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‘Numerous’ migrants reported injured in train car in Texas: Police
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) -- "Numerous" migrants were reported injured in a train car in Uvalde County, Texas, on Friday, police said. Medical helicopters responded to the scene in an area on US Highway 90 near Knippa, Uvalde police said on Facebook. Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told ABC San Antonio affiliate KSAT that people inside the train car called 911. The incident was not a derailment, a source told ABC News. The portion of the highway, which runs parallel to train tracks in the area, was closed between Uvalde and Sabinal but reopened Friday evening, police said. The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the scene. Knippa is located about 70 miles west of San Antonio. This is a ... Read More
New Utah laws require minors to get parental consent to open, maintain social media accounts
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two bills into law on on Friday that seek to limit the harm caused by social media to children and teens by requiring parents and guardians to consent to their children having accounts and by prohibiting social media companies from designing addictive features. "Our administration is very concerned about how social media is affecting our children. Youth rates of depression and other mental health issues are on the rise, and social media companies know their products are toxic," Cox said in a recording posted online. "As leaders and as parents we have a responsibility to protect our young people." As of March 1, 2024, social media companies ... Read More
Pennsylvania school district sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine train derailment
Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pennsylvania's Blackhawk School District has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern alleging various causes of action including negligence in last month's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and subsequent controlled release of toxic chemicals. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that the derailment and burning of the contents of the rail cars "caused toxic, hazardous, and dangerous chemicals to be released onto and into the ground, into the air, and into the surface and subsurface waterways and groundwater." A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3. It was carrying hazardous materials, including combustible liquids, flammable liquids, and flammable gas, and toxic chemicals that subsequently ignited. Norfolk Southern used explosives to breach the ... Read More
Police release body camera footage showing fatal shooting of Timothy Johnson
Fairfax County Police(FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) -- The Fairfax County Police Department released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Timothy Johnson, 37, who allegedly stole a pair of sunglasses in a Northern Virginia mall. The surveillance and body camera videos from Feb. 22 were shown publicly for the first time during a Thursday press conference led by Police Chief Kevin Davis, who announced that the officer who fired the fatal shot has been dismissed from the department. "The other discharging officer has been served a notice administratively separating him from the Fairfax County Police Department. This notice was served today. He will no longer be a Fairfax County police officer," Davis said. The other officer involved has been ... Read More
Minnesota power plant to temporarily shut down after new leak of radioactive water detected
ilbusca/Getty Images(MONTICELLO, Minn.) -- A Minnesota nuclear plant where 400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked last year is temporarily shutting down after discovering a smaller leak this week. Xcel Energy said it will begin powering down its plant in Monticello on Friday to expedite repairs needed to permanently resolve a leak of tritium-contaminated water. The length of the shutdown has not yet been determined but should not impact customers' electric service, the Minneapolis-based utility company said. Xcel Energy and state agencies publicly announced last week the initial leak of roughly 400,000 gallons of water containing tritium -- a byproduct of the production of electricity by nuclear power plants that emits low levels of radiation. The initial leak was detected in ... Read More
Kentucky governor vetoes restrictive GOP transgender measure
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a massive bill Friday passed by the Republican-led state legislature last week that banned gender-affirming healthcare for minors, placed strict rules on how teachers can address transgender students and other restrictions related to sexuality. In his one-page summary for the veto of Senate Bill 150, the Democratic governor cited the high rates of suicide among transgender youth and the concerns from parents across the state for his opposition to the bill. "My faith teaches me that all children are children of God and Senate Bill 150 will endanger the children of Kentucky," Beshear wrote. The bill was passed quickly on March 16 and bans gender reassignment surgery for anyone under ... Read More
Minnesota power plant to temporarily shut down after new leak of radioactive water detected
Eric Yang/Getty Images(MONTICELLO, Minn.) -- A Minnesota nuclear plant where 400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked last year is temporarily shutting down after discovering a smaller leak this week. Xcel Energy said it will begin powering down its plant in Monticello on Friday to expedite repairs needed to permanently resolve a leak of tritium-contaminated water. The length of the shutdown has not yet been determined but should not impact customers' electric service, the Minneapolis-based utility company said. Xcel Energy and state agencies publicly announced last week the initial leak of roughly 400,000 gallons of water containing tritium -- a byproduct of the production of electricity by nuclear power plants that emits low levels of radiation. The initial leak was detected ... Read More
Dangerous tornado outbreak heads to the South: Latest forecast
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A dangerous tornado outbreak is headed to the South, where intense, long-track tornadoes reaching EF-3 or higher are possible Friday evening. Damaging winds and large hail are also a threat all the way to Tennessee and Indiana, as is flash flooding, which could stretch from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania. The storms will start up in eastern Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas Friday afternoon and will strengthen in the evening along the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Mississippi to Memphis. To the north, along the Ohio River Valley, Friday thunderstorms could spark several inches of rain and flash flooding. The same storm system will bring snow from Iowa to Michigan on Saturday morning. This storm will then move into the ... Read More
Coyote injures two toddlers in separate attacks in Scottsdale: Officials
Mark Newman/Getty Images(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) -- Arizona officials are searching for a large coyote who they say injured two toddlers in separate attacks in Scottsdale this week. Both toddlers were treated for minor injuries and released following the incidents on Saturday and Wednesday, according to Arizona's Game and Fish Department. "The coyote shows little fear of people and may have been illegally fed in the past," the department said in a statement on Thursday. "Parents of toddlers in the area should keep their children close when outdoors and be vigilant." The Game and Fish Department said it's patrolling the area with help from Scottsdale police. The department asks anyone who spots a coyote to immediately call 623-236-7201. Copyright © 2023, ABC ... Read More
Trump attorney Evan Corcoran, following judge’s ruling, appears before grand jury in documents probe
In this July 11, 2022, file photo, Matthew Evan Corcoran, attorney for former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C. -- Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Trump attorney Evan Corcoran, following a judge's ruling piercing attorney-client privilege, appeared Friday before a grand jury probing President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the White House and his possible obstruction of the government's efforts to retrieve them, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. An appeals court ruled Wednesday that Corcoran must testify in probe being conducted by special counsel Jack Smith. The three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an effort by Trump's attorneys to block Corcoran from having to testify ... Read More
Colorado dentist formally charged with murder in wife’s fatal poisoning
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(DENVER) -- A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes was formally charged with first-degree murder on Thursday. James Toliver Craig, 45, appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colorado, where prosecutors filed formal charges while the defense requested all law enforcement notes to be preserved and for pretrial public comments to be limited. Craig, of Aurora, Colorado, also waived his right to a preliminary hearing within the 35-day window to give his lawyers more time. A status hearing was set for April 7 at 3 p.m. MT. Craig was arrested early Sunday and preliminarily charged with first-degree murder. He was ordered to be ... Read More
Top Trump attorney appeared before grand jury last December in classified docs probe: Sources
ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A top attorney for former President Donald Trump gave previously undisclosed testimony before a grand jury late last year regarding efforts by Trump's team to locate any classified documents that remained in Trump's possession after the FBI's unprecedented August search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The Dec. 22 testimony from attorney Timothy Parlatore was ordered after months of wrangling between Trump's attorneys and officials in the Justice Department, who had grown increasingly concerned that Trump still continued to hold onto classified documents after more than 100 were discovered in the August 8 search, sources said. In fact, just days before his testimony, Parlatore revealed to the DOJ and D.C. ... Read More
Alec Baldwin claims special prosecutor in ‘Rust’ case violated his constitutional rights
This file handout photo released April 25, 2022, courtesy of Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office and part of the investigative files, shows actor Alec Baldwin being processed after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Oct. 21, 2022. -- Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office(NEW YORK) -- Alec Baldwin's attorneys claimed in a new court filing that the now-former special prosecutor who investigated the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust" used the case to advance her career and that public statements made in the case have violated his constitutional rights. New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Reeb announced last week that she was stepping down from the ... Read More
Dog walks itself home after visually impaired owner killed in hit-and-run, police say
avid_creative/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- A Tennessee dog walked itself home after its visually impaired owner was struck and killed by a pickup truck on their morning walk, police said. The incident happened in Nashville's Madison neighborhood on Wednesday at around 6:30 a.m. ET. A 50-year-old woman with vision impairment was walking her dog across a bridge on Rio Vista Drive when she was hit, according to the Nashville Police Department. The driver fled the scene and there were no known witnesses to the collision, but chrome grill parts belonging to a 2009 to 2014 Ford F-150 were found in the road, police said. A passerby found the victim and called 911. The woman was rushed to a local hospital, where ... Read More
Florida parents file lawsuit against state transgender youth care ban
Thitiphat Khuankaew / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Four Florida families filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court against Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, Board of Medicine, and Board of Osteopathic Medicine, over the state ban against gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The ban prohibits puberty blockers, hormones, cross-hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for people under the age of 18. The families behind the lawsuit have transgender youth who would be impacted by the restriction. The families say they fear for their children's mental and physical health as some studies have shown gender-affirming care has been found to improve mental health of transgender youth. According to the press release regarding the suit, the Does are a military family who ... Read More
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