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US Coast Guard D8 (NEW YORK) — Authorities say they are urgently searching the waters of the Gulf of Mexico after a man fell off a cruise ship. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at approximately 12:40 p.m. on Monday informing them that there was an unaccounted-for passenger from the Carnival Glory […]
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal authorities are investigating suspicious letters sent to election offices in five states – Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Georgia. The FBI said that “in at least four instances, preliminary tests … indicated the presence of fentanyl,” according to a bulletin disseminated to state and local law enforcement and obtained […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SPOKANE, Wash.) — Authorities are investigating a spate of suspicious envelopes sent to election offices this week in what one state official called an act of “domestic terrorism.” Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said in a statement Thursday that envelopes containing “unknown powdery substances” were discovered Wednesday by election workers in […]
Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Authorities suspect the Tunisian man, accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels Monday night, was likely inspired by ISIS, U.S. officials briefed on the situation told ABC News. In what Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called an “act of terrorism” on […]
David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images (PERSHING COUNTY, Nev.) — A death was confirmed at the Burning Man festival over the weekend after thousands of attendees were left mired in mud from torrential rains and were advised to conserve food and water, as all roads in and out of the desert arts and “self-reliance” festival […]
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (SUMTER, S.C.) — South Carolina authorities said they are investigating a possible connection between accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and a woman who has been missing since 2017. Julia Ann Bean was last seen alive on May 31, 2017, in Sumter County. Her daughter reported her missing on Nov. 18, […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Suffolk County authorities have identified another victim in the decade-long Gilgo Beach investigation, which they are expected to reveal at a 10:30 a.m. news conference in Hauppauge, sources familiar with the case have told ABC News. The authorities are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were […]
East Hartford Police Department (NEW YORK) — The United States Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force called off its search on Sunday for an American free diver who went missing off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. Ryan Proulx, 31, was last seen near the Bimini Barge Wreck on Friday, a diving location roughly 1.5 […]
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Miami officials said Monday that they are “ready” for the historic arraignment of former President Donald Trump, after he was charged with 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents after leaving office. “We are prepared for a variety of crowd sizes,” Mayor Francis Suarez told reporters. “We have […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Biden administration officials said Monday that the numbers of migrants making unauthorized border crossings over the weekend continued to be significantly lower than expected but they were not ready to declare their plan a success just yet. “I think it’s — it’s still too early to draw firm conclusions,” Assistant […]