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Severe weather continues through Easter weekend across Central US

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 50 million Americans are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds.On Thursday, 15 tornadoes, 86-mph wind gusts and softball and baseball-sized hail... Read More.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return from ISS on 70th birthday

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, capping off his fourth mission to space, the agency said in a release.Pettit, along with Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin... Read More.

Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process.U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an injunction that bars the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizen to a country... Read More.

FSU student survives shooting after losing sister in Parkland: Something has to change

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- When a gunman opened fire near the student union at Florida State University on Thursday, killing two and wounding six, for student Robbie Alhadeff, the tragedy on his Tallahassee campus brought him back to another school shooting.Alhadeff's sister, 14-year-old Alyssa, was... Read More.

Escaped California inmate wanted for killing Mexican police commander caught, officials say

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(TIJUANA, Mexico) -- An escaped U.S. inmate, who was wanted for killing a Mexican police commander — or a "Gringo Hunter" — during a shootout last week, has been caught in Tijuana, officials said.Cesar Hernandez, who had been convicted and sentenced for murder... Read More.

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia says seeing photo of him alive is very overwhelming

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, spoke exclusively on ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday morning in her first interview since Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with her husband in El Salvador Thursday.Van Hollen late Thursday released... Read More.

Middle school student dies after school bus overturns on South Carolina highway

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(CHESTER COUNTY, S.C.) -- A middle school student is dead after his school bus blew a tire and overturned on a South Carolina highway, officials said.The collision happened Thursday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Chester County. The bus was carrying students from Pine Ridge... Read More.

FSU shooting latest: Police search for motive in campus attack that killed 2, injured 6

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The Florida State University community is reeling and police are searching for a motive after a gunman opened fire on the Tallahassee campus on Thursday, killing two and injuring six.When the suspect, 20-year-old FSU student Phoenix Ikner, was confronted by responders,... Read More.

Timeline: Wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native living Maryland, was deported in March to a mega-prison in his home country of El Salvador -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution -- after... Read More.

Exclusive: Gov. Shapiro gives sit-down interview from residence after arson attack

Friday, April 18 by ABC News

(HARRISBURG, Pa.) -- Days after an arson attack damaged his official residence, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sat down with Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive interview and a tour of the charred rooms."This is sadly a real part of our society... Read More.

Severe weather continues through Easter weekend across Central US

NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return from ISS on 70th birthday

Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process

FSU student survives shooting after losing sister in Parkland: Something has to change

Escaped California inmate wanted for killing Mexican police commander caught, officials say

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia says seeing photo of him alive is very overwhelming

Middle school student dies after school bus overturns on South Carolina highway

FSU shooting latest: Police search for motive in campus attack that killed 2, injured 6

Timeline: Wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador

Exclusive: Gov. Shapiro gives sit-down interview from residence after arson attack

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