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Torrential rain floods Fort Lauderdale, strands residents

Thursday, April 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than two feet of rain brought Fort Lauderdale to a halt on Wednesday, shutting down the city’s airport, stranding drivers on flooded streets, suspending rail services and inundating emergency responders. Drivers caught in flood waters overwhelmed the Broward County Sheriff’s Office... Read More.

Jury selection set to begin in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Thursday, April 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Jury selection is set to begin Thursday morning in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, officially kicking off the beginning of the high-stakes case that was first filed over two years ago. Dominion has accused the conservative network... Read More.

US appeals court partially blocks federal judge’s ruling on abortion drug mifepristone

Thursday, April 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A federal U.S. appeals court late Wednesday partially blocked an unprecedented ruling by a single federal judge in Texas last week that reverses the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the widely-used abortion drug mifepristone. The United States Court of Appeals for... Read More.

Manhattan DA receives new suspicious white powder envelope: Police sources

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The New York City Police Department is responding to a new threatening letter sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to police sources. The sources told ABC News the letter contained a white powder and was discovered just after 3 p.m. in... Read More.

Families of police brutality victims gather to turn ‘grief into action’

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Families of Black men killed by police or gun violence have come together to brainstorm how to turn their “grief into action” to prevent continued instances of police violence. The conversation comes as the country awaits a decision from a grand jury on... Read More.

Mom shot dead in targeted attack in drive-thru line while son was in backseat

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa.) -- Pennsylvania authorities are searching for the suspect who gunned down a mom in her car in an apparent targeted attack while her 11-year-old son sat in the backseat. Rachel King, 35, was in a Dunkin' drive-thru line in Cheltenham Township, outside of... Read More.

Federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in Shanquella Robinson’s death

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not bring charges in the murder of Shanquella Robinson, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident who was killed in October while vacationing in Mexico. U.S. Attorneys Sandra J. Hairston and Dena J. King -- who represent the Middle... Read More.

New York City names its first-ever ‘rat czar’

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New York City now has a "rat czar." Kathleen Corradi has been named the city's director of rodent mitigation. "You’ll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats," Corradi said Wednesday after she was introduced by Mayor Eric Adams. Added Adams:... Read More.

Man ordered back to prison 2 years after his murder conviction was set aside

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(TITUSVILLE, Fla.) -- When Crosley Green was released from a Florida prison in 2021 after serving 33 years for a murder he said he did not commit, he and family members who met him outside the penitentiary walls believed his long nightmare was over. As... Read More.

Designs of the new Uvalde elementary school revealed

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Eulalio "Lalo" Diaz Jr. reminded the small gathering in Uvalde, Texas, that their community "is known as the tree city," as the Uvalde Moving Forward Foundation announced their new elementary plans and schematic design. Diaz, a representative of the Uvalde CISD Community Advisory... Read More.

Fox News sanctioned by judge in Dominion defamation case over discovery delays

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A judge overseeing Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News on Wednesday imposed a sanction against the network after it made "misrepresentations" to the court and potentially withheld evidence. Dominion's lawsuit accuses Fox News of knowingly pushing false conspiracy theories... Read More.

Louisville shooting updates: 911 call from suspect’s mom released

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky's largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville,... Read More.