ABC (MASON, Ohio.) — A 38-year-old man was critically injured at a Mason, Ohio, amusement park Wednesday night after being hit by a roller coaster. The man had entered a restricted, fenced area of the Kings Island theme park near the Banshee roller coaster “and is believed to have beenRead More →

Getty Images – STOCK (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Several civil liberties groups say they are poised for a legal battle over Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments one day after the law was signed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The groups – includingRead More →

Getty Images – STOCK (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — The “armed and dangerous” suspect accused of four murders — three in Oklahoma and one in Alabama — as well as a slew of other crimes, was caught Thursday morning following a nearly two-day manhunt. Stacy Lee Drake, 50, was taken intoRead More →

In this aerial image, vehicles drive through flooded neighborhoods on June 19, 2024 in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has made landfall in Mexico after pummeling Texas with rain. A whopping 9.5 inchesRead More →

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, October 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is getting ready for next week’s highly anticipated debate with President Joe Biden by holding policy meetingsRead More →

President Joe Biden prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, en route to Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — With a week to go until the first presidential debate, President Joe BidenRead More →

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts are in effect on Thursday for more than 70 million Americans in 16 states, stretching from Kentucky to Maine. Maine on Wednesday saw blistering heat, including an all-time heat index record in Caribou, Maine. The city’s temperatures reached 96 degrees, with a heatRead More →

Getty Images – STOCK (OAKLAND, Calif.) — At least four people were injured on Wednesday night as gunfire erupted at an event on Lake Merritt, in Oakland, California, police said. More than 5,000 people had flocked to the area for the day’s event, which was being monitored by 28 policeRead More →

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year’s summer solstice arrives as a dangerous heat wave affects millions across the country, with early-season extreme heat impacting parts of the Midwest and Northeast. But the longest day of the year — which begins Thursday at 4:51 p.m. ET — isRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Senior administration officials tell ABC News that top Netanyahu advisers — Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer — were traveling from Israel to Washington to meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House onRead More →