The entrance to the state-managed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz/Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Known for the eponymous reptiles that inhabit the nearby swamps, the migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” faces the possibility of being shut down over concerns about some of the area’s lesser-known inhabitants — […]
The scene of a deadly medical transport plane crash near the Chinle Airport in Arizona, Aug. 5, 2025. Navajo Police Department (APACHE COUNTY, Ariz.) — Four people were killed when a medical transport plane crashed and caught fire in Arizona, authorities said. The Beechcraft 300 crashed Tuesday afternoon while landing […]
Smoke from the Rosa Fire rises in Riverside County, California, Aug. 4, 2025. Cal Fire (SOLVANG, Calif.) — The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed over 83,000 acres in five days, continues to rage and is now accompanied by two additional fires emerging nearby, according […]
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (JACKSON, Tenn.) — A manhunt for the suspect in the Tennessee killings of four people and the kidnapping of a baby ended Tuesday when he was taken into custody, police said. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody in Jackson by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after […]
Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is set to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against the alleged gunman who fatally shot two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Wednesday. Prosecutors are […]
Smoke from the Rosa Fire rises in Riverside County, California, Aug. 4, 2025. Cal Fire (SOLVANG, Calif.) — The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed over 82,000 acres in five days, continues to rage and is now accompanied by two additional fires emerging nearby, according […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Texas House of Representatives failed again on Tuesday afternoon to move forward on their redistricting effort as several Democratic members have fled the state over a Republican redistricting plan. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, on Monday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to […]
Gary S. Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A small earthquake centered in northern New Jersey on Tuesday rattled the New York City metropolitan area, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor that hit just after noon was centered in Hillsdale, in Bergen County, and measured a magnitude 2.7 […]
Anaconda – Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center (ANACONDA, Mont.) — A manhunt is intensifying for the former U.S. Army soldier who’s been at large for days after allegedly gunning down four people at a Montana bar. Michael Paul Brown, 45, is suspected of opening fire on Friday morning at […]
Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SHEARON HARRIS LAKE, N.C.) — A 10-year-old girl is dead and a woman suffered “critical injury” after a drunken boater struck swimmers in a North Carolina lake over the weekend, according to officials. Quinten Gregory Kight, 40, has been charged with felony […]
