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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that the administration is working to meet a court-ordered deadline on ensuring that migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border be reunited.Agency officials have undertaken an “exhaustive” review of cases to determine which children in their custody have been separated and are even using DNA testing to verify information.Last week, a federal judge issued a nationwide […]

Y2Y(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Experimenting with recreational drugs at 11, in and out of juvenile detention facilities at 15, homeless at 20.From a young age, Ryan has struggled to find stability in his life. Born and raised in Boston, he lived on the streets for years as his drug addiction spiraled out of control.But that all changed after his stay at the Y2Y Harvard Square Homeless Shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- At 5 years old, Joseph Livingston faced a brutal third-degree burn. The cause: consumer fireworks.He was celebrating Labor Day in Columbia, Md., with his neighbors back in 2016.One of the neighbors was playing with fireworks when a sparkler went off, striking Joseph. He suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns on his legs.Now, at 7 years old, Joseph is still receiving treatments at Johns Hopkins’ Pediatric Trauma and […]

KTRK-TV(ROCK ISLAND, Illinois) -- Two men are dead and five others were injured after a large tree branch fell on them during Fourth of July celebration fireworks, officials said.Residents were gathered on the lawn of the Rock Island, Illinois courthouse Tuesday night to watch the fireworks for the Fourth of July when suddenly a branch from a tree estimated to be more than 100 years old on the courthouse lawn […]

iStock/Thinkstock(FAIRPLAY, Colo.) -- Searing temperatures and drought conditions throughout much of the American West has caused many communities to ban traditional Fourth of July fireworks displays.The heatwave across much of the West, where wide swaths have been charred by wildfires and the mercury has risen to triple digits in some places like California and Arizona, caused local officials to nix Independence Day fireworks.In Colorado, 40 percent of the state's towns […]

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office(FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz.) -- A 92-year-old woman was charged with murder for allegedly shooting her son after he threatened to move her into an assisted living facility, authorities said.Anna Mae Blessing allegedly pulled two pistols from her robe at about 10 a.m. Monday fired one several times at her unidentified 72-year-old son inside his Fountain Hills, Arizona home, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office ABC station KNXV-TV reported.Deputies responding […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 44-year-old protester picked a patriotic location this Independence Day: the Statue of Liberty. Therese Patricia Okoumou, of Staten Island, was arrested after scaling the base of the statue and taking up temporary residence on Lady Liberty's right foot. Okoumou is expected to appear in Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday and may face misdemeanor charges including trespassing, disorderly conduct and violating national park regulations, police said. […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.) -- Whitney Prieto was diagnosed last September with stage 2B triple negative breast cancer. She was 35, early in her pregnancy with twins and said she had no family history or genetic mutations that could make her especially susceptible to the serious disease.Prieto said that she knew of six or seven classmates from Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Florida, who were also diagnosed with uncommon cancers […]

Diane Palmer(HONOLULU, Hawaii) -- A Navy corpsman's mom hopes her missing son is still alive after he vanished following a night on the town with a few Marine buddies, taking in a state fair and having drinks at a popular bar, ABC News has learned.Seaman Shaun Palmer, 24, who is assigned to the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii, was last seen at Kelley O'Neil's around 4 a.m. Sunday. He ordered […]