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As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts

Saturday, July 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn't served as an admissions officer before. She's a recent alumna of Harvard University and a... Read More.

110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend

Saturday, July 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather over the holiday weekend. On Saturday, excessively hot temperatures extending from the... Read More.

New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces

Saturday, July 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As LGBTQ+ spaces continue to face threats across the country, a growing crop of lesbian bars look to chart a new path. In 2020, the Lesbian Bar Project sounded the alarm on the slow disappearance of lesbian bars in the United States. In... Read More.

FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent’s firing; Trump could be next

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- FBI director Chris Wray was deposed under oath this week by lawyers for former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who are separately suing the federal government over their departures from the FBI, which came after months of... Read More.

FBI creates a national database to track swatting

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As swatting incidents around the country increase, the FBI has created a national database to track them, according to new information from the law enforcement agency. "In response to the national call on swatting, the FBI initiated the Virtual Command Center (VCC) known... Read More.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction should stand, prosecutors say

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. "The Government's evidence at trial established that over the course of a decade, Maxwell... Read More.

Agricultural fields in California’s Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California's Tulare Lake is filled past the brim, but with the blessings of an ample water supply also... Read More.

University of Buffalo football players charged in beating of miniature poodle with leather belt

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Two University of Buffalo football players have been charged after a video of them allegedly beating a miniature poodle with a leather belt was posted on social media. Blake Hiligh -- 19-years-old from Alexandria, Virginia -- and Zachary Pilarcek -- 20-years-old from... Read More.

Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end... Read More.

Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury

Thursday, June 29 by ABC News

(PICKFORD, Mich.) -- Seann Pietila the 19-year-old who allegedly subscribed to a neo-Nazi ideology, was indicted by a grand jury -- and the indictment offers more details about what Pietila allegedly said about carrying out a mass attack. "I won’t be taken alive, I’ll make... Read More.

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

Thursday, June 29 by ABC News

(HOUSTON) -- At least 13 people have died from heat-related illness in Texas, The Associated Press reported. Ten deaths due to heat illness were reported in Webb County and another death occurred in Galveston County in the past two weeks, local officials told ABC News, as... Read More.

Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush

Thursday, June 29 by ABC News

(HOUSTON) -- A grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said the grand jury on Thursday returned no bills... Read More.

As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts

110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend

New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces

FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent’s firing; Trump could be next

FBI creates a national database to track swatting

Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction should stand, prosecutors say

Agricultural fields in California’s Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say

University of Buffalo football players charged in beating of miniature poodle with leather belt

Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury

At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue

Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush

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