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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- On the heels of alleged abuse and mismanagement at several Health and Human Services shelters housing migrant children separated from their parents, the agency's inspector general has launched a review of these facilities, the inspector general's office confirms.A multidisciplinary team will conduct site visits to Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities nationwide, looking specifically at the agency's efforts "to ensure the health and safety" of the children housed there, […]

Beaudette Family(LOS ANGELES) -- A scientist mysteriously killed while camping with his two young daughters died from being shot in the head, according to the coroner's office.Tristan Beaudette, 35, was gunned down at about 4:45 a.m. Friday at Malibu Creek State Park in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and Department Medical Examiner said. No one else was injured, the sheriff's office said.The coroner's office didn't release additional […]

Abermarle Charlottesville Regional Jail(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A federal jury in Washington, D.C., indicted an Ohio man on hate crime charges stemming from a deadly car attack last year in Charlottesville, Virginia, that prosecutors said was premeditated and racially motivated.James Alex Fields Jr., 21, of Maumee, Ohio, was indicted on 30 hate crime charges connected to the August 2017 attack, including several specifically linked to the death Heather Heyer, 32, of […]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The nation’s top border official expressed confidence Wednesday that more than 2,000 migrant children currently separated from their parents after crossing the border illegally could be reunited with family in the next month.“I think they’re going to really work at it,” Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said of Health and Human Services, the federal agency now taking care of the children after they were processed […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- After weeks of public outcry, a federal judge in California has temporarily halted the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border and ordered that children taken from their parents must be reunited within 30 days.U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw late Tuesday said the Trump administration has for months indiscriminately "engaged in a widespread practice of separating migrant families," including those whoentered the country legally seeking asylum. The […]

@JoshEiniger7/Twitter(NEW YORK) -- FBI agents descended upon a packed JetBlue flight in New York after a radio error signaled that the plane may have been hijacked, authorities said.Authorities at John F. Kennedy International in Queens, New York, activated the airport's hijacking protocols at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, just before takeoff, when the aircraft lost radio contact, and triggered a massive police response.Flight crew members re-established the connection about 15 minutes […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAKE COUNTY, Calif.) -- A raging wildfire in Northern California grew by about 3,000 acres on Tuesday as firefighters fought to contain the blaze, which has already destroyed at least 22 homes and buildings, authorities said.The Pawnee fire has burned at least 13,000 acres in Lake County, California, north of San Francisco, as as high temperatures and windy conditions fanned the flames, fire officials said.About 2,700 fire fighters have been […]

iStock/Thinkstock(PARKLAND, Fla.) -- Two Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus monitors were let go Tuesday from their positions in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting that left 17 students and school staff members dead.The monitors, David Taylor and Andrew Medina, were both withdrawn from the Broward County school board's reassignment list, according to a Tuesday letter from Superintendent Robert Runcie to the school board. Both men were also […]

Lancaster County Prison(NEW YORK) -- DNA recovered from a DJ's gum and water bottle has led to his arrest in connection with the killing of a Pennsylvania teacher 26 years ago, according to prosecutors.Raymond Rowe, who uses the DJ name "DJ Freez," has been charged with criminal homicide for allegedly killing Christy Mirack at her East Lampeter Township home, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.The case dates back […]