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US Airman Roger Fortson, killed by deputy in his own home, honored at funeral

US Air Force(ATLANTA) -- Dozens of Air Force members came together at a suburban Atlanta church Friday with the family and friends of Senior Airman Roger Fortson to honor the serviceman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home by a sheriff’s deputy on May 3.Fortson, 23, was in his home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, when he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy, according to law enforcement authorities.At Friday's service, Fortson was laid out wearing […]

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State Department issues travel alert for LGBTQ people, events abroad

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. State Department issued a "Worldwide Caution" alert on Friday, warning U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution due to "the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events."According to an administration official familiar with the matter, the alert is connected to the recent announcement from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security that foreign terrorist organizations might seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month, […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, many schools remain segregated: Data analysis

Carl Iwasaki/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the Mississippi Delta, farms, wildlife refuges and churches dot the landscape alongside the Magnolia State's country highways.In some ways, the region looks on the surface in 2024 as it did in 1954. Yet a quick drive reveals that even though the area's population has long been on the decline, something in the Delta has increased over the last seven decades – the number of private schools.In Tunica, a private school opened its doors in […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Houston storm: At least 4 killed, more than 700,000 without power across Texas

Getty Images - STOCK(HOUSTON) -- At least four people were killed when an "exceptionally" strong storm tore through Houston on Thursday night, according to Mayor John Whitmire.Fallen trees appeared to cause at least two of the deaths, according to officials.The winds -- which reached 78 mph -- sounded like a freight train, Houston residents told ABC News.The winds were so powerful, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said they were comparable to Hurricane Alicia in 1983.Houston schools are closed on Friday […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Menopause, women’s health focus of new book by Dr. Sharon Malone

Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Sharon Malone, a board-certified OB/GYN, is on a mission to help women understand the importance of critical thinking when it comes to health products. She advises readers to scrutinize everything they consume, even items marketed as 'natural' or 'organic', as she says these terms can often be misleading marketing ploys.Malone discussed her new book, "Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy," with ABC News, and focused on how women over […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Missing 23-year-old climber found dead in Rocky Mountains

Getty Images - STOCK(GRAND LAKE, Colo.) -- The body of 23-year-old Lucas Macaj was recovered in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park on Thursday after he took a "significant fall," according to an initial investigation, the park said.Search and rescue teams had been looking for Macaj on Mills Glacier since Monday.His body was flown by helicopter to a landing zone in Rocky Mountain National Park before being transferred to the Boulder County Coroner's Office. Park rangers completed an on-scene investigation.The search […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Photo of upside-down flag at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house raises concerns: Report

Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A photo of an upside-down American flag flying at the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha-Ann in January 2021 has been obtained by The New York Times.The flag was "aloft on Jan. 17, 2021," according to the NYT report, just days before President Joe Biden's inauguration.Since the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and affiliated groups have been known to fly the American flag upside-down in protest of the […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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23-year-old woman killed by rock thrown at her car; no arrests made

Getty Images - STOCK(MORGANTON, N.C.) -- Police in North Carolina are searching for the person who threw a rock at a moving car, hitting and killing a 23-year-old woman, authorities said.Brittany Elizabeth Ferguson was driving in Burke County around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday when a rock went through her windshield and fatally struck her in the head, North Carolina Highway Patrol said.Ferguson's 2006 Ford Taurus then drove off the road and hit a house, according to the highway patrol.Ferguson, of Morganton, […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Exclusive: Members of ‘Little Rock Nine’ reflect on 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education

Getty Images - STOCK(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Seventy years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ended racial segregation in public schools, members of the "Little Rock Nine" -- the first group of African American students to attend Little Rock Central High School -- sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges they faced in education then and the challenges that remain today.Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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