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(NEW YORK) — The lights have stayed on in Texas among the recent freezes the state has been experiencing, but experts aren’t sure whether the energy grids are winterized enough to withstand the next deep freeze. Texas typically experiences deep freezes that really test its power grids once every decade, Ramanan Krishnamoorti, vice president of […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, awoke Thursday morning to see his shadow which means that — according to legend — there will be six more weeks of winter. Legend has it that if he sees his shadow then winter will continue for another six weeks […]

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The police traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death was detailed in an incident report obtained by ABC News, as well as a Memphis Police statement, but the written statements provide a different account from what the body camera footage of the disturbing encounter has revealed. Nichols, a 19-year-old Black man, […]

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over three years after Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe was found dead, the Department of Justice unsealed charges against two men involved in her murder. A South Carolina man was charged with a hate crime for the 2019 murder of Doe in Allendale, South Carolina, according to the United States Attorney’s […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 30-year-old woman found fatally shot in her Sayreville, New Jersey townhouse complex has been identified by local officials as Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. She was shot while inside her white SUV, which appears to have then crashed on Samuel Circle at around 7:22 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. She sustained […]

(NEW YORK) — Attorneys for the Rust film armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter Tuesday said she felt “extreme pressure” to work within an irresponsible culture that resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and actor Alec Baldwin were both charged Tuesday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico. […]

(NEW YORK) — A massive ice storm is freezing Texas and the southern United States on Wednesday. Some 60 million people in 22 states — from New Mexico to Maine — are on alert for dangerously cold weather, ice and flooding. Freezing rain and sleet are in the forecast from Texas to Tennessee, before slowly […]

(ELDRIDGE, Iowa) — Authorities say a 19-year-old woman scammed more than 400 donors, accumulating over $37,000, with false claims that she suffered from cancer, which she had allegedly touted on social media. Madison Russo was charged with theft on Jan. 23, according to the Eldridge Police Department in Eldridge, Iowa. According to the press release, […]

(WASHINGTON) — The artificial intelligence-fueled, text-generating chatbot, ChatGPT, has made its way to the halls of Congress. Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss said the technology’s biggest impact could be on the education system. “This is a complement to teachers, not a substitute,” Auchincloss told ABC News. “The single thing I’m most excited about is the applications […]