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iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (SAN ANTONIO) -- Three members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club were killed and nine others were critically injured when an alleged drunken driver going in the opposite direction swerved into their lane and hit them head-on while they were on a group ride in the Texas Hill Country, officials said.The crash occurred about 5 p.m. on Saturday on a highway in […]

iStock/koto_fejaBy: JON HAWORTH, MATT ZARRELL and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 600,000 people worldwide.Over 14.2 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/MattGushBy: JON HAWORTH, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Multiple people were injured during a Bible study session on Saturday afternoon when an alleged member of the congregation stabbed the church's pastor before being stopped by the area’s police chief who happened to be in attendance.The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon at around 3 p.m. at the Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, Virginia, about 25 miles west of Washington, D.C. when a […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWSFollowing several weeks of protest that resulted in clashes with law enforcement officials in Oregon, the state's attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into two "unlawful" tactics allegedly made by federal agents.Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum also announced she filed a federal civil lawsuit on Friday evening against the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to begin […]

kali9/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE, ABC NEWS(FROSTPROOF, Fla.) -- Authorities in central Florida are desperately looking for answers after three friends were found brutally murdered at a local lake late Friday. In the moments before he died, one of the victims was able to call his father and report the attack, the local sheriff's office said.No one has been arrested in the triple murder.The three close friends had gone to catch catfish […]

ABC NewsBY: REED MCDONOUGH, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — At least 21 states have some type of heat alert Saturday, from the Great Plains to New England. Heat index values are expected to soar into the triple digits for the central U.S. Saturday, while heat index values in the 90s will impact the Northeast. The heat wave will continue to build through the weekend, especially in the Northeast, where cities […]

Mason Trinca/Getty ImagesBY: QUINN OWEN, LUKE BARR AND JAKE DATE, ABC NEWS (PORTLAND, Ore.) — The U.S. attorney in Oregon has requested an investigation of federal law enforcement agents following recent clashes between federal agents and demonstrators protesting police brutality in Portland. The request comes in the wake of threats by President Donald Trump to override local authorities in cities he described as "war zones" run by "liberal left-wing Democrats." […]

JulNichols/iStockBY: WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Even before the global coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay inside and businesses to close in a largely unprecedented way, summer months strained electrical grids. The oppressive heat forces residential and commercial units alike to crank up the air conditioning, causing a significant increase in power usage and a greater likelihood of a blackout. But now, with a record number of people […]

Go Nakamura/Getty ImagesBY: WILLIAM MANSELL AND ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 600,000 people worldwide. Over 14.1 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 […]