell University)(NEW YORK) -- Cornell University's president claimed he was the victim of "harassment and intimidation" following a parking lot confrontation with a group of people who said he tried to back his car into them.The incident unfolded on Thursday, April 30, after Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff introduced an Israel-Palestinian debate series that was hosted by the Cornell Political Union and co-sponsored by the Cornell Progressives, Cornellians for Israel, and Students for Justice in Palestine.Kotlikoff said the behavior he experienced while allegedly being followed to his car in an on-campus ... Read More
Camp Mystic says it won’t reopen Texas camp this summer
Debris is piled up at the entrance to Camp Mystic on July 07, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)(KERR COUNTY, Texas) -- Camp Mystic announced that it will not be reopening for the summer amid ongoing investigations into deadly flooding that killed 25 girls and two teen counselors last year.The camp said it informed the Texas Department of State Health Services on Thursday that it is withdrawing its application for a summer 2026 camp license."No administrative process or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve, while investigations continue and while so many Texans still carry the pain of last July's tragedy," Camp Mystic said in a statement.The Christian all-girls sleepaway camp said it is choosing to withdraw its ... Read More
Brown shooting and murder of MIT professor were ‘symbolic,’ FBI concludes
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been identified as the man fatally shot at a home in Brookline on Dec. 15, 2025. (MIT)(WASHINGTON) -- The shootings in December that targeted Brown University and an MIT professor were "symbolic in nature," according to a report released by the FBI.Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a Portuguese national and a legal permanent resident who had been living in Miami, Florida, committed a mass shooting at a building on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, before driving north to Brookline, Massachusetts, to kill an MIT professor, authorities said.Two students died and nine others were injured in the shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13, 2025, and Nuno F.G. Loureiro, an ... Read More
Truck driver who went missing in possible hijacking found dead: FBI
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez is seen circa October 2024 in a photo released by the FBI. (FBI)(FLORIDA) -- A truck driver who went missing in a possible hijacking while transporting vehicles from Georgia to Florida has been found dead, the FBI said Wednesday.Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, was last seen alive in the early morning hours on April 17 at a rest stop on I-95 south in Brevard County, Florida, according to the FBI's Tampa field office. The truck was located in Port Wentworth, Georgia, that day, though Gonzalez was not there, according to the FBI, which called his disappearance "suspicious." Several vehicles were also missing from the hauler.On Wednesday, the FBI field offices in Tampa and Atlanta said a body found in coastal Georgia ... Read More
SCOTUS considers Trump’s bid to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians
Demonstrators chant and hold signs outside U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, in Washington. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether the Trump administration has the authority to end humanitarian protections for thousands of immigrants without facing judicial review. While an unrelated ruling about the Voting Rights Act overshadowed the arguments, the court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical of the legal challenge to reverse the cancellation of temporary protected status for thousands of Haitians and Syrians. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that Congress gave the Secretary of Homeland Security unreviewable discretion to manage and end TPS designations, arguing that a legal challenge would result in “judicial micromanagement” of foreign policy. “Congress balanced the risk there might be some decision ... Read More
Ex-Fulton County Jail detainee alleges hands, legs amputated after medical neglect
The Fulton County Jail is seen on August 23, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)(ATLANTA) -- Former Fulton County Jail detainee Rashaad Muhammad detailed what he said was a harrowing experience being held at the Atlanta, Georgia, facility from August 2025 to February of this year.After being arrested on Aug. 11, the 33-year-old -- who used a cane to walk and took medication regularly for a blood condition -- alleged at a press conference last Friday that he was repeatedly denied medical care as his physical condition rapidly deteriorated for more than two weeks.As he allegedly experienced symptoms like vomiting bile and losing the ability to stand up, Muhammad said his requests for medical attention were ignored for several days ... Read More
Appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict
E. Jean Carroll arrives for her civil defamation trial against President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on January 25, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's request to rehear his challenges to the writer E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation and sex assault claims.Carroll successfully argued during a nine-day trial in 2023 that Trump sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s and defamed her in 2022 with comments he made after he left office. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.Trump, who has denied all wrongdoing, tried unsuccessfully to substitute the United States as a defendant and to raise a claim of ... Read More
Support from pro-Israel group AIPAC becomes a dividing line in Democratic races
Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat from Michigan and US Senate candidate, speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Against the backdrop of polls showing declining Democratic support for Israel -- especially among young voters -- the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's support for candidates is under intense scrutiny and is becoming a dividing line in contentious Democratic primaries from Michigan to New Jersey.A poll released earlier this month by the Pew Research Center shows that Americans' views toward Israel are trending negative, especially among Democrats.The survey found that 6 in 10 Americans have a very or somewhat unfavorable view of Israel. That number is ... Read More
Grand jury indicts former FBI Director James Comey over controversial Instagram post
James Comey is seen on May 20, 2025 in New York City. (Patricia Schlein/Star Max/GC Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal grand jury in North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a controversial Instagram post from last year that President Donald Trump and members of his administration claimed was a threat against the president.Renewing efforts to prosecute one of Trump's longtime adversaries, Department of Justice prosecutors brought the case after a judge last year threw out an indictment against Comey on unrelated charges.The new indictment centers on a controversy that erupted nearly a year ago when Comey, in a since-deleted Instagram post, shared a picture showing the numbers "86 47" written in seashells on the beach with the ... Read More
Damon Jones pleads guilty in gambling cases: ‘I would like to sincerely apologize’
Former NBA player Damon Jones departs after his arraignment hearing at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on November 24, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Former NBA player and coach Damon Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he tipped off sports bettors about an injured LeBron James and used his own celebrity to lure high rollers to rigged poker games.Jones, 49, is the first defendant in either case to plead guilty following the arrests of nearly three dozen people at the start of the pro basketball season.Jones, who wore a black suit and black shirt, entered his guilty pleas during back-to-back hearings Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court."I would like to sincerely apologize ... Read More
Southern Poverty Law Center wants Todd Blanche to correct ‘false’ statements about organization
Todd Blanche, acting US attorney general, during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for the Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge Tuesday to demand that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issue a correction to allegedly "false" statements he made in the aftermath of the indictment of the organization last week, according to a legal filing.In a motion to the judge presiding over their criminal case in the Middle District of Alabama, attorneys for the SPLC accuse Blanche of lying in an interview he gave to Fox News last Tuesday when he claimed the government did not have information showing the organization has ... Read More
Judge blocks DOJ’s attempt to move Maurene Comey’s wrongful termination suit out of court
Daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey, leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse on November 13, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday blocked the Justice Department's attempt to move Maurene Comey's lawsuit over her firing as a federal prosecutor out of court.Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, has joined a private law practice but is suing for unlawful termination after she was fired last year from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.The Justice Department argued that her case belongs before the Merit Systems Protection Board and not in federal district court.Judge Jesse Furman decided the case belongs with him because Comey was fired pursuant ... Read More
Man accused of killing USF doctoral students allegedly asked ChatGPT about disposing of body: Court filing
In this booking photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Hisham Abugharbieh is shown. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)(FLORIDA) -- The man accused of killing two University of South Florida doctoral students allegedly asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body three days before the victims were last seen alive, according to court filings.Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon in the deaths of his roommate, Zamil Limon, and Nahida Bristy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. The two 27-year-old students were last seen alive on April 16, and a mutual friend reported them missing the following day after being unable to reach them both, authorities said.Detectives located Limon's remains on the side of a ... Read More
Secret Service security review underway to examine possible lapses following White House Correspondents’ dinner
Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, April 25, 2026, in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - A Secret Service after-action review is underway to examine the security and possible lapses from the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in the wake of Saturday's shooting, according to officials briefed on internal procedures at the agency.The review is being conducted as a matter of standard procedure, which requires that such a probe be conducted whenever there is an "attack on a protectee."The review will go step-by-step through security planning and preparation, the deployment and assignment of personnel, and what occurred once the suspect rushed the Secret Service checkpoint in a failed ... Read More
New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel says his recent actions have not met his ‘standard’
: Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The New England Patriots head coach, Mike Vrabel, addressed the media Thursday after a series of photos were published allegedly showing him with former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini.In his remarks, Vrabel said that his “actions don't meet the standard I hold myself to” and his initial response to the pictures was an attempt to protect his family, saying that the photos showed an innocent interaction."I just know I'm going to take the necessary steps with the people I care about -- that's my ... Read More
Enid, Oklahoma, surveys damage after massive tornado tears through city
Severe weather map (ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- More than a dozen reported tornadoes tore through part of the Central U.S. on Thursday night, including a powerful storm in northwestern Oklahoma that spurred a tornado emergency from the National Weather Service.A tornado emergency is the highest alert level for tornadoes.The weather service said a "large and destructive tornado" was confirmed on the ground at 8:21 p.m. local time in the area of Enid, Oklahoma, near Vance Air Force Base, and urged residents to take cover."You are in a life-threatening situation," the weather service said. "Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction ... Read More
Ex-assistant says she felt trapped in relationship with fired Michigan coach: ‘He knew he had power over me’
Paige Shiver speaks during an interview with ABC News' Linsey Davis. (ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- Paige Shiver, a former executive assistant with the University of Michigan football team, said she felt that former head coach Sherrone Moore manipulated her during their nearly four-year relationship she characterized as an "open secret" within the athletics department.Speaking out for the first time since Moore was arrested last December for trespassing, Shiver, 32, told ABC News that what started out as a consensual relationship became one in which she felt trapped over time. She said Moore, 40, told her he was in a loveless marriage and would soon divorce his wife, and that every time she tried to end the relationship, he would threaten ... Read More
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