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Extended video reveals details in New York City subway shooting that left 1 critically hurt: Police

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A woman stabbed a 36-year-old man at the start of a New York City subway train dispute that culminated with the man getting shot and critically hurt, cellphone video from a fellow rider revealed, according to authorities.The 36-year-old shooting victim is in critical but stable condition following the incident that unfolded on a northbound A train in Brooklyn around 4:45 p.m. Thursday, NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper said at a Friday news conference.The "extended video" showed […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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Dogsledding terrain is turning to mush: How climate change forces Iditarod to adapt

Getty Images - STOCK(ANCHORAGE, Alaska.) -- For the first time in 25 years of running dogsledding tours, Tanya McCready must invest in snowmaking equipment.The vanishing snow along the trails she mushes her sled dogs and the once frozen lake she says is no longer safe to cross signify a changing climate — and the shortest winter season in her career."We've talked about it for years," McCready, co-owner of Winterdance Dogsled Tours in Canada and author of "Journey of 1000 Miles: […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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3 dead in Ohio after storms, suspected tornadoes tear through Midwest

Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Three people are dead in Lakeview, Ohio, after storms and suspected tornadoes ripped through the Midwest and the South Thursday night, according to Logan County officials.Responders are still doing grid searches in Lakeview for potential victims, officials said Friday morning. Lakeview is about 70 miles northwest of Columbus.At least 11 tornadoes were reported Thursday evening across six states: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.In Winchester, Indiana, reported tornadoes left 38 people injured, including […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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Alec Baldwin moves to dismiss charges against him in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting case

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for Alec Baldwin asked a New Mexico judge on Thursday to dismiss the charges against him stemming from the fatal shooting on the set of "Rust," accusing prosecutors of "unethical disparagement of Alec Baldwin."Baldwin’s attorney Luke Nikas accused prosecutors of "violating nearly every rule in the book" to secure a grand jury indictment."The State did not make Baldwin’s witnesses available to testify. Nor did it present the exculpatory and favorable evidence to the grand […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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Extended video reveals details in New York City subway shooting that left 1 critically hurt: Police

In this screen grab from a video, police officers are shown at the scene of a subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York, on March 14, 2024. -- WABC(NEW YORK) -- A woman stabbed a 36-year-old man at the start of a New York City subway train dispute that culminated with the man getting shot and critically hurt, cellphone video from a fellow rider revealed, according to authorities.The 36-year-old shooting victim is in critical but stable condition following the incident that […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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James Crumbley convicted of involuntary manslaughter over son’s school shooting

James Crumbley, father of Ethan Crumbley, waits for the jury to enter the courtroom after they reached a verdict, on March 14, 2023, in Oxford, Michigan. -- Pool via ABC News(OXFORD, Mich.) -- A jury has convicted James Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter over his role in his son's 2021 school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.Jurors reached the verdict Thursday evening after deliberating over two days. He was found guilty on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter.His son, Ethan […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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Judge in Trump election case expected to rule today on effort to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis

ftwitty/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants is expected to issue a decision Friday on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the case.The highly anticipated ruling follows a contentious, monthslong disqualification effort spearheaded by Trump and his co-defendants over allegations of misconduct against Willis, which she has fiercely denied.Trump co-defendant Michael Roman and several other defendants first sought Willis' disqualification from the election case over […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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At least three dead after suspected tornadoes tear through Ohio

FILE photo -- john finney photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least three people are dead after suspected tornadoes ripped through Lakeview, Ohio, overnight, according to the Logan County Sheriff's Office.Widespread damage has also been reported in Lakeview and the surrounding communities, officials say.Elsewhere, a suspected tornado also touched down in Randolph County, Indiana, Thursday night, according to Indiana State Police.There have been eight tornadoes reported across seven different states from Texas to Ohio throughout Thursday evening, according to the National […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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6 eighth graders face criminal charges over ‘hateful and racist’ online chat: DA

Google Maps Street View(SOUTHWICK, Mass.) -- Six Massachusetts eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with "hateful and racist comments" in a group chat that allegedly included threats and a mock slave auction, officials said.The group chat unfolded on Snapchat on Feb. 8 into the early morning hours of Feb. 9 among multiple juveniles in Southwick, a suburb of Springfield, according to the Hampden County District Attorney's Office.Several students "expressed hateful and racist comments, including notions of violence toward people […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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