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- Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA saysby Julia Jacobo, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 10:28 pm
NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December 2032 as it approaches during another journey around its orbit, according to NASA’s Center for Near […]
- Judge says he will continue to pause Trump’s federal buyout offerby Katherine Faulders and Peter Charalambous, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 10:09 pm
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(BOSTON) — A federal judge in Boston said Monday he will continue to pause the Trump administration’s plan to offer a deferred resignation buyout to tens of thousands of federal employees until he issues a ruling on a preliminary injunction.Three federal employee unions — with the support of 20 Democratic attorneys general — have argued that […]
- 2 storms to bring some of the highest snow totals of season to major citiesby Emily Shapiro and Kenton Gewecke, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 10:03 pm
ABC News Illustration(NEW YORK) — Two major winter storms are bearing down on the U.S. this week and are expected to bring some of the highest snow totals of the season for cities including Chicago and Washington, D.C.Winter storm watches and warnings are in effect for both storms from Colorado to Delaware, impacting cities including Chicago; Louisville, Kentucky; […]
- Police investigating whether sports reporter at Super Bowl was drugged before he diedby Meredith Deliso, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 9:43 pm
Kenner Police Department(LOUISIANA) — Police in Louisiana said Monday they are investigating the possibility that a sports reporter who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl may have been drugged before his death.Adan Manzano, a reporter for KGKC Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports, was found dead in his hotel room in Kenner, Louisiana, on Feb. 5, […]
- Judge to consider order to keep DOGE from accessing student loan databasesby Peter Charalambous and Arthur Jones II, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on efforts by a group of California public university students to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing highly sensitive federal student loan records maintained by the Department of Education.An organization representing more than 200,000 students […]
- DeepSeek banned from government devices in New York stateby Aaron Katersky, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 5:54 pm
Faisal Bashir/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York government employees are barred from downloading DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence application onto state devices due to security concerns, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday.The DeepSeek chatbot, known as R1, responds to user queries just like its U.S.-based counterparts, such as the […]
- Dozens arrested in Philadelphia after Eagles win the Super Bowl: Policeby Meredith Deliso, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 5:46 pm
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Dozens of people were arrested in Philadelphia after fans took to the streets to celebrate the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory, police said.Philadelphia police reported nearly 50 arrests following the Eagles’ win against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday.Among those, five people were arrested for assault on […]
- 13-year-old boy accused of 11 break-ins targeting young girlsby Emily Shapiro, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 5:06 pm
A 13-year-old was apprehended for allegedly targeting young girls in a string of home invasions in Michigan, authorities said. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office(DETROIT) — A 13-year-old was apprehended for allegedly targeting young girls in a string of home invasions in Michigan, authorities said.The teen was allegedly involved in nine break-ins in Pontiac and two in […]
- American Airlines flight delayed by suspected bomb threatby Ayesha Ali and Gaby Vinick, ABC News on February 10, 2025 at 2:26 pm
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) — An American Airlines flight was delayed last week after the crew alerted authorities about suspicious activity on the plane “regarding the name of a WiFi hotspot involving the word ‘bomb.'”American Airlines Flight 2863 was scheduled to travel from Austin, Texas, to Charlotte, North Carolina, with a planned departure time of 1:42 […]
- Super Bowl Sunday forecast: 15 million under winter storm alertsby Kenton Gewecke and Bill Hutchinson on February 9, 2025 at 5:20 pm
ABC NewsMore than 15 million people across a large portion of the nation were under winter storm alerts on Super Bowl Sunday morning, with many digging out from snow left by the first of three storms forecast to slam the U.S. through Thursday.Snow was continuing to fall in upper New England on Sunday morning, with Boston expecting to get a total of 6 to 8 inches of snow […]
- Migrant farm workers go on high alert amid immigration raidsby Melissa Adan and Sean Keane, ABC News on February 8, 2025 at 5:21 pm
Roughly half of California’s farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Via ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — California’s Central Valley is considered “America’s bread basket,” supplying a quarter of the nation’s food and producing 40% of its fruits, nuts and other table foods.However, roughly half of California’s farm workers are undocumented immigrants, so President Donald […]
- Children, schools face renewed fears over heightened immigration enforcementby Kiara Alfonseca and Melissa Adan, ABC News on February 8, 2025 at 4:09 pm
(Stella/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — In classrooms across the country, children of immigrants are facing heightened fears over news that immigration enforcement officers are now allowed to enter schools, according to educators.While it’s unclear if immigration raids have actually taken place in schools, the lifting of the prohibition itself by the Trump administration and […]
- Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnightby Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, and Peter Charalambous, ABC News on February 8, 2025 at 4:18 am
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight.In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols — a Trump appointee — issued a temporary restraining that prevents Trump […]
- Federal judge denies effort to block DOGE from accessing DOL data despite ‘concerns’by Laura Romero and Peter Charalambous, ABC News on February 8, 2025 at 3:46 am
Al Drago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge, in a ruling late Friday evening, has denied an effort to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data from the Department of Labor.In his ruling, federal Judge John D. Bates found that the five federal employee unions that alleged Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought to illegally access […]
- JFK assassination files one step closer to possible public releaseby Steven Portnoy, ABC News on February 8, 2025 at 2:06 am
Tetra Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The decades-long wait for the release of the government’s secret files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy could be nearing an end, with word from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that a plan to make the documents public has been delivered to the White House under an order from President […]