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Kuzma/iStock (SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif.) — A young man who pleaded guilty to storming a Poway, California, synagogue and opening fire is set to be sentenced following victim impact statements on Thursday. John Earnest will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for gunning down 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injuring three […]

(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

(ORLANDO) — The FBI has joined the search for 19-year-old Florida college student Miya Marcano as her desperate family said they suspect she was kidnapped from her apartment a week ago. Marcano, a student at Valencia College in Orlando, was last seen at her apartment complex on Sept. 18 and a man Orange County Sheriff […]

DNY59/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single felony charge for his participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Keller, a two-time gold-medalist, was seen in videos wearing a Team USA jacket in the Capitol rotunda surrounded by other members of the pro-Trump mob. […]

vmargineanu/iStock (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A boy was shot at his Memphis school Thursday morning and is in the hospital in critical condition, local police said. Police are searching for a male juvenile suspect, Memphis police said. Recent Stories from ABC News Officers are clearing the building, police said. No other injuries were reported. Shelby County […]

Obtained by ABC News (SAN DIEGO) — The mother and toddler who fell to their deaths at Petco Park before a Padres game in San Diego on Saturday have been identified. Police identified the victims as Raquel Wilkins, 40, and her 2-year-old son Denzel Browning-Wilkins, residents of San Diego. Detectives said the mother and son […]

(NEW YORK) — Since fall sports returned, there have been over 20 incidents involving guns at youth sporting events in recent weeks, according to tracking by gun control advocate Everytown for Gun Safety. The incidents, which were tallied based on local media reports, include several violent shootings, some of which resulted in fatalities. Other cases […]

(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 695,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

(SOUTHGATE, Mich.) — Federal investigators announced on Wednesday that they’d charged two Michigan men in a pair of unrelated schemes where each allegedly sold phony COVID-19 vaccination cards. The defendants, one of whom is a registered nurse, allegedly sold the fraudulent cards online via social media accounts and messenger services, prosecutors said. “Regardless of whether […]