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iStock/niratBy: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- For years, Roy Den Hollander railed against what he saw as an infringement of men's rights by feminists. A self-proclaimed anti-feminist lawyer, he took on cases against feminist causes, such as "ladies' night" and women's studies college classes. His websites host hundreds of pages of openly misogynistic writings.In those screeds, the court seemed to be the target of much of his ire, […]

iStock/ilbuscaBy: EMILY SHAPIRO, GINA SUNSERI and CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(PENSACOLA, Fla.) -- The first NASA-SpaceX astronauts are en route back to Earth, with the Crew Dragon capsule expected to splashdown near Pensacola, Florida, at 2:48 p.m. ET.The weather conditions appear "great" for the splashdown, tweeted NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.Crew Dragon Endeavour's deorbit burn began at 1:56 p.m. and was completed at about 2:13 p.m. ET. As the capsule nears Earth, […]

iStock/koto_fejaBy: JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 679,000 people worldwide.Over 17.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due […]

iStock/imagedepotproBy: DANIEL MANZO, EMILY SHAPIRO and DAN PECK, ABC News (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Tropical storm conditions are nearing the East Coast of Florida Sunday morning as Tropical Storm Isaias brings heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the Bahamas.Isaias, which had been a hurricane, weakened late Saturday.Tropical Storm Isaias now has winds of 65 mph and is about 55 miles southeast of Fort Pierce, Florida.Tropical storm watches and warnings […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesBY: MORGAN WINSOR AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 679,000 people worldwide.Over 17.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much […]

NASAby CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two months after a history-making launch, the first NASA-SpaceX astronauts have undocked from the space station and are set for splashdown on Sunday.Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who left Earth on May 30, undocked from the International Space Station at about 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and will splash down off the coast of Florida at 2:48 p.m. ET on Sunday. Their journey […]

Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesBY: IVAN PEREIRA AND DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (MIAMI) -- Isaias, previously a Category 1 hurricane, delivered torrential rains and high winds to the Bahamas Friday before heading toward Florida, according to forecasters.Early Saturday evening, Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm.Forecasters predict the storm will travel northwest and arrive in southeast Florida on Saturday and Sunday. Parts of the state could see 2 to 4 inches of […]

icholakov/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Seven people, including a member of the Alaska State Legislature, were killed after two planes crashed in the sky on the Kenai Peninsula on Friday, officials said.Gary Knopp, 67, a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, was operating one of the planes that crashed and was the sole occupant, according to a press release from the Alaska Department of Public […]

KOCO-TVBy ABC News(OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Ok.) -- An Oklahoma inmate has been taken into custody after breaking out of his 12th-floor jail cell window and shimmying down what appeared to be sheets tied together.Pablo Robledo, 34, escaped from Oklahoma County Jail with his cellmate, Jose Hernandez, early Friday morning, according to authorities.Just before 7 a.m., the Oklahoma City Police Department notified the Oklahoma County Detention Center that it had detained an […]