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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Delivering a win for abortion rights advocates, Ohio’s Issue 1 will fail, according to projections. The Republican-backed ballot initiative would have increased the threshold to amend the state’s constitution, making it more difficult for a measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution to pass later this […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ferocious wildfires, whipped by the winds of Hurricane Dora, wreaked havoc in Hawaii, prompting evacuations, rescues and school closures and prompting an emergency proclamation from the acting governor. The proclamation was issued for Hawaii’s Maui and Hawaii counties on Tuesday by acting Gov. Sylvia Luke. The eye […]
US Border Patrol (TAMPA, Fla.) — A Florida mayor had quite the unexpected catch while on a recent fishing trip. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor helped reel in 70 pounds of cocaine while fishing last month in the Florida Keys, her office confirmed on Tuesday. The drugs had an estimated street value of $1.1 million, according to […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who has been leading an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in the state, is likely to go before the grand jury next week to present her case, sources familiar with […]
File photo — Paul Souders/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Two Navy sailors who allegedly spied for China were denied bail during detention hearings in California on Tuesday. The two men appeared in court days after being arrested and accused of surreptitiously relaying sensitive government information to foreign officials. Jinchao “Patrick” Wei, a petty officer 2nd class, […]
Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner, during class in Newport News, Virginia in January allegedly admitted to doing so that same day, according to newly released court documents. Probable cause documents, provided to ABC News by ABC affiliate station […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As the Fulton County investigation into 2020 election interference in Georgia continues, the former lieutenant governor of the state has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury, he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday night and confirmed to ABC News. “I will continue […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least two people have been killed by the severe weather that slammed the East Coast overnight. A 28-year-old man died after he was struck by lightning in Florence, Alabama, and a 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a falling tree outside his grandparents’ home in Anderson, South Carolina, […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rival Govs. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom recently agreed to debate one another — but they disagree on the details. A Friday letter obtained by ABC News from DeSantis campaign manager Generra Peck to Fox News host Sean Hannity, who would moderate the debate, outlines proposed rules to face off […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed on Monday, and more than 800,000 customers are without power across 11 states, as severe storms target the East Coast. Cities seeing major impacts at airports include Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Boston. The Federal Aviation Administration said thunderstorms are […]
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