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Via Scotts Valley Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — An apparent tornado touched down in a small Northern California city Saturday, flipping cars, causing significant damage and sending several people to the hospital. The National Weather Service said the apparent tornado touched down at about 1:40 p.m. local time in Scotts Valley, about 30 miles south […]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) –Luigi Mangione’s mother filed a missing persons report about her son in San Francisco on Nov. 18 — 16 days before he allegedly shot dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City — law enforcement sources told ABC News. Mangione appeared in court in Pennsylvania on Monday, shortly after […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Three women were found dead inside a Columbus, Ohio, home on Saturday, according to police. Shortly before 4 p.m., officers received a report from a person who found their friends in medical distress inside a home, officials said. “We are working through the manner of death to determine what […]

John Lamparski/Getty Images (LANDOVER, Md.) — Daniel Penny, the former Marine who was charged but acquitted in killing Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man, in a New York City subway, shared the spotlight with President-elect Donald Trump and his entourage on Saturday at the Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland. Penny, who has received praise in […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (AUGUSTA, Ga.) — One person was shot and killed in an “isolated” shooting in on-post housing at Fort Eisenhower on Saturday, according to the base. The shooter has been apprehended and the base reopened after it had gone into lockdown. “Fort Eisenhower is actively supporting the victim’s family and assistance will be […]

Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — A frustrated Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for federal assistance after the latest drone sighting temporarily shut down an airport Friday night, the latest in a series of mysterious occurrences taking part across the country. Officials at Stewart International Airport, located roughly 60 miles north of New York […]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione has hired veteran former New York City prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him against murder charges on Friday, according to a statement Friday night from her law firm Agnifilo Intrater LLP. Friedman Agnifilo served as the second-in-command in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office from 2014 to […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (OCHOPEE, Fla.) — At least 16 people were hospitalized Friday afternoon after two airboats collided in Florida, investigators said. Officers responded to the 911 call around 3:15 p.m. and found several people injured at the site of the collision near Ochopee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. […]

Obtained by ABC News (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is throwing his support behind proposed federal legislation that would address unmanned aircraft systems as the state deals with an ever-growing spate of drone sightings. The bill would grant the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice more authority over the unmanned aircraft. […]