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Family members charged in death of pregnant woman in Michigan

Wednesday, December 3 by ABC News

(CADILLAC, Mich.) -- Two family members have been charged in connection to the death of a pregnant woman in Michigan after authorities allege she was lured to a home and tortured "in an attempt to remove the unborn infant," according to the Michigan Department... Read More.

1st person set to be sentenced in connection with Matthew Perry’s fatal ketamine overdose

Wednesday, December 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A doctor who admitted to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry weeks before he died is set to be sentenced on Wednesday -- the first among the five people convicted in connection with the "Friends" actor's 2023 overdose death.Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty... Read More.

What to know about the hepatitis B shot for infants ahead of CDC vaccine panel meeting

Wednesday, December 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee appears set to amend the childhood immunization schedule, including potentially changing recommendations on a shot given to newborns.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is meeting Thursday and Friday. A draft... Read More.

California radiologist, wife fatally shot in driveway in targeted attack, police say

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- A California doctor and his wife were shot and killed in their Simi Valley home in a targeted attack, not a random incident, according to police. Dr. Eric Cordes and wife, Vicki, were shot multiple times in their open garage... Read More.

Trump asks judge to keep blocking release of final report on classified documents probe

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is urging the federal judge who dismissed his criminal indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents to continue blocking the public release of former special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigation, according to a court filing Tuesday.... Read More.

Suspect in DC shooting of 2 National Guard members formally charged with murder

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members, killing one, in Washington, D.C., has been formally charged with murder.Lakanwal, of Bellingham, Washington, appeared before a judge remotely on Tuesday from his hospital bed, where he... Read More.

Cleveland Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz to stand trial next year amid sports betting scandal

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Emmanuel Clase and his Cleveland Guardians teammate Luis Ortiz will stand trial May 4 on charges they allegedly rigged their pitches so sports bettors could profit.Judge Kiyo Matsumoto scheduled the trial date on Tuesday during a brief status conference. The judge... Read More.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez freed from prison after Trump pardons drug trafficking conviction

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted in 2024 of trafficking drugs into the United States, has been freed from prison after he was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump, officials said.The 57-year-old Hernandez was released from... Read More.

Bitcoin sell-off halts Trump family’s crypto windfall

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump and his family have boasted of going "all in" on cryptocurrencies -- but a recent downturn in bitcoin has pummeled digital asset investors, including the Trumps, who by one estimate have had roughly a billion dollars of... Read More.

College student mysteriously dies after football tailgate in Texas, family says

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Police are investigating the mysterious death of a Texas A&M student who died after a football tailgate this weekend, according to authorities and her family.Austin police said they responded to a report of an unresponsive individual at an apartment complex around... Read More.

Afghan national arrested over alleged bomb threat in Texas: DHS

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Homeland Security said investigators arrested an Afghan national who allegedly made a social media post about "building a bomb" and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas.Mohammad Dawood Alokozay's arrest took place on Nov. 25, Tricia McLaughlin,... Read More.

‘I knew it was him immediately,’ officer who found Luigi Mangione testifies at evidence hearing

Tuesday, December 2 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A police officer who responded last Dec. 9 to a McDonald's where witnesses said they may have spotted the man accused of killing a health care CEO testified Tuesday that he knew right away it was the suspect."I knew it was... Read More.