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Two girls fall from Ferris wheel at Louisiana harvest festival: Sheriff

Two girls fall from Ferris wheel at Louisiana harvest festival: Sheriff

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ROADS, La.) — Two young girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel at a weekend harvest festival in Louisiana, authorities said. The incident unfolded at around noon on Saturday at the Harvest Festival on False River in New Roads, about 40 miles […]

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Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: ‘This will devastate us’

Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: ‘This will devastate us’

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stacy Cox used one word repeatedly as she described how she felt after learning her ACA premium could jump over 300% without the enhanced tax credits: “devastating.” “I don’t know if I’ve ever cried opening a letter from an insurance or before, […]

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Top labor groups break with federal union’s demand to end shutdown

Top labor groups break with federal union’s demand to end shutdown

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The largest federal workers’ union this week threw its support behind a Republican government funding bill, ratcheting up pressure on Democrats. But many of the top labor unions told ABC News that they continue to back the strategy taken up […]

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2 adults, 3 children dead in New Jersey house fire

2 adults, 3 children dead in New Jersey house fire

mbbirdy/Getty Images (PATERSON, N.J.) — A rapid moving house fire claimed the lives of five people Friday night in Paterson, New Jersey, according to fire officials. Paterson Fire Chief Alex Alicea said that the fire broke out in the home at around 9:54 p.m. and spread quickly from the lower […]

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NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home burglarized during game: Police

NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home burglarized during game: Police

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander attends the 2025 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre on July 16, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/FilmMagic) (NICHOLS HILLS, Okla.) — NBA superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home was broken into Thursday night in the upscale Oklahoma City suburb of Nichols Hills, police and sources confirmed to ABC […]

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FBI thwarts potential Halloween weekend terror attack in Michigan

FBI thwarts potential Halloween weekend terror attack in Michigan

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (DETROIT) — The FBI has thwarted a potential Halloween weekend terrorist attack in Michigan, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. “Multiple subjects” have been arrested after “allegedly […]

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Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown

Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.   “The court is orally at this time, ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely, or as soon as possible, for […]

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Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money

Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.   “The court is orally at this time, ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely, or as soon […]

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Judge rules Trump’s attempt to suspend SNAP funding is unlawful

Judge rules Trump’s attempt to suspend SNAP funding is unlawful

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to suspend SNAP funding is “unlawful,” but declined to immediately order that the program be funded. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani reserved judgment about whether to issue a temporary restraining order, instead asking […]

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19 fatalities in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, death toll expected to rise

19 fatalities in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, death toll expected to rise

(NEW YORK) — Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week — and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Dana Morris Dixon said there are credible reports […]

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