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Parents reveal how bounce houses can turn dangerous

Thursday, August 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Inflatable structures like bounce houses and moonwalks are staples at children's birthday parties and summer carnivals. Despite the fun they bring, the wind can make them dangerous -- it's something multiple families found out the hard way this year.Shock and chaos... Read More.

80-year-old dog walker killed in carjacking, man arrested: Police

Thursday, August 22 by ABC News

(SEATTLE) -- A man has been arrested after he allegedly carjacked an 80-year-old dog walker, leaving her with fatal injuries before stabbing her dog to death, according to police.James K. Hayes, a 48-year-old Seattle resident, was found and arrested Thursday morning in the murder... Read More.

9-month-old dead after being found strapped into safety seat by grandmother in hot car for 8 hours

Thursday, August 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A 9-month-old child has died after being left in a car by the child’s grandmother for nearly eight hours in what authorities are investigating as a heat-related death.The incident occurred in Beeville, Texas, some 100 miles southeast of San Antonio, on... Read More.

New York AG asks appeals court to uphold Trumps $454M fraud judgment

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state appeals court Wednesday to uphold a lower court's determination that former President Donald Trump, his adult sons and his company are liable for a fraudulent scheme that inflated Trump's net worth by... Read More.

Immigrants begin receiving relief from deportation under new Biden administration executive order

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Cecilia sat in front of her computer repeatedly refreshing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services webpage on Monday, waiting for the application for the Biden administration's "Keeping Families Together" program to show up on her screen.Minutes later, she clicked it open and... Read More.

People are blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter burglars. Heres how.

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) -- Some homeowners in Southern California are blurring their homes on Google Maps as a means of deterring potential burglaries, Ryan Railsback, an officer in the Riverside Police Department, told ABC News.The tactic could reduce the likelihood of a robbery by... Read More.

3 arrested for alleged acid attack on New Jersey woman

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.) -- Three Florida residents have been arrested after they were hired for an alleged acid attack on a woman in New Jersey last month, officials said Tuesday.Police responded to a home in Monroe Township on July 26, where a 42-year-old woman was... Read More.

Texas could experience more than a week of record heat

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and Wednesday will be no exception. Another day of record highs is possible.Houston was one of the cities in Texas that hit the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, reaching... Read More.

Human bones found in Brooklyn park for 2nd time this week

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Human bones were found in a Brooklyn park along the shore of the East River for the second time in a week, according to the New York Police Department.Police responded to a 911 report of a body found at Jane's Carousel... Read More.

There was once an ancient ocean filled with magma on the moon, scientists say

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil that revealed ancient information about the moon's origin.The study of soil taken from a less-studied region of the moon suggests the... Read More.

Mother arrested in Texas after baby dies in hot car

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas.) -- A Texas mother was taken into custody Tuesday after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when she left the infant in a car outside a Corpus Christi school on one of the hottest days of the year.The mother, 33-year-old Hilda... Read More.

Woman nearly bitten by tiger after hopping fence at New Jersey zoo, video shows

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(BRIDGETON, N.J.) -- Police are seeking a woman who hopped a fence surrounding a tiger enclosure at a New Jersey zoo.Video of the incident showed the unidentified woman reaching through the enclosure's fence at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton.The woman can be seen attempting... Read More.