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- Idaho victim’s dad slams Kohberger plea deal: ‘I can’t pretend like I feel like this is justice’by Kayna Whitworth and Emily Shapiro, ABC News on July 1, 2025 at 2:59 pm
Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) — The father of University of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves is blasting the plea deal offered to Bryan Kohberger, accusing the prosecutors of mishandling and rushing the deal.”We were not prepared for this — we had no idea that this was going to happen,” Steve Goncalves told ABC News hours after the plea deal was […]
- North Carolina officer shot and killed by inmate during medical visit: Sheriffby Meredith Deliso and Jason Volack, ABC News on July 1, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Buncombe County Detention Facility(CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C.) — A North Carolina detention officer was fatally shot during a “scuffle” at a medical facility after a federal inmate who had been taken to the facility for treatment managed to seize his weapon, authorities said.The inmate was apprehended after fleeing in a stolen vehicle and now faces a murder charge, according […]
- Trump vowed to deport the ‘worst of the worst’ — but new data shows a shift to also arresting non-criminalsby Laura Romero, Armando Garcia, and Frank Esposito, ABC News on July 1, 2025 at 1:08 pm
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump campaigned for president on the promise of mass deportations that targeted criminals — and while ICE agents have arrested over 38,000 migrants with criminal convictions, new data shows a recent shift toward also arresting those who have not been accused of crimes.In recent weeks, the Trump […]
- Justice Department charges 4 North Koreans with posing as IT workers to steal US companies’ moneyby Luke Barr, ABC News on June 30, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday charged four North Koreans in a brazen scam to pose as IT workers with stolen credentials and use them to get hired by U.S.-based companies and scam those companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.Kim Kwang Jin, Kang Tae Bok, Jong Pong Ju and Chang Nam Il are all allegedly […]
- 82-year-old woman dies from injuries suffered in Boulder Molotov cocktail attack: Prosecutorsby Jeffrey Cook and Emily Shapiro, ABC News on June 30, 2025 at 4:58 pm
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images(BOULDER, Colo.) — An 82-year-old woman hurt in the Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died, prosecutors announced, as they updated an attempted murder charge to a murder charge.Karen Diamond “died tragically as a result of the severe injuries that she suffered” on June 1, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office […]
- 2 killed in Idaho after firefighters ambushed by gunfire, suspected gunman found dead: Sheriffby Sasha Pezenik and Leah Sarnoff, ABC News on June 30, 2025 at 4:19 pm
slobo/Getty Images(COUER D’ALENE, Idaho) — The gunman suspected of fatally ambushing firefighters responding to a blaze in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday has been identified, according to law enforcement officials.Wess Roley, who was found dead after an hourslong, multi-agency manhunt in the area, has been identified as the shooter, multiple senior law enforcement […]
- Wolf Fire in Southern California explodes over 1,400 acres amid dry, windy conditionsby Leah Sarnoff, ABC News on June 30, 2025 at 2:43 pm
KABC(IDLLWILD, Calif.) — A quickly growing brush fire in Southern California has spread at least 1,400 acres, prompting evacuations, according to fire officials.The blaze, dubbed the Wolf Fire, was first reported around 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon near Wolfskill Truck Trail and Old Banning Idyllwild Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire was just […]
- Teens girls shot outside historic Stonewall Inn after NYC’s Pride Marchby Roy Rochlin/Getty Images on June 30, 2025 at 1:17 pm
WABC(NEW YORK) — An LGBTQ+ Pride parade ended in gunfire near New York City’s historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday night, according to Mayor Eric Adams.”Saddened to learn about the shooting by the Stonewall Inn tonight as Pride celebrations were winding down,” Adams wrote on X, adding, “During a time when our city should be rejoicing and celebrating members of our diverse […]
- Family, friends, leaders pay final respects to slain Minnesota legislator and husbandby Ivan Pereira, ABC News on June 28, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Steven Garcia/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) — Tens of thousands of mourners packed a Minneapolis basilica Saturday to pay their final respects to Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark who were killed in their home two weeks ago in an alleged politically motivated shooting.A who’s who of leaders from around the country, including former President Joe […]
- Nearly 400 flights canceled into and out of Atlanta airport due to severe weatherby Nadine El-Bawab, Sam Sweeney, and Ayesha Ali, ABC News on June 28, 2025 at 3:42 pm
Boarding1Now/Getty Images/STOCK(ATLANTA) — Nearly 400 flights were canceled into and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday after severe weather and hail fell overnight.Weather so far has forced 380 Delta flight cancellations at the airport, with additional delays and cancellations expected.Around 100 Delta Airlines aircrafts were inspected […]
- California Gov. Newsom suing Fox News for $787 million for defamationby Emily Shapiro, ABC News on June 27, 2025 at 9:36 pm
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(DELAWARE) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million for defamation.Newsom’s allegations stem from Fox News host Jesse Watters’ coverage of the battle between the governor and President Donald Trump when the Trump administration sent the California National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this month.Watters […]
- Boulder attack suspect pleads not guilty to federal hate crime chargesby Meredith Deliso, ABC News on June 27, 2025 at 9:29 pm
Boulder Police Department(BOULDER, Colo.) — The man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a group of Colorado marchers advocating for the release of hostages being held in Gaza pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges on Friday.Mohamed Soliman, 45, appeared in federal court in Denver for his arraignment after being indicted this week on a dozen federal […]
- Slain Minnesota lawmaker becomes 1st woman to lie at state capitolby ABC Audio on June 27, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images(MINNESOTA) — Minnesotans are lining up at the state capitol on Friday to honor a slain lawmaker and her husband as their accused killer made a brief appearance in court.Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home on June 14, are lying in state at the Minnesota State Capitol.Melissa […]
- 2 Milwaukee police officers shot, suspect arrestedby Jon Haworth, ABC News on June 27, 2025 at 3:52 pm
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) Two Milwaukee police officers were shot after responding to a call for a person with a weapon late Thursday, police said.A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting on Friday morning, police said.In what is being described as an “ambush,” officers were fired upon as they approached an alley, according to police.A […]
- Judge says jury in Kohberger murder trial won’t hear defense theory that someone else is the real killerby Sasha Pezenik, ABC News on June 27, 2025 at 1:47 pm
Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) — In a series of final rulings ahead of Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial, Judge Steven Hippler said lawyers for the man who could be executed, if convicted, won’t be permitted to present to the jury the theory that some unknown person is the real killer.The trial in the Idaho college killings case will begin Aug. 18, […]