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Heavy smoke blanketing San Francisco Bay Area

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A smoky haze is currently blanketing the San Francisco Bay Area due to wildfires burning in the northwest, creating unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. The smoke stemming from multiple wildfires that continue to burn in rural areas of Northwestern California is getting... Read More.

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood to be prosecution witness in Georgia election case

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- The Fulton County district attorney's office has secured pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood as a witness in its Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, according to a court filing Wednesday. Other witnesses for the state include Georgia Secretary of... Read More.

Chester County prison officials had ‘concerns about the leadership’ a year before Danelo Cavalcante’s escape

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(WEST CHESTER, Pa.) -- Officials in Chester County, Pennsylvania, admitted Wednesday that there were failures in official communications following convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante’s escape from their county prison on Aug. 31. During the first public meeting of the board that oversees the prison since the two-week... Read More.

Suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity in murder of LA sheriff’s deputy

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder with special circumstances. Kevin Salazar, 29, was arrested on Monday in what authorities described as the "ambush" shooting of Deputy... Read More.

Fentanyl, guns found at another New York City home with child after death at day care

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New York City police seized fentanyl and weapons on Wednesday during a search of a house in Queens where a 10-year-old lives, officials said. Police executed a search warrant and found more than 5 pounds of suspected cocaine with traces of fentanyl; more... Read More.

Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed. Glynn Simmons was 22 when he was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1974 death of Carolyn Sue Rogers at a local liquor store.... Read More.

Prosecutors push back on efforts by 3 Trump ‘fake electors’ to have their Georgia cases moved to federal court

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Fulton County prosecutors rebutted claims that three so-called "alternate electors" amounted to federal officials during a hearing Wednesday in District Attorney Fani Willis' Georgia election interference case. Judge Steve Jones, for a third time, heard arguments during an evidentiary hearing in Atlanta on the... Read More.

Husband charged with killing wife, throwing body into lake

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(PITTSBORO, N.C.) -- A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of his 34-year-old wife, who was found in Jordan Lake last month, according to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office. Omar Matthew Ibrahim Drabick, 34, has been charged with first-degree... Read More.

Andrew Lester pleads not guilty in shooting of teenager Ralph Yarl, trial set for late 2024

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Wednesday morning after a judge ruled on Aug. 31 that his case... Read More.

Ten protesters arrested for blocking bus carrying asylum-seekers in New York City

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Protesters flooded the street outside a former senior living facility in Staten Island, temporarily blocking a bus carrying asylum-seekers, after local leaders said they learned it was slated to house New York City’s latest migrant shelter. Ten people were arrested, nine of... Read More.

Day care operator charged in baby’s fentanyl death allegedly deleted more than 20K text messages

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A New York City day care operator allegedly deleted more than 20,000 messages between her and her husband sent from March 2021 to the day a 1-year-old boy died from fentanyl exposure at her facility, according to the federal criminal complaint. Nicholas... Read More.

High school band director speaks out after getting shocked with stun gun by police

Wednesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, is accusing Birmingham police of using excessive force against him after he was shocked with a stun gun three times after officers say he refused to comply with orders while... Read More.

Heavy smoke blanketing San Francisco Bay Area

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood to be prosecution witness in Georgia election case

Chester County prison officials had ‘concerns about the leadership’ a year before Danelo Cavalcante’s escape

Suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity in murder of LA sheriff’s deputy

Fentanyl, guns found at another New York City home with child after death at day care

Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years

Prosecutors push back on efforts by 3 Trump ‘fake electors’ to have their Georgia cases moved to federal court

Husband charged with killing wife, throwing body into lake

Andrew Lester pleads not guilty in shooting of teenager Ralph Yarl, trial set for late 2024

Ten protesters arrested for blocking bus carrying asylum-seekers in New York City

Day care operator charged in baby’s fentanyl death allegedly deleted more than 20K text messages

High school band director speaks out after getting shocked with stun gun by police

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