New ATF director joins 'GMA3,' discusses agency's role in fighting gun violence
Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, talks about the role of his agency in combating America’s rise in gun violence.
Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, talks about the role of his agency in combating America’s rise in gun violence.
Former President Donald Trump received a subpoena in the spring for documents related to what Trump is believed to have failed to turn over to federal investigators, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. It is not immediately clear what specifically the subpoena was seeking and whether Trump provided any documents in response to the subpoena, the sources said. The subpoena came in the spring and played a role in a visit by federal investigators in June, the sources said.
Officials have cracked the code on what was stinking up southern New Jersey this week, after authorities removed a truck that was releasing chemical fumes on Thursday morning. A tanker truck at a truck stop was releasing a chemical that caused the stench around Paulsboro, Gloucester County, officials said. Gloucester County Emergency Management issued a shelter-in-place around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday for East Greenwich, Paulsboro, Gibbstown and areas across the Delaware River after the fumes worsened.
On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent elementary school massacre in Uvalde. During his stop at the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells, O’Rourke mentioned the shooting that killed 19 kids and two teachers in May -- when an apparent heckler who was holding a Gov. Greg Abbott campaign sign began to laugh before O’Rourke could finish his point criticizing the availability of assault-style weapons. "You could buy two or more, if you want to, AR-15s [and] hundreds of rounds of ammunition and take that weapon that was originally designed for use on the battlefields in Vietnam to penetrate an enemy soldier's helmet at 500 feet and knock him down dead--" O'Rourke said as laughter was heard.
Ohio state troopers and the FBI are pursuing a man who allegedly tried to break into the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday. Ohio State Highway Patrol followed the suspect, who was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria, to Clinton County, where shots have been fired, according to officials. The suspect, who officials said is armed with a rifle and wearing body armor, has been contained in a corn field off Interstate 71 near Wilmington, according to Clinton County Emergency Management.
Eight corrections officers of color were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin in May 2020 – now, they're receiving almost $1.5 million as a settlement for racial discrimination. Chauvin is a former Minneapolis Police officer who has since been convicted in the death of George Floyd. The murder prompted nationwide protests, calling for racial justice and police reform.
Videos on food TikTok can range from celebrity-loved salads and viral tortilla hacks to creative home cooks using a few staple ingredients to stretch your dollar. Williams, who currently works as a cook at an assisted living facility in Southern California, told "Good Morning America" he has worked in kitchens for over 30 years and first learned the value of ingredients to keep the family fed from his grandmother.
One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting that stemmed from an altercation at a Northern California gym, police said. The three people hurt self-transported to hospitals and are expected to survive, Brentwood police told ABC News. The gunshots rang out just before 2 a.m. outside a 24 Hour Fitness in Brentwood, which is about 55 miles east of San Francisco.
A judge has reportedly sided with Olivia Wilde amid her custody battle with ex-fiance Jason Sudeikis over their two children. On Wednesday, a judge dismissed the custody petition filed by Sudeikis and agreed that their case should be heard in Los Angeles and not in New York, which Sudeikis considered home for the family through the year, according to court documents obtained by People Magazine on Wednesday. The petition had been at the center of headlines after the papers were served to Wilde publicly while she was onstage during a presentation of her upcoming film "Don't Worry Darling" at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Three people are dead after a house exploded Wednesday in southern Indiana, officials said. Dozens of firefighters responded to the scene in Evansville, after the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon on the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue, officials said. Three deaths have been reported to the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office as a result of the explosion, Chief Deputy Coroner David Anson said in a statement.
The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage and renewed calls for Egyptian lawmakers to take action. Islam Mohamed, a 22-year-old student at Al-Shorouk Academy in the Greater Cairo area, was detained early Wednesday on suspicion of killing his 20-year-old classmate, Salma Bahgat. Prosecutors, citing accounts from witnesses and relatives, said Bahgat had had twice declined marriage proposals from Mohamed, who in turn made death threats against her.
The Republican Party's national chair said Wednesday that the best response for conservatives angered by the FBI raid of Donald Trump's Florida residence this week was to "win back" Congress and force "transparency" from law enforcement. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by agents on Monday in relation, sources told ABC News, to documents that he took with him when he departed Washington, including some records the National Archives said were marked classified. The operation marked a notable development in one of several legal challenges facing Trump, who has denied all wrongdoing.
Maybelle Blair "could talk about baseball forever," she likes to say. Weeks later, speaking with ABC News, Blair said she hadn't planned on announcing her sexuality that day. Blair herself was a player for the Peoria Redwings in 1948.
With the number of cases of monkeypox rising across the world, and descriptions of rashes from the virus varying from person-to-person, people are concerned that any new bumps might be monkeypox. There are many skin bumps which can be totally normal which can appear like monkeypox, including zits, acne, skin reactions to heavy metals, ingrown hairs or even eczema or psoriasis.
JC Chasez made his TikTok debut with a full head of gray hair. The 'N Sync singer posted a short video on the social media app wearing a pair of glasses, a tan jacket and a white shirt while he looks into the camera asking how this works. "Am I doing this right?" Chasez captioned the clip, tagging fellow band members Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone.
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are fundraising off Monday's FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, providing another platform for Trump to capitalize financially on government investigations related to him. Trump's Save America PAC sent out a fundraising email Tuesday morning in which Trump urged supporters to "rush in a donation IMMEDIATELY to publicly stand with me against this NEVERENDING WITCH HUNT."
The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will take to the cornfields of Iowa for a game fit for dreams on Thursday night in the second edition of the MLB’s homage to the 1989 classic film starring Kevin Costner. The "Field of Dreams" game will feature players wearing uniforms modeled after the ones each club wore a century ago, and walking out of the cornfields onto a baseball field adjacent to the original movie’s location. The Reds will be the designated home team for the regular season game.
A 3-month-old boy has died after being left in a hot car in Washington, D.C., authorities said. Officers responded to a home shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday and found the baby, Aaron Boyd Jr., unconscious and not breathing, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department said. It was not clear how long Aaron had been left in the black Honda Accord, police said.
Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford revealed that he was sexually abused when he was just 6 years old -- and he is addressing the traumatic experience through his music. "Like lots of people -- and I'm learning more and more about this as we go and as I play it to people -- I was sexually abused as a child," he said. Mumford said writing "Cannibal" allowed him to talk about what happened with his mother.
Albuquerque police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of four Muslim men in the past nine months. Muhammad Atif Syed, a 51-year-old man originally from Afghanistan, has been charged with two of the murders, while investigators are left to gather enough evidence to possibly charge him with the remaining two. "We think there might be involvement in two other homicide cases," Albuquerque Deputy Cmdr. Kyle Hartsock told reporters during a news conference Tuesday.
Halle Bailey is opening up about her barrier-breaking role as Ariel in Disney's forthcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid." News of a Black actress playing the lead role was initially met with some backlash, but Bailey pushed through. Bailey also pondered what it would have felt for her younger self if the cartoon Ariel in Disney's 1989 animated classic had been depicted as someone who looked like her.