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10-month-old abducted by suspect who allegedly killed 2 women, injured 5-year-old: Police
New Mexico State Police(NEW MEXICO) -- An urgent search is underway in Clovis, New Mexico, after police say a 10-month-old baby was abducted, two women were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds, including the child's mother, and the mother's 5-year-old child was found injured on the scene.Police issued an Amber Alert for the baby, Eleia Maria Torres, Friday which was still active Saturday morning.Torres has brown eyes and brown hair, is 28 inches tall, and weighs 23 pounds, according to officials.The identity of the suspect is currently unknown, however, officials said the suspect may be in a maroon Honda car, of an unknown model.Police ask that anyone with information about this incident or the whereabouts of Eleia Maria Torres please ... Read More
How pro-Palestinian protests unfolded on college campuses across the US: A timeline
Barry Winiker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- College campuses in the U.S. have been at the center of controversial debate since Hamas launched a terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded with a widespread bombing and invasion of the Gaza Strip. Students, faculty and other members of university communities supporting Palestinians in Gaza or the Israeli invasion have been at odds for months.About 1,200 Israelis were killed in the unprecedented incursion by Hamas, according to Israeli officials, while the death toll in Gaza has crossed 34,000, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.Months of heated activism eventually led to an eruption of protests -- and around-the-clock encampments -- at colleges and universities around the country over Israel's war with Hamas ... Read More
Flood watch in effect for over 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma
Edith Polverini/Getty Images (TEXAS) -- A flood watch remains in effect for more than 11 million people in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday morning as a number of flood warnings are in effect as residents are urged not to drive on flooded roads.Several rivers in the Houston area are at major flood stage, with the Trinity River, located northeast of Houston, likely swelling to its highest level on record today.Not only is it forecast to go higher than it was during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, but it is likely to surpass its all-time record from 1945.The heaviest rain has eased up in southeast Texas on Saturday morning, with the region set to experience a reprieve for the day.However, on Sunday, ... Read More
North Carolina HBCU faces battle with IRS, risks being shut down
Ryan Herron/Getty Images(NORTH CAROLINA) -- Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is in an ongoing battle with the IRS and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Trustees after the historically Black school's previous finance department "mismanaged" a $34 million budget, according to university officials.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), both public and private, have been underfunded due to lower endowments, less alumni support and state and federal underinvestment.Recently, HBCUs have faced several challenges. During a funding crisis, Tennessee State University had its board stripped away in a complete overhaul by state lawmakers. In Mississippi, lawmakers proposed a bill that would have shut down the state's only public HBCUs.Now teachers and staff at Saint Augustine's have not ... Read More
First heatwave of the year expected to hit Southern states next week
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Spring may be short-lived in the South, with the first major heat wave of 2024 expected to scorch Southern states from Texas to Florida next week.After a weather year filled with deep freezes, atmospheric rivers and destructive tornadoes across parts of the U.S., weather forecasts for the upcoming season call for blistering heat waves that could impact Americans across the country.The long-range weather outlook for May 7 through May 11 shows cities from Houston to Tampa to Atlanta will experience much warmer temperatures than normal.Numerous daily high-temperature records could be broken by the middle and end of next week across the South and Southeast, with highs in the 90s.Marking the first spike in temperatures across the ... Read More
Police, cancer researchers team up to track stolen vehicles
A stolen car is recovered in Portland. -- Portland Police Bureau(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Police in Portland, Oregon, are arresting more suspected car thieves and reducing the number of vehicles stolen, thanks to a partnership with cancer researchers.Officer Michael Terrett said he came up with the idea of a more strategic approach to battling car thefts after the city saw a steep rise in stolen cars in 2019.Terrett said they once found a stolen vehicle among every 31 pulled over. While Terrett calls that "a level of success," he said he knew they could do more. "I connected with my lieutenant and said, 'I believe there's an opportunity to get better here, if we take a more data-driven, data mining, evidence-based ... Read More
Pregnant woman found stabbed to death in home: Authorities
mphotoi/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A homicide investigation is underway after a pregnant woman was found stabbed to death in her Los Angeles County home, authorities said.Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence in Palmdale Tuesday night to conduct a welfare check, authorities said."When deputies arrived on scene, they forced entry into the victim’s home after they discovered what they believed to be blood in the living room floor," the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.The victim was found suffering from apparent stab wounds and pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's department said.The 27-year-old woman was about six or seven months pregnant, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Gomez confirmed to ABC News. Her name ... Read More
Teachers of the Year honored by Biden at White House dinner: You’re the reason ‘we have hope about the future’
President Joe Biden speaks alongside Jill Biden during a "Teachers of the Year" State Dinner, an event honoring the 2024 National Teachers of the Year, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2024. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- It was a toast to teaching at the White House Thursday night as more than 50 of the nation's top educators gathered for the first-ever Teachers of the Year State Dinner."How can we be the most powerful country in the world without having the best education system in the world?" President Joe Biden -- who made a surprise appearance -- said, drawing applause during the dinner event honoring America's Teacher of ... Read More
Houston area facing ‘life-threatening’ flood conditions as severe weather pummels Texas
Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- The Houston area is facing "life-threatening" flood conditions, officials warned, as severe weather pummels parts of Texas.A flood watch is in effect Thursday in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. Numerous flash flood warnings are also in effect, as up to 8 inches of rain has already fallen in some parts of southeastern Texas Thursday. Additional rounds of rain are expected to continue through Friday in these areas.Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration as severe weather and flooding threatened the state."As flooding conditions and severe weather continue in multiple regions across Texas, I expanded the disaster declaration to add 59 counties to ensure Texans and their communities receive the assistance and support they need to ... Read More
Captain sentenced to four years in prison for deadly boat fire
Al Seib/ Los Angeles Times(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) -- The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said.A federal jury found Jerry Boylan, 70, of Santa Barbara, guilty of seaman's manslaughter in November 2023 in connection with the deadly boat fire.Boylan was the captain of the Conception, a 75-foot boat that caught fire while it was docked at Platt's Harbor near Santa Cruz Island during a scuba diving excursion in the early morning hours on Sept. 2, 2019, while passengers and crew members were sleeping. One crew member and 33 passengers died, while Boylan and four ... Read More
How kelp farms, an ‘environmental powerhouse,’ can help mitigate climate change
Long Island kelp farmer Sue Wicks holds a line of kelp in the Moriches Bay. Via ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Underwater forests could be the answer to helping to mitigate the environment from the impacts of climate change, experts told ABC News.Kelp, large brown algae or seaweeds that grow in shallow oceans, is a nutrient-rich species that grows quickly, helping it to absorb carbon dioxide at a higher rate than other ecosystems, including all of the CO2 released from eelgrass, salt marshes and mangroves combined, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The efficiency at which kelp is able to pluck the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere is one of the many reasons why it is increasingly being identified ... Read More
Trump trial live updates: Custodial witness set to return to stand
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges.Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern:May 03, 4:29 PMTrump pays fine for gag order violationsDonald Trump has paid the $9,000 he was fined for violating ... Read More
Contempt hearing puts renewed focus on Trump’s rhetoric about witnesses, jurors in hush money trial
Former president Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court for the start of the third week of his trial for falsifying documents related to hush money payments, in New York, NY, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post via Getty Images/ Pool)(NEW YORK) -- The focus of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is expected to shift Thursday morning from what witnesses are saying in the courtroom to what the former president has said when he leaves.Two days after Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in criminal contempt for nine violations of the limited gag order that prohibits statements about witnesses and others involved in the case, the judge is holding a hearing Thursday to determine ... Read More
The US is in a Cold War with China over Taiwan, expert says
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- National security expert and co-founder of CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, discusses rising tensions between the U.S., China, and Taiwan in his book "World on the Brink."Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China to meet with President Xi Jinping and China's foreign minister. During the meeting, President Xi expressed his belief that the two nations should work together as partners rather than rivals.However, an escalating trade war, differences of opinion regarding Taiwan, and opposing views on the Russia-Ukraine conflict have all contributed to the increasingly tense relationship between the United States and China.Alperovitch says he feels like the U.S. is in another Cold War with China and they must win the artificial intelligence race, the semiconductor race ... Read More
College protests updates: NYPD sergeant accidentally discharged gun at Columbia
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. Students at schools including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California and more have launched protests.Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern:May ... Read More
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