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ABC News (PHOENIX) — Chaos and confusion have ensued after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling April 9 that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 could go into effect, despite it predating Arizona becoming a state. The ban prohibits all abortions, with the only exception being to save the life of the mother. After […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WEST RICHLAND, Wash.) — A former police officer suspected in the killings of his ex-wife and girlfriend has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, officials said Tuesday night. The child he was accused of abducting was “uninjured” and taken “safely” into custody, the police added. Oregon State Police […]
Former president Donald Trump speaks to the press during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, Apr. 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Against the backdrop of a divisive 2024 presidential campaign, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up the monumental question of whether a former president […]
A man walks past Israeli and US flags alongside portraits of Israelis taken hostage by the militant Palestinian group Hamas in front of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University in New York on April 23, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Columbia University has said they are making “important progress” with representatives […]
Photo. Keith Draycott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An influential, deep-pocketed suspect under criminal investigation. Secret negotiations with federal prosecutors to hammer out a deal. A lack of consultation with victims of the crime. Those are circumstances attorney Paul Cassell says motivate him into action. A former federal judge who teaches law at the University of […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday night passed a package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — a bipartisan win months in the making. The package was approved 79-18. Thirty-one Republicans joined with 48 Democrats to pass the legislation. That’s nine more Republicans than supported the […]
Audubon Aquarium Rescue (NEW YORK) — A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death with bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart and now authorities are offering a handsome reward for information on who committed the gruesome act. Authorities from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received a report on March […]
POOL/ABC News (NEW YORK) — The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed new paperwork in court opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team — the Los Angeles Innocence Project — for DNA testing in the murder case of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson. In a more than 300-page filing on Monday, the […]
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For decades, with only a few exceptions, Florida has been one of the most closely fought states in presidential elections — famously helping George W. Bush beat Al Gore in 2000 by just 537 votes. Some of the state’s other big races were often just as close. But Florida […]
Grand Teton National Park and NRCC (NEW YORK) — This Earth Day, ABC News is taking a look at solutions for issues related to climate change and the environment with the series, “The Power of Us: People, The Climate, and Our Future.” A critical tree species found in some of America’s most revered national parks […]