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IronHeart/Getty Images The next drawing for Mega Millions’ mega-billion jackpot is Friday night. (NEW YORK) — The lottery game’s jackpot has grown over several months to an estimated $1.35 billion. That figure would be the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever and the fourth-largest in U.S. lotto history when also factoring in Powerball jackpots. The estimated […]

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — An Orange County Superior Court judge has been arrested and charged with shooting and killing his wife in California’s upscale Anaheim Hills neighborhood. Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, is under arrest for murder. He has been booked on $1 million bail. Police received a 911 call about a shooting at a […]

(NEW YORK) — Authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach, New York, murders investigation, officials announced Friday, though police have not said if this new victim is linked to suspect Rex Heuermann. Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Long Island’s Fire Island on April 20, 1996, has now been identified […]

(LOS ANGELES) — Three women were injured, with one woman needing to be airlifted to hospital, after an otter attacked them while they floated down a river on inner tubes. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at approximately 8:15 p.m. when the three friends were floating on inner tubes about three miles upstream from the […]

(NEW YORK) — Former Columbus, Ohio, police officer Ricky Anderson has been indicted on charges of murder and reckless homicide for the shooting of an unarmed man last year. Anderson shot and killed 20-year-old Donovan Lewis in August 2022 during a search warrant while he was unarmed and in bed. Body camera footage was released […]

Feldhaar Christian/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flash flood emergencies have been issued for parts of western Kentucky and Union City, Tennessee, with residents advised to seek higher ground as half a foot of rain or more is expected in the area. There are reports of numerous roads flooded and evacuations in Hickman, Kentucky, and numerous […]

(NEW YORK) — Suffolk County authorities have identified another victim in the decade-long Gilgo Beach investigation, which they are expected to reveal at a 10:30 a.m. news conference in Hauppauge, sources familiar with the case have told ABC News. The authorities are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire […]

(BUENA, NJ) — Two people are dead and another two remain missing after a house exploded in New Jersey on Thursday, police said. A young child and a teenager also suffered burn injuries in the explosion, police said. Police responded to reports of a house fire around 10:35 a.m. ET in the South Jersey town […]

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents “that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law,” College Board announced Thursday. In June, the College Board reported that it was asked by the Florida Department of Education […]

(THE VILLAGES, Fla.) — A man’s five minutes of fame at a Florida golf course is what allegedly helped officers arrest and charge him in connection with a deadly assault that took place in the course’s parking lot. The Sumter County Sheriff’s arrested Robert Moore, 75, of the Villages, on July 27 and charged him […]