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zocik/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Multiple U.S. Marshals were injured in a shootout with a suspect in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, New York, Thursday morning.   Shots were fired on Ely ... read more

welcomia/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Police are investigating a possible human smuggling operation after at least 26 people were found locked inside a home in southwest Houston.Officers responded to a kidnapping call in the ... read more

beorm/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- A suburban Chicago hotel could face charges after hosting a large wedding that violated state COVID-19 restrictions, health officials said.The wedding took place Wednesday evening at the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook, ... read more

United States Geological SurveyBy JON SCHLOSBERG, GINGER ZEE, STEPHANIE EBBS and LINDSEY GRISWOLD, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Disasters typically associated with the West Coast include devastating earthquakes and out-of-control wildfires, but there's an ... read more

Patrice PullenBy GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A teacher shortage that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a nationwide issue, prompting parents to step in as substitute teachers in their ... read more

robertcicchetti/iStockBy MATTHEW MOSK, JOHN SANTUCCI and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department investigation into a possible scheme to lobby the Trump Administration for a presidential pardon -- news of which garnered attention earlier ... read more

Kbytes/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A tiger attacked and seriously injured a volunteer at a big cat sanctuary in Tampa, Florida, run by Carole Baskin, who was featured prominently in the Netflix docuseries ... read more

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 65.2 million people and killed over 1.5 million ... read more

FacebookBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(HARRIS COUNTY, Texas) -- A Texas doctor who treated COVID-19 patients died this week due to complications from the virus, relatives said.Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza died Monday night, his wife said in ... read more

ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- A World War II veteran defeated COVID-19 just days before his 104th birthday.Last week, Major Wooten was admitted to Madison Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, to ... read more

Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON and JAMES HILL, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- A court commissioner ordered 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday to stand trial on homicide charges stemming from a shooting in August that left two ... read more

FILE photo - April Wong/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Pieces of a meteor were seen falling from the sky across the East Coast of the United States and Canada in the middle ... read more

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 64.6 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, ... read more

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 64.6 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide, ... read more

New York City Sheriff's OfficeBy BILL HUTCHINSON and AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Protesters waving American flags and slamming New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's emergency COVID-19 restrictions descended on a bar Wednesday night that ... read more