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Rare ‘high risk’ warning for flash flooding issued in Texas, Louisiana

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A rare "high risk" warning for flash flooding has been issued in Texas and Louisiana as the states brace for up to 9 inches of rain in the next 24 hours."The high risk area has seen over 600% of their normal rainfall for the past two weeks alone," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned, and the flash flooding could be life-threatening."High risk" days account for just 4% of days, but they are responsible for more […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Trump trial live updates: Defense set to resume cross-examination of Michael Cohen

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges.Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Boat seized in connection with hit-and-run that killed Florida teen: Authorities

Adler Family(NEW YORK) -- Authorities in Florida said they have seized a boat believed to be connected to a hit-and-run that killed a teenager wakeboarding in the Miami area over the weekend.Ella Adler, 15, was struck by a boat while wakeboarding near Nixon Beach in Key Biscayne Saturday afternoon, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.The teen had fallen in the water while being towed about a mile from shore and was waiting to be recovered by her boat […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Three dead after small plane crashes in Tennessee: Sheriff’s office

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in Tennessee on Wednesday, authorities said.A 911 caller reported an explosion around noon Wednesday in Williamson County that was believed to have been a possible plane crash, authorities said.The National Transportation Safety Board said a Beech V35 aircraft crashed near Franklin.It is unclear what caused the crash but it "does appear that the plane did break up in the air," Chief Deputy Mark Elrod with the […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Demonstrator to stand trial in the death of Jewish man at November Israel-Hamas war-related protest

A person places flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site of an altercation between 69-year-old Paul Kessler, who was Jewish, and pro-Palestinian protester on Nov. 7, 2023, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A Ventura County judge ruled that a pro-Palestinian demonstrator will stand trial in the death of a Jewish man who was counter-protesting on a Thousand Oaks street in November.Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man, died from blunt-force head trauma following a confrontation with […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Police descend on UC Irvine campus as protesters occupy lecture hall

KABC-TV(IRVINE, Calif.) -- Tensions at the University of California, Irvine campus escalated Wednesday as a group of several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters entered a lecture hall and surrounded the building, according to school officials.The Irvine Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Department were called to the scene after the university called for mutual aid from local law enforcement agencies, UC Irvine said in an emergency update.Authorities were seen putting protesters in zip-ties and escorting them away from the main protest […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Michael Cohen to return to witness stand for third day of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Michael Cohen is set to return to the witness stand Thursday to face a full day of cross-examination in which the defense is expected to question the former Trump attorney's credibility as the prosecution's star witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial.Across his two […]

todayMay 16, 2024

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Purple Patch restaurant an homage to beloved Filipino culture in heart of DC

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- In the heart of Washington, D.C., in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, stands Purple Patch, a Filipino American restaurant that embodies the rich tapestry of Patrice Cleary's heritage.Cleary, a self-taught chef, a mother, a daughter, and a former Marine, is a first-generation Filipino-American. Her story is set within the four-story building that houses Purple Patch."I was able to introduce my food, that I grew up on, that I loved…to people that may have never had it, but also […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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Genetic genealogy IDs suspect in 1989 rapes, man now at large: DA

An age progression photo from the FBI of what Stephen Gale may look like at age 71. Via Middlesex District Attorney's Office(NEW YORK) --  Massachusetts authorities are searching for a newly identified suspect in two rapes from 1989 -- a crime the Framingham police chief said "haunted the Framingham community for decades."Stephen Paul Gale, 71, who was identified through genetic genealogy, is wanted on four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count of armed robbery, the […]

todayMay 15, 2024

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