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Timothy Busfield indicted by grand jury in child sex abuse case

Friday, February 6 by ABC News

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- A grand jury has indicted actor Timothy Busfield on child sex abuse contact charges after his arrest last month, according to officials.Busfield is facing multiple counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, according to Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman."District... Read More.

Luigi Mangione’s state trial tentatively scheduled for June

Friday, February 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione's state murder case is tentatively scheduled to begin on June 8, Judge Gregory Carro said on Friday.Carro said he could push the trial date to Sept. 8 if the Department of Justice decides to appeal a ruling in Mangione's... Read More.

100 million on alert for dangerous cold, as some see coldest winds of season

Friday, February 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- At least 100 million Americans are on alert for dangerous cold weather in the coming days across the East as brutal, eye-watering cold winds -- the coldest of the season for some -- are expected across the Northeast this weekend.Wind chills... Read More.

Trump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer, sources say

Friday, February 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump last month told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that he would be willing to unfreeze $16 billion in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York if Schumer would agree to rename New York's Penn Station... Read More.

Super Bowl security measures include ‘substantial law enforcement presence’ in San Francisco area

Friday, February 6 by ABC News

(SANTA CLARA, Calif.) -- There will be a "substantial law enforcement presence" in the Bay Area for the week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, the man who is leading it all told ABC News."We have multiple command centers that we are operating as... Read More.

Worsening snow drought in the West will have cascading impacts, experts say

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- It has been a tale of two winters on the opposing U.S. coasts this season.While the East has been slammed with frigid temperatures and punishing winter storms, the West is experiencing a snow drought amid warmer-than-normal temperatures.Prolonged drought across much of... Read More.

Freight train carrying flammable liquids derails in Connecticut, prompting shelter in place: Officials

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(MANSFIELD, Calif.) -- A freight train carrying flammable liquids derailed in Connecticut on Thursday, prompting a shelter-in-place advisory, officials said.Approximately 14 railcars of a New England Central Railroad (NECR) train went off the tracks shortly after 9 a.m. in Mansfield near a body of... Read More.

Car crashes into LA grocery store; 3 dead, several hurt: Officials

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least three people were killed and six others were hurt when a car crashed into a grocery store in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles Fire Department officials.It appears the driver -- a woman who's about... Read More.

Coldest air of the season, snow to hit parts of the Northeast

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Before temperatures get warmer in the East next week, brutal cold is expected this weekend -- the coldest of the season, so far, for parts of the Northeast. Some of the coldest areas will also see accumulating snow to usher in... Read More.

Search for missing mother of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie enters 5th day

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The urgent search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has entered its fifth day, as her children continue to plead for her safe return.Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been abducted in her sleep from her... Read More.

Housecleaner said multiple illnesses tied to Las Vegas house with possible bio lab: Police report

Thursday, February 5 by ABC News

(LAS VEGAS) -- Multiple people who spent time inside a Las Vegas residence that houses a possible illegal biological lab fell ill, the property's former cleaning employee told police, according to newly released court documents.The former cleaning employee, who went by the pseudonym "Kelly,"... Read More.

‘This job sucks,’ DHS lawyer says in court hearing over ICE’s response to judicial orders

Wednesday, February 4 by ABC News

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- An exasperated and frustrated Department of Homeland Security attorney declared in a stunning moment in court that her job "sucks," the existing legal process "sucks," and that she sometimes wishes that the judge would hold her in contempt so she... Read More.