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‘It’s like you’re dead alive’: Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Thursday, August 14 by ABC News

(OCHOPEE, Fla.) -- For a month, Rafael Collado couldn't tell the night from the day.Detained in the temporary detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," he spent his time confined in a chain-link cage with another man, stuck in what his fiancee Sonia... Read More.

DeSantis announces 2nd immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’ in Florida

Thursday, August 14 by ABC News

(SANDERSON, Fla.) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that his administration is opening a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Deportation Depot."The announcement of the new facility in north Florida comes one month after the state opened a detention center in the Everglades... Read More.

Man charged with cyberstalking slain UnitedHealthcare CEO’s family member

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A New York man was charged with allegedly cyberstalking a family member of the slain former UnitedHealthcare CEO, according to a complaint filed by the Justice Department on Wednesday.Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, New York, allegedly left four voicemails over the course... Read More.

Young woman shot dead while walking child to bus stop in Louisville, suspect at large: Police

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A young woman was struck and killed by gunfire while walking a child to a bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday morning, and authorities are now searching for the shooter.The child who was with the woman wasn't physically hurt, Louisville... Read More.

Glacier lake outburst at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier causes record-breaking flooding

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(JUNEAU, Alaska) -- One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt downstream, according to officials.Suicide Basin, a side basin within the Mendenhall Glacier that sits... Read More.

Appeals court ruling will let Trump administration cut billions in foreign aid

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's ruling, clearing the way for the Trump administration to cut billions in foreign aid funding this year.In a 2-1 decision Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overruled a lower... Read More.

Search underway for man dropped off by ride share in Rocky Mountain National Park

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo.) -- Rocky Mountain Park Rangers are searching for a 23-year-old Nebraska man who went missing in the Colorado park after he was dropped off there by a ride share service last week, the National Park Service (NPS) said.Blake Kieckhafer... Read More.

‘I assume the worst’: Internal texts and emails show confusion, concern among Kerr County river authority officials during flooding

Wednesday, August 13 by ABC News

(KERRVILLE, Texas) -- As the Guadalupe River overflowed in Kerr County on the Fourth of July, officials with a local agency charged with "managing water quality and water quantity" in the Texas Hill Country appeared perplexed by the extent of the unfolding crisis and... Read More.

‘What’s Happening!!’ star Danielle Spencer dies at 60

Tuesday, August 12 by ABC News

Danielle Spencer, a former child actor best known for her role as Dee in the 1970s sitcom What's Happening!!, has died, a publicist for her family confirmed to ABC News.Spencer died Aug. 11, due to gastric cancer and cardiac arrest. She was 60, according to Sandra... Read More.

Documents released on Uvalde massacre show police chief did not follow training on active shooters

Tuesday, August 12 by ABC News

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Two months before a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the school district's then-police chief was required to attend a training about how to respond to an active shooter, which instructed in no... Read More.