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Four killed, multiple people hurt in shooting at Alabama birthday party

Monday, April 17 by ABC News

(DADEVILLE, Ala.) -- At least four people were killed and multiple others injured when a shooting broke out late Saturday at a crowded birthday party in a small rural Alabama town, authorities said. The shooting in Dadeville, Alabama, about 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, unfolded around... Read More.

2 dead, 4 injured in shooting at park in Louisville, Kentucky

Sunday, April 16 by ABC News

(LOUISVILLE) -- Two people were killed and other four were injured in a shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday night. Louisville Metro Police said they received a call at about 9 p.m. reporting multiple people had been shot at Chickasaw Park. Two people were dead when... Read More.

4 killed, multiple people hurt in shooting at Alabama birthday party

Sunday, April 16 by ABC News

(DADEVILLE, Ala.) -- At least four people were killed and multiple others injured when a shooting broke out late Saturday at a crowded birthday party in a small rural Alabama town, authorities said. The shooting in Dadeville, Alabama, about 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, unfolded around... Read More.

Challenges facing Muslim athletes

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Maymah, a weightlifter and social media influencer who just goes by her first name, was part of Gymshark’s sports hijab launch in London. When asked about what it’s like working out or weightlifting with a regular hijab, she says, “If I was... Read More.

Uvalde school district’s insurance paying legal fees of lawsuits

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(UVALDE) -- Lawyers representing former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo in multiple lawsuits stemming from the massacre last year at a Texas elementary school are being paid by the Uvalde school district's insurance carrier, the district confirmed Friday. "We are not writing checks for... Read More.

Escaped emu takes owner and police on 20-mile chase in Tennessee

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(TENNESSEE) -- A city-wide manhunt. A police chase down the main street. Social media sites filled with locals describing what they had just witnessed. While these are usually the tell-tale signs of crisis, the small city of Harriman, Tennessee, witnessed a different kind of community-wide commotion on... Read More.

Why document leak suspect Jack Teixeira had a high-level top secret security clearance

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old junior enlisted airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, who has been charged as being behind the leak of classified U.S. military and U.S. intelligence documents had a high-level top security clearance that raises even more questions... Read More.

26 million Americans under severe weather threat Saturday

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 26 million Americans from the Heartland into the South are under a severe weather threat Saturday. Severe thunderstorms are possible from Illinois to Texas through the evening, affecting cities including Houston, New Orleans, St. Louis and Little Rock, Arkansas. Numerous... Read More.

2 shot dead at off-campus house party near James Madison University

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(VIRGINIA) -- Two men were shot and killed at a party in off-campus housing near James Madison University in Rockingham County, Virginia, according to police. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of shots being fired at around midnight Saturday. When they arrived... Read More.

SpaceX planning Monday test flight of giant Starship rocket

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- SpaceX is eyeing a Monday morning launch of its powerful Starship rocket -- which is expected to eventually carry passengers to the moon and Mars. The unmanned launch of the world's largest rocket will mark the first flight test of a "fully... Read More.

Space Force official discusses why the US is preparing for potential future conflict in space

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Space Force, operating under the Department of the Air Force, became the nation’s newest branch of the military after then-President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act in 2019. "Now is the time to establish a team, a separate... Read More.

Suspect allegedly drove Bob Lee to dark area, stabbed him 3 times with kitchen knife, prosecutors say

Saturday, April 15 by ABC News

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A fellow tech executive killed 43-year-old Cash App founder Bob Lee earlier this month with a kitchen knife after driving him to a secluded area, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday. Police arrested the suspect on Thursday and identified him as... Read More.