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South braces for potentially major winter storm this weekend: Latest forecast

Wednesday, January 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The South is bracing for a potentially major winter storm this weekend, impacting Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.The storm is still several days away, so exact timing and locations are not yet clear. But as of now, more... Read More.

Closing arguments to begin in Uvalde school shooting trial for former officer

Wednesday, January 21 by ABC News

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- As soon as Wednesday afternoon, a Texas jury will begin deliberating whether a law enforcement officer should be held criminally responsible for failing to act in the face of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.After nine days... Read More.

Exhibition of rarely seen fossils now on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Wednesday, January 21 by ABC News

(PITTSBURGH) -- The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts available for public viewing for the first time.The exhibition, dubbed "The Stories We Keep," features items from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, museum's inventory that are... Read More.

Judge orders Lindsey Halligan to stop using US attorney title or face disciplinary action

Tuesday, January 20 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's appointee as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, must stop using that title before the court or face disciplinary action."Ms. Halligan's continued identification of herself as... Read More.

ICE detainee dies of ‘presumed suicide’ at Texas detention facility, agency says

Tuesday, January 20 by ABC News

(EL PASO, Texas) -- An undocumented immigrant died while in custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, federal authorities said.Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, of Nicaragua, died of a "presumed suicide" on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana, a sprawling... Read More.

Uvalde prosecutors rest their case against former officer Gonzales

Tuesday, January 20 by ABC News

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- Prosecutors rested their case against former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales on Tuesday following nine days of testimony and three dozen witnesses. Prosecutors allege Gonzales, who is charged with child endangerment, did not follow his training... Read More.

Alexander brothers set to face federal sex trafficking charges

Tuesday, January 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Their brand was ultra-lux real estate, and the lifestyle to match.For more than a decade, brothers Oren and Tal Alexander built a rep of jetsetting glamour and partying at hot spots, flanked always by beautiful women.What was actually going on behind... Read More.