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- Teen Colt Gray pleads guilty to committing mass shooting at his Georgia high schoolby Emily Shapiro, ABC News on July 24, 2026 at 2:46 pm
A police line is put up in front of Apalachee High School after a school shooting took place on September 4, 2024 in Winder, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)(WINDER, Ga.) — A teenage boy accused of carrying out a mass shooting at his Georgia high school pleaded guilty Friday to all 55 counts against him, including murder and aggravated assault.Colt Gray, 16, agreed […]
- House Oversight Committee to interview Epstein’s former private bankerby James Hill, ABC News on July 23, 2026 at 11:17 am
Jes Staley, former chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, leaves for lunch as he attends closing submissions at the High Court Rolls Building on April 2, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — The House Oversight Committee is set on Thursday to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former private JPMorgan Chase investment banker, Jes Staley, […]
- New Jersey accidentally registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote years ago, governor saysby Oren Oppenheim, ABC News on July 22, 2026 at 1:35 pm
Person voting (Hill Street Studios/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — About 6,600 people in New Jersey who said they were not U.S. citizens had been incorrectly registered to vote due to a technical error during the previous gubernatorial administration, Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office this year, said Tuesday. She added that fewer than 400 were found to have actually voted […]
- Woman attacked by brown bear while hiking Alaskan trailby Tristan Maglunog and Ivan Pereira, ABC News on July 21, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Alaskan authorizes said a brown bear attacked a hiker on July 18, 2026, in Bear Valley, Alaska. (Anchorage Police)(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — A woman is recovering after she was attacked by a brown bear while hiking through an Alaskan trail over the weekend, Alaskan authorities said.The unidentified victim was hiking on a trail above Bear Valley, a neighborhood in south […]
- 4th person dies from Legionnaires’ disease in New York City: Health officialsby Leah Sarnoff and Mary Kekatos, ABC News on July 21, 2026 at 2:21 pm
Illustration of Legionella pneumophila bacteria, the cause of Legionnaires’ disease. ( ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — A fourth person has died in New York City amid an ongoing cluster of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side, according to health officials.At least 76 cases have been identified and seven people remain hospitalized, the […]
- Tropical Storm Bertha churns off Florida coast, prompting storm alertsby Melissa Griffin and Bill Hutchinson, ABC News on July 21, 2026 at 1:27 pm
A tropical depression that formed in the Gulf off the west coast of Florida, July 19, 2026, is expected to become Tropical Storm Bertha. (Sadik Demiroz/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Bertha was churning early on Tuesday about 110 miles south-southwest of Panama City, Florida, moving northwest at about 5 mph, with maximum sustained winds at about 50 mph.Tropical […]
- Northeast braces for flash flooding threatby Daniel Peck and Emily Shapiro, ABC News on July 21, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Storm clouds pass through midtown Manhattan in New York City, July 18, 2026. (Gary Hershorn/ABC News)(NEW YORK) — The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are bracing for a new round of severe storms and possible flash flooding on Tuesday after getting hammered by heavy rain on Saturday.The greatest threat — a level 3 out of 5 risk — will span from northeastern Kentucky to New […]
- D4vd murder case: Dayslong preliminary hearing set to begin in Los Angelesby Alex Stone and Meredith Deliso, ABC News on July 21, 2026 at 1:23 pm
The booking photo for the singer D4vd — whose real name is David Burke — is shown during a press briefing in Los Angeles on April 20, 2026. (LAPD)(LOS ANGELES) — A highly anticipated dayslong preliminary hearing in the murder case against the singer D4vd is set to get underway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, with evidence and testimony to be presented in court for the first […]
- ‘Anti-government extremist’ sets off incendiary device outside federal building in New York: FBIby Aaron Katersky, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 9:57 pm
A man with a history of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity pours a flammable liquid onto the sidewalk as he sets off an “incendiary device” outside a federal building in Manhattan on July 20, 2026, authorities said. (Obtained by ABC News)(NEW YORK) — A man described as an “anti-government extremist” set off an “incendiary device” to set a fire […]
- Nolan Wells funeral: ‘We will miss everything about him,’ mom says as death investigation continuesby Emily Shapiro and Deena Zaru, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 7:03 pm
An undated photo of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was believed to be recovered after going missing on July 4, 2026. (Courtesy of the Wells Family)(OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.) — Family and friends of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells gathered Monday for his funeral in his hometown of Ocean Springs as authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding […]
- El Mayo, the infamous Mexican drug lord, to be sentenced on federal chargesby Aaron Katersky, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 5:58 pm
Members of the DEA attend a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on August 25, 2025 in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as “El Mayo,” was sentenced Monday to life in prison on drug trafficking charges that accused him of being one of the most […]
- Gas prices top $4 a gallon as Iran war escalatesby Max Zahn, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 3:49 pm
A person prepares to pump gas at a Valero gas station on June 16, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Gas prices in the United States topped $4 per gallon on average Monday as an escalation of the Iran war renewed fears of a global oil shortage.Prices at the pump have jumped 13 cents per gallon, or 3%, over the past week, AAA data showed, […]
- Purported gang members charged in social media influencer’s killingby Aaron Katersky, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Stock image of police tape. (Ajax9/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — A dozen purported members of the Bad Boys 7, a set of the Trinitarios, were indicted Monday on racketeering conspiracy charges that accused them of five murders, including the carjacking death last August of Ariela La Langosta, a nightlife influencer with more than half a million followers on Instagram.She was […]
- Up to 5 cups of coffee per day may potentially lower heart disease risk, doctors sayby Dr. Yonathan Daniel, ABC News on July 20, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Cup of coffee with beans (Ricky Herawan / 500px/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Drinking up to five cups of coffee a day is safe for most adults, and regular coffee consumption may be linked to a lower risk of stroke, diabetes and heart failure, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).The official report, published Monday in the […]
- Dangerous wildfire smoke impacting more than a dozen statesby Jon Haworth, ABC News on July 18, 2026 at 4:21 pm
Wildfire smoke from Canada shrouds the sun as it rises behind the Chrysler Building in New York City, July 17, 2026. (Gary Hershorn/ABC News)(NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfire smoke is impacting more than a dozen states on Saturday morning as air quality alerts span from the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes to New England, south through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.More than […]

