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FedEx plane crash lands after possible landing gear failure at Tennessee airport

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) -- Three people have survived after being on board a FedEx plane that crash landed at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Wednesday night, according to the Chattanooga Fire Department. A call came in at 11:04 p.m. Wednesday regarding reports that a FedEx Boeing 757 plane... Read More.

Maryland Supreme Court to hear arguments on Syed case

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- The Maryland Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday in the ongoing Adnan Syed case that was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.” Syed spent 24 years fighting charges that he’d killed his former girlfriend in 1999. Last year a judge vacated... Read More.

NYC dealing with new migrant surge as number of buses nearly triples in recent days

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New York City is seeing signs of the influx of migrant arrivals that communities along the southern border have grappled with in recent weeks. The surge in the city comes amid a record number of asylum-seekers entering the shelter system since... Read More.

Infant dies after pregnant bystander struck in shooting at Massachusetts intersection: Officials

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(HOLYOKE, Mass.) -- A shooting at a Massachusetts intersection on Wednesday critically injured a pregnant bystander on a bus, whose infant subsequently died, officials said. The shooting was reported shortly before 1 p.m. in Holyoke, just outside of Springfield, according to Holyoke police. Three male suspects... Read More.

Drug dealer sentenced to 30 years in overdose deaths of three New Yorkers

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The leader of a drug delivery service who was convicted earlier this year of distributing the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed three young New York City professionals on the same day was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Billy Ortega, 37,... Read More.

Georgia election case defendant seeks dismissal of charges due to prosecutor’s alleged paperwork error

Thursday, October 5 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Three weeks before the scheduled start of his trial in Fulton County, a defendant in the Georgia election interference case is seeking to have the indictment against him dismissed based on an alleged paperwork error made by one of the lead special... Read More.

Pennsylvania mummy known as ‘Stoneman Willie’ identified after 128 years of mystery

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(READING, Pa.) -- More than 128 years after he died in a Reading, Pennsylvania, jail, a man who was accidentally mummified and left at a funeral home without any identification will finally get his long-awaited burial. Officials at Auman's Funeral Home, the Reading funeral home that... Read More.

18-year-old school worker sought in stabbing death of advocate in NYC

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Police said they are searching for an 18-year-old male suspect in the apparently random fatal stabbing of a New York City social justice advocate. Ryan Carson, 31, died after being stabbed in the chest multiple times during an assault early Monday morning in... Read More.

Trump fraud trial live updates: ‘Trump show is over’ says AG James after he departs

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump... Read More.

4 students among 5 shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police searching for suspect

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(BALTIMORE) -- Four students were among five people shot during Homecoming week at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police said. The victims -- four men and one woman, between 18 and 22 years old -- all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The gunfire broke out Tuesday night... Read More.

Costco now sells gold bars, and customers are buying them fast

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Costco, the wholesale retailer that offers everything from PlayStations to pizza slices, is now selling gold bars. Even more, the precious metal is flying off the shelves, a company executive says. The company's website says the price of the one-ounce bars of 24-karat... Read More.

Four students among five shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police searching for suspect

Wednesday, October 4 by ABC News

(BALTIMORE) -- Four students were among five people shot at Baltimore's Morgan State University Tuesday night, prompting a shelter-in-place order at the school, police said. The victims -- four men and one woman, between 18 and 22 years old -- all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, authorities... Read More.