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Culpeper County Sheriff's Office(CULPEPER, Va.) -- The weather will remain quite active this weekend one day after more than 200 reports of severe weather from the Plains to the South and mid-Atlantic.More summer thunderstorms are expected this weekend in the same regions, with possible flash flooding, tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.Strong storms are expected to fire up again today in much of the South and East. A slight risk […]

Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office(NEW YORK) -- The message from the grave was defiant. But was it the truth?For five years, Kim Pack suspected her stepfather, Dr. James Kauffman of killing her mother, a bubbly host of a popular local radio show. But it wasn’t until January of this year that the prominent New Jersey endocrinologist was charged with putting a hit out on April Kauffman’s life.Before he could go to […]

Antwon Rose/Facebook(PITTSBURGH) -- Authorities took issue with multiple "irresponsible" reports about the police shooting of East Pittsburgh teenager Antwon Rose -- a case that has gained national attention and generated local protests in the past three days.Rose, 17, was shot and killed by a police officer Tuesday night after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to an earlier shooting that […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) -- Two of the biggest comedians of the past decade took time out from their tour to meet with survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting on Friday.Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart met with the students on Friday afternoon, according to Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen's Twitter page. Rosen shared pictures of the two A-list stars shaking hands and talking with the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of thousands of people upset about the separation of immigrant families at the border are putting their money into the fight, and making history in the process.A Facebook fundraiser called "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child" has now raised more than $19.4 million in less than a week, with more than 500,000 people contributing.Facebook spokesperson Roya Winner told ABC News it is the largest fundraiser […]

The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) -- Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal sanctuary in Northern California where she lived for decades.The western lowland gorilla died in her sleep Tuesday morning at the age of 46, according to the Gorilla Foundation, which is headed by animal psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson, who worked with and […]

WCVB/ABC News(BOSTON) -- A Uber driver who was beaten and left for dead in Boston said that his recovery is progressing but he has no memory of the attack.While working a shift as an Uber driver, Henry Miller, 75, was carjacked, beaten and left on the street for dead in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, according to ABC-affiliate WCVB.Miller told the affiliate he had dropped off a client and was […]

iStock/Thinkstock(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) -- Three parents who were been separated from their children after they were detained at the U.S. border have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to issue an order requiring the federal government to provide access to basic information about their children’s whereabouts and to offer opportunities to see and hear their children.One plaintiff -- a Honduran citizen who is detention in Texas -- last […]

John Moore/Getty Images(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) -- The father of the young girl from Honduras whose picture has become an iconic image of the immigration battle now says that his daughter and wife were never separated by U.S. authorities.A picture of the little girl crying for her mother was widely circulated and while the photographer made it clear he didn't know the fate of the pair, the Trump administration's zero […]