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Dangerous wildfire smoke continues with air quality alerts in at least 17 states

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Air quality alerts are in place on Thursday across at least 17 states, from Minnesota to New Hampshire to Virginia, as dangerous smoke drifts into the U.S. from Canadian wildfires.Smoke from the more than 180 wildfires burning in Canada is traveling... Read More.

Coast Guard suspends search for 3 missing passengers after boat sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay

Thursday, July 16 by ABC News

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- The Coast Guard said it has suspended search operations for the three people unaccounted for after a boat capsized and sank in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island.Jarod Toczko, the commander for U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, told reporters earlier... Read More.

Yale faces backlash for talks with the Justice Department regarding its admissions

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) -- Yale University said it's negotiating with the Department of Justice over a potential resolution of the Trump administration's findings of alleged racial discrimination in its medical school's admissions processes, according to a statement by the university's president.President Maurie McInnis also... Read More.

Deputies respond to reports of multiple people shot inside Texas Kroger: Authorities

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(HOUSTON, Texas) -- Deputies responded to reports of multiple people shot inside a Kroger outside Houston, Texas on Wednesday afternoon, the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office said.The incident took place at the Cypresswood Drive location in the Houston area around 3:00 p.m. CT.A... Read More.

Wildfires prompt state of emergency, air quality alert in Minnesota

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn.) -- A northern Minnesota county declared a state of emergency and an air quality alert was issued on Tuesday due to wildfires raging across northern Minnesota and Canada.St. Louis County in northeast Minnesota issued a State of Local Emergency and... Read More.

Group seeks to bar US from sharing info about asylum seekers with Iranian government

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund filed a motion Wednesday asking for a stay and a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. government from "sharing the confidential information of Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian Government" while the issue is adjudicated in court.The... Read More.

Woman accused of killing man found in shallow grave still on the run

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) - A Florida woman is on the run as she faces a murder charge in the death of a man found in a shallow grave last month, according to police. Isabelle Johnson, 38, has been charged with killing 43-year-old Jason Christopher Coulthart,... Read More.

Kathy Ruemmler, former top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, calls Epstein ‘masterful liar’ in House probe

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Kathy Ruemmler, who once served as White House counsel for President Barack Obama and later worked as the top lawyer for investment bank Goldman Sachs, on Wednesday told House investigators that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a "masterful liar," according to... Read More.

4-year-old shoots, kills 2-year-old with gun left unsecured in car: Sheriff

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) -- A 4-year-old boy shot and killed a 2-year-old boy with a gun that was left unsecured in a car, according to authorities in Florida.Officers responded Sunday afternoon to a home in Kissimmee where they found a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot... Read More.

Canadian wildfire smoke descends on US, spreading from Great Lakes to New England

Wednesday, July 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 830 wildfires were burning on Wednesday in Canada, along with more than a dozen in northern Minnesota, near the border, growing with little or no containment and forcing mandatory evacuations.Some of the largest wildfires are burning in west-central Ontario,... Read More.