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224 people rescued amid Texas flood watch: 'We're not out of the woods yet'
More than 20 million people remain under a flood watch in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Sunday. Harris County, Texas, Judge Lina Hidalgo said Sunday that 224 people and 153 pets have been rescued amid the flooding. The east fork of the San Jacinto River crested at 77.8 feet above sea level and the water is still rising on the west fork, according to Hidalgo.
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14-year-old girl killed, 5 other teens hurt in Buffalo shooting: Police
A 14-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were injured when a shooting erupted Saturday night outside a house party in Buffalo, New York, several blocks from the supermarket where a 2022 mass shooting occurred, according to police. The shooting unfolded just after 11 p.m. in Buffalo's East Side neighborhood where "several hundred" teenagers were gathered for a party, police said. No arrests were announced as of Sunday afternoon.
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Abducted infant and suspect who allegedly killed 2 women, injured child remain missing: Police
An urgent search remains underway Sunday in Clovis, New Mexico, after police say a 10-month-old baby was abducted, two women were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds -- including the child's mother -- and the mother's 5-year-old child was injured after sustaining a gunshot on the scene. Police issued an Amber Alert for the baby, Eleia Maria Torres, on Friday, which is still active as of Sunday morning. Torres has brown eyes and brown hair, is 28 inches tall and weighs 23 pounds, according to officials.
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Mayor Eric Adams defends NYPD response to campus protests
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended the police crackdown on campus protests there, which have become the epicenter of demonstrations around the country against the Israel-Hamas war. "We want to ensure we protect democracy and the right to protest," Adams told ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, "but we have an obligation that when those protests reach the point of violence ... we have to ensure that we use a minimum amount of force to terminate what is perceived to be a threat not only by our intelligence, but also the school and college officials." Adams said that the large-scale police intervention seen so far in the city, most notably at Columbia University, resulted from communication between the police and school officials.
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Tom Cotton attacks campus protests, argues police should have gone in 'on the very first day'
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the demonstrations against Israel's military campaign in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Speaking to ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Cotton said school leaders, whom he sought to paint as biased by politics, should have sent in law enforcement "the very first day they set up their tents."
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6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes -- leaving wide open the question of who'll prevail come Election Day, now six months away. Excluding people who say they wouldn't vote, Trump has 46% support, Biden 44%, in this national survey of more than 2,200 adults. This finds the race at 42% for Trump and 40% for Biden, with 12% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2% for Cornel West and 1% for Jill Stein.
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US Army sergeant arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot against 4 people, including 2 minors: Police
A United States Army sergeant and his brother have been charged in a failed murder-for-hire scheme that targeted four individuals, including two juveniles, according to officials. Servicemember Jeremiah Peikert, 30, was arrested on Thursday by Connecticut State Police, accused of conspiring with his brother, Joshua Peikert, 32, who was incarcerated at the Corrigan Correctional Center in Uncasville at the time of the alleged scheme, according to court documents. The two brothers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to minors, according to court documents.
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Wynonna Judd performs National Anthem at 150th Kentucky Derby for 'full circle moment'
As the Kentucky Derby kicked off for its 150th running at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, Wynonna Judd took to the track for an emotionally charged rendition of the national anthem. Judd's performance added a poignant layer to this year's event, as it coincides with the second anniversary of her mother, Naomi Judd's passing. For Wynonna, a Kentucky native, who has long been deeply connected to horse racing, this performance proved to be a tribute to her roots.
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Valerie Bertinelli's honest revelation on raising son Wolfgang: 'I made a lot of mistakes'
Valerie Bertinelli took to Instagram on May 3 with a candid Instagram post. The veteran actress and TV personality opened up about the difficulty she faced watching the "Behind the Music" episode featuring her son, rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen. Known for her iconic roles on television and her marriage to rock icon Eddie Van Halen, Bertinelli pulled back the curtain on the challenges of motherhood in the public eye.
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Missing zebra captured after 6 days on the run in Washington state
A missing zebra that was on the run for nearly a week after escaping a trailer in Washington state was corralled this weekend, officials announced Saturday. The female mare, named Shug, was one of four zebras that escaped from a trailer near North Bend, Washington -- approximately 30 miles east of Seattle -- on April 28, according to a press release from Regional Animal Services of King County. The group of zebras was being transported from Winlock, Washington, to Anaconda, Montana, when the animals got loose while the owner had reportedly stopped to fix a problem with the trailer, the organization said, noting the other three zebras were recaptured within hours of the escape.
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Dannielynn, Larry Birkhead continue Kentucky Derby tradition with a look courtesy of Janet Jackson
Amid the buzz of Kentucky's Derby season, Larry Birkhead and daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, made a stylish entrance into the pre-Derby scene. The father-daughter duo stepped out on May 3 to take in the Derby weekend festivities. Larry gave fans a peek into their outing on Instagram, sharing snapshots of their night at the Barnstable-Brown Gala.
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How electronic warfare is affecting civilians and aviation
About 36,000 feet in the air en route from Doha, Qatar, to Madrid, Víctor Alegre, a commercial pilot, heard his GPS alert him that he was 1,800 feet from the ground. This interruption is an example of GPS spoofing, a technology that has started to be used more commonly in modern warfare. GPS spoofing occurs when the GPS signal is intercepted by a third party and incorrect information is relayed back to the device.
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Police carry out complex choreography in responding to campus protests: 'You need decisive action'
As protests continue erupting at U.S. college campuses over the war in Gaza, law enforcement from coast to coast is being tasked with carrying out a complex choreography: How to protect the constitutional right to free speech, while navigating volatile and potentially unsafe social unrest. Dynamic scenes of massive encampments, vocal demonstrations and building occupation have now been playing out on private and public college properties – where police assistance has to be requested, not forcibly and unilaterally imposed. Protests broke out last month at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza, with many pro-Palestinian protesters calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations or companies benefitting from the war.
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Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, Michelle Yeoh and more
President Joe Biden on Friday awarded 19 Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Biden kicked off the ceremony in the East Room by calling it "one of their favorite events at the White House." Biden shared anecdotes and accomplishments of the awarded individuals, and at times touched on the politics of the moment.
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3 big takeaways from Day 11 of Trump's hush money trial
One of Donald Trump's closest former advisers testified Friday about the "frantic" hours in after his campaign learned about the existence and imminent release of the "Access Hollywood" tape, offering a glimpse into one of the most consequential moments of the 2016 presidential election. Hope Hicks spent nearly three hours on the witness stand, at one point breaking down in tears. Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
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Campus protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. Here's what that means.
Protests calling for colleges and universities to divest funds from Israeli military and governmental operations in Gaza, or companies they claim benefit from it, have continued to spread on campuses across the country, including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and more. Many universities have a long history of divesting – that is, removing one's funds from an asset, in essence reversing a previous investment – in companies that have connections to or otherwise support fraught political issues, such as genocide, apartheid and other practices.
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Noem backpedals on anecdote in book about meeting with Kim Jong Un
Noem's book, "No Going Back," has drawn backlash for how she describes shooting and killing her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, in an incident she said happened 20 years ago. Now, Noem -- widely rumored to be seeking to be a potential vice-presidential pick for former President Donald Trump -- is addressing new questions over an account of a meeting she said she had with the North Korean leader while she served in Congress.
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Patients at Florida abortion clinic write messages for each other on walls
As abortion laws have become stricter across the nation, especially in the South, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the bathroom walls of one women's healthcare clinic in Florida have become a refuge for women seeking care. Around one year ago, patients at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Jacksonville started leaving messages of support for each other on the walls of the bathroom in the clinic's lobby, according to Morgan Daniel, the health center supervisor at Planned Parenthood Jacksonville. Daniel said staff members noticed the messages after a few were left initially on the baby changing station in the bathroom.
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Over 31,000 Igloo youth bottles recalled due to possible choking hazard
Tens of thousands of Igloo-branded youth water bottles are being recalled due to a potential choking hazard. Youth Sipper Bottles are impacted by the recall. The agency said the silicone covers on the sippers can detach while they're being used, posing a possible choking hazard for children.
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RFK Jr. contractor arrested for allegedly assaulting woman in New York
A key figure in Robert F. Kennedy Jr's effort to make the ballot in all 50 states was arrested Saturday in New York City for allegedly striking a woman, according to the New York City Police Department. Trent Pool, 37, whose petitioning company Accelevate 2020 received more than $300,000 from the Kennedy campaign in March, according to federal finance records, "wrapped his hand around [the woman's] neck making it hard for her to breath and then struck her with a closed fist, causing pain," the 25-year-old woman, who refused medical attention on scene, told police, according to an NYPD spokesperson. A Kennedy spokesperson told ABC News that Pool told campaign aides "the alleged incident never occurred" and referred ABC News to Pool's lawyer.

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