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Schools close in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh as new blast of snow hits Northeast

Friday, January 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 100 million Americans are under winter alerts Friday as a storm hits the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the South. The snow forecast Snow is falling from Indiana to Delaware on Friday morning, causing... Read More.

More than 100 million Americans under winter alerts as storm system moves across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

Friday, January 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 100 million people across the country are under winter alerts early Friday morning as a quick-hitting storm system moves across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the northeast. This comes as another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the... Read More.

Storage facility worker murders colleague with hammer after he ‘messed with his stuff’: Officials

Friday, January 19 by ABC News

(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his coworker at a storage facility after he “messed with his stuff,” authorities say. The incident began on Dec. 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah, when a driver reportedly overheard his... Read More.

Spelman College receives historic $100M donation

Friday, January 19 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Spelman College, a historically Black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, announced Thursday that the school received a historic $100 million gift. The donation is the largest single donation ever received by any Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The record-breaking donation comes from... Read More.

Fulton County judge sets hearing over allegation DA Fani Willis had improper relationship with prosecutor

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- The Fulton County judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has set a hearing to hear evidence over allegations from one of the co-defendants in the case that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was having an improper relationship... Read More.

E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Fixing Carroll’s reputation would cost $12M, says expert

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of... Read More.

Missouri teacher accused of poisoning husband charged with attempted murder

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) -- A Missouri teacher has been charged with attempted murder after her husband told police he believed she was poisoning him for several weeks -- and allegedly captured her adding a toxic plant to his smoothie -- court records show. Jefferson City... Read More.

Suspect arrested in NYC stabbing spree; charged with attempted murder, police say

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A suspect is in custody in connection with a random stabbing spree that occurred in the Queens borough of New York City, police said. The suspect -- identified as 27-year-old Jermain Rigueur of Queens -- was arrested Wednesday evening for four assaults... Read More.

Scott Peterson case taken up by LA Innocence Project: Exclusive

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The LA Innocence Project has taken up the notorious case of convicted wife killer Scott Peterson in new court filings, ABC News has learned exclusively. The group is seeking new evidence from the original trial. Laci Peterson, who was 27 years old... Read More.

Sept. 11 victim’s remains newly identified through DNA testing

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Well over two decades since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the unyielding DNA testing by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner paid off with a positive identification of another victim. John Ballantine Niven, of Oyster Bay,... Read More.

DOJ cites ‘unimaginable horror’ and ‘cascading failures’ in scathing Uvalde shooting report

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A scathing Justice Department report into the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, described "cascading failures of leadership" during the attack and an "unprecedented" level of misinformation in its aftermath that crippled the community's attempts to recover. A... Read More.

DOJ report on Uvalde shooting cites ‘cascading failures’ in law enforcement response

Thursday, January 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A scathing Justice Department report into the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, described "cascading failures of leadership" during the attack and an "unprecedented" level of misinformation in its aftermath that crippled the community's attempts to recover. A... Read More.