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ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Authorities dropped the charges against adult film star Stormy Daniels Thursday after she was taken into custody during a performance at a strip club in Ohio, which her lawyer called a "politically motivated" setup.Daniels, who made headlines earlier this year over her claims of an alleged affair with President Donald Trump, was arrested Wednesday night while performing at the Sirens Gentlemen’s Club in Columbus after she […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Chris strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph, making it the first Category 2 hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season.It might strengthen even more Wednesday afternoon and get close to Category 3 hurricane -- marked by 111 mph sustained winds.Rough seas and rip currents are forecast for the East Coast for the rest of the week.On Monday, 141 rescues were performed in […]

WPVI-TV(DOVER, Del.) -- Friends are shocked and devastated after a Delaware family, including three young children, died in what police say was a murder-suicide at their home."I never thought this would happen to them," Brianna Horney, a friend of slain wife and mother Julie Edwards, told ABC News Wednesday.Edwards, 41, and her 6-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son were found shot dead in the family's home Monday night, Delaware […]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday missed its first court-ordered deadline to reunify families separated at the border as it rushes to confirm the identities of parents and match records of the disparate agencies involved.A San Diego federal judge had ordered the government to reunite all children under five years old by July 10, but as of Wednesday only four reunifications had been confirmed.Government attorneys and administration officials said […]

U.S. Coast Guard(ANCHORAGE) -- A woman who was among the 11 survivors of a plane that crashed in Alaska, described the "terrifying" experience and praised the first responders for their efforts in rescuing them.On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 11 people after the charter plane they were traveling in crashed on the Prince of Wales Island while en route to nearby Ketchikan, Alaska.Ketchikan resident Christine Newbill said that […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The sun was setting on a summer evening in September 1986 when two teenagers discovered a newborn baby boy in a cardboard box.He was in a box next to a Salvation Army bin in Anchorage, Alaska, and the teens picked him up, took him home and the authorities were called.Police launched an investigation and learned from bystanders that a pregnant woman had been seen standing near […]

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) -- Less than three weeks after winning the crown of “World's Ugliest Dog,” Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, has died at the age of 9.The dog’s owner, Megan Brainard of Minnesota, posted the news to her Facebook page."I'm sad to share that ZSA ZSA passed away in her sleep last night," she wrote late Tuesday.Brainard also spoke to Good Morning America about her incomparable loss, saying she "still […]

Google Maps(NEW YORK) -- An employee at a 29-story condominium tower in Manhattan stumbled across a gruesome sight.The building employee found a woman stuffed in a trash compactor in the complex at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.A resident of the building, 48-year-old Lara Prychenko, was unconscious and unresponsive, police said, and pronounced dead at the scene.Investigators have recovered surveillance video showing Prychenko’s leaving her […]

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) -- A 92-year-old man was brutally attacked by a woman with a brick while walking down a Los Angeles street on July 4, police said.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said that a suspect in the attack, Laquisha Jones, 30, was arrested Tuesday in the incident.The victim was identified by police as Rodolfo Rodriguez. ABC-owned station KABC-TV reported that a witness saw a woman "[push] him and dropped […]