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ABC NewsBody found during search for missing hiker in San Diego: Police
The body of a woman believed to be a missing 50-year-old hiker was found Monday, a day after she went missing on a trail in a wilderness area in San Diego, according to police. The hiker, identified by police as Diem Le Nguyen, vanished Sunday morning after she became separated from her hiking group of about 100 people while on the Nighthawk Trail in Black Mountain Open Space Park in the Rancho Peñasquitos area of north San Diego, according to the San Diego Police Department. A search helicopter spotted a body Monday morning in the area Nguyen was hiking in, police said.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF approaching point of dismantling Hamas' Rafah Brigade
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations have stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments alleging a U.S. slowdown in military aid to Israel, the Pentagon continues to say that only the one shipment of 2,000-pound bombs has been suspended. "Again, just to clarify, we have paused one shipment to Israel," Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Monday.
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Judge in Trump classified docs case questions government about funding for special counsel
During a two-hour hearing Monday morning, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case pressed government attorneys to provide more information about the funding of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation, at one point remarking that the funding presents a "separation of powers concern." The hearing, conducted by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, was a continuation of Friday's hearing in which defense attorneys sought to have the documents case dismissed on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel. Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 40 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to get the documents back.
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Heat dome scorches cities coast to coast as dangerous temperatures enter 2nd week
Sixty-five million Americans from coast to coast are under heat alerts as the life-threatening heat dome continues for the second week. The Northeast, Southeast and West all saw daily record temperatures shattered this weekend, including 98 degrees in Philadelphia; 100 degrees in Greenville, Mississippi; and 108 degrees in Merced, California. This weekend, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore hit 100 degrees for the first time in June in 12 years.
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The Bean, Chicago's iconic sculpture, officially reopens after park improvements
Chicago's famed landmark Cloud Gate, commonly referred to as "The Bean," has reopened after 10 months, just in time for summer travelers to snap photos of the reflective sculpture and capture the city's iconic skyline. The mercury-inspired curved stainless steel structural wonder in Millennium Park was designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor, in collaboration with a design and construction firm, and was first unveiled in 2004. The enormous sculpture stands at 33 by 66 by 42 feet, and is made of "168 massive stainless-steel plates" cut into "precise shapes which were then pieced together like a puzzle and welded shut," according to the Millennium Park website.
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Will Smith to perform new song at BET Awards
Added to the lineup of the upcoming BET Awards 2024 is Grammy-winning actor and recording artist Will Smith. "From his start as a rapper to The Fresh Prince to being a box office king as one of the Bad Boys, Will Smith is truly a global icon, and we are honored to welcome him back to grace the BET Awards stage," Connie Orlando, EVP of specials, music programming & music strategy at BET, said in a statement Monday. Smith, who stars in the recently released "Bad Boys: Ride or Die," joins performers GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Ms. Lauryn Hill & YG Marley, Muni Long, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey, Tyla, Victoria Monét and BET Amplified stage performer Tanner Adell.
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Frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled in last 20 years, new study finds
More research is emerging to show how much more severe wildfires have become in recent decades. The frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires -- the ones that cause the most damage to ecosystems, society and the climate -- appear to have doubled over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia used satellite data from 2003 to 2023 to identify active hot spots and calculate the summed intensity of a fire event.
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20 killed, including police officers, as attacks launched on synagogues, Orthodox churches in southern Russia: Officials
The death toll from apparent coordinated terrorist attacks Sunday in southern Russia climbed to 20 on Monday, including 15 law enforcement officers, when militant terrorists wielding automatic weapons opened fire on synagogues and Orthodox churches in two cities miles apart in the Dagestan region, according to Russian officials. At least 46 people were injured in the two attacks, said Tatyana Belyaeva, the minister of health for the Republic of Dagestan.
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Pipeline surfer who appeared in 'Blue Crush' killed in shark attack in Hawaii, emergency officials say
A well-known surfer and lifeguard was killed in a shark attack near the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, emergency officials said. Tamayo Perry, 49, was attacked in the water off Goat Island midday on Sunday, the Honolulu Emergency Services Department said in a statement. Perry had been a lifeguard with Honolulu Ocean Safety since 2016.
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Supreme Court to review ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will take up a constitutional challenge to state bans on gender-affirming care for minors in its next term. The case from Tennessee involves the 15-year-old transgender daughter of Samantha and Brian Williams of Nashville. The family alleges that Senate Bill 1, which prohibits certain types of medical treatments for minors with diagnosed gender dysphoria, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
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1st Biden-Trump debate: What to know and how to watch
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face off in Thursday's presidential debate, it will be a replay of 2020, but at the same time, much different now in 2024. Hosted by CNN, the debate comes at a crucial time as undecided voters work to decide how to cast their ballots in what's expected to be a close contest in November. It's also an opportunity for Biden and Trump to highlight their competing visions for the United States should they become president.
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Biden-Trump debate's a rematch, but will muted mics and other new rules make a difference?
ABC News spoke with experts on how that could help, or hurt, each candidate -- and what difference it could make for American voters watching the showdown. The two rivals will face off in a studio at CNN's Atlanta headquarters in prime time on Thursday for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. While it won't be the first time Biden and Trump have gone toe-to-toe on policy (the two sparred twice in 2020) it will look a lot different from debates past because of the guidelines established by CNN and agreed upon by both campaigns.
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Blaming Trump for 'combustible atmosphere,' prosecutors to push for gag order in classified docs case
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal classified documents case will hear arguments this afternoon to consider imposing a limited gag order that would prohibit the former president from making statements that pose a "significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger" to law enforcement agents. The request for a gag order by the special counsel follows a month of escalating rhetoric from Trump about federal agents' use-of-force policy during their August 2022 search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents, including a Trump campaign message that President Joe Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger."
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'A prayer answered': American detained for ammo in Turks and Caicos says of flight home
As Ryan Watson, an American tourist who had been charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos in April, boarded a plane after his release, he had only one thought on his mind. A judge last week fined Watson $2,000 for four bullets discovered in his luggage as he landed in the country in April, with the judge citing "exceptional circumstances" to avoid a potential minimum sentence of 12 years in prison. Watson would face 13 weeks imprisonment if he commits a crime in Turks and Caicos in the next nine months, the court said.
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Britain's Princess Anne hospitalized after 'incident,' palace says
Britain's Princess Anne has been hospitalized following an "incident" at Gatcombe Park on Sunday evening, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The princess on Monday was being treated in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, "as a precautionary measure," the palace said. "The King has been kept closely informed and joins the whole Royal Family in sending his fondest love and well-wishes to The Princess for a speedy recovery," the palace said in a statement.
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J.B. Pritzker-backed abortion-focused group launches first paid ad campaign on 2024 cycle
Think Big America, a nonprofit organization affiliated with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, on Monday starts running its first paid advertising campaign of the 2024 election cycle across three “reproductive rights battleground states” where the group is supporting ongoing abortion access ballot initiative campaigns. The spot, part of the group's six-figure spending targeting and aimed at independent voters, will run on YouTube and connected television platforms in Arizona and Nevada, two states where measures related to protecting abortion will likely be on their November ballots, and in Florida, where an abortion-related ballot initiative is confirmed to appear in front of voters. “Two years ago, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court not only ripped away abortion access for tens of millions of women, they turned the clock back 50 years on reproductive healthcare,” said Pritzker in a statement.
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Active shooting incidents in the US declined by 4% from 2022 to 2023: FBI
In 2023, the FBI designated 48 shootings as "active shooter incidents," compared to 50 in 2022, according to the FBI’s 2023 Active Shooter Report. The FBI says from 2019 to 2023, there were 229 active incidents, which is an 89% increase from the previous five-year period. California had the largest number of active shooting incidents with eight.
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Special counsel probed Trump Mar-a-Lago trip that aides 'kept quiet' weeks before FBI search: Sources
A trip to Mar-a-Lago taken by former President Donald Trump that aides allegedly "kept quiet" just weeks before FBI agents searched the property for classified materials in his possession raised suspicions among special counsel Jack Smith's team as a potential additional effort to obstruct the government's classified documents investigation, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The previously unreported visit, which allegedly took place July 10-12 in the summer of 2022, was raised in several interviews with witnesses, sources familiar with the matter said, as investigators sought to determine whether it was part of Trump's broader alleged effort to withhold the documents after receiving a subpoena demanding their return. At least one witness who worked closely with the former president recalled being told at the time of the trip that Trump was there "checking on the boxes," according to sources familiar with what the witness told investigators.
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Where do legal challenges to abortion bans stand 2 years after Roe v. Wade was overturned?
In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, litigation has been critical in restoring access to abortion care -- but it has not been a successful path in all states. At least 14 states have ceased nearly all abortion services and seven other states have restrictions in effect, limiting access to the procedure. State courts around the country have been the site of battles over how to regulate abortion care -- with abortion rights advocates making a number of different arguments in their efforts to restore access to care.
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What are the potential risks to fertility and reproductive care post-Roe v. Wade?
Health care groups and advocates have long warned that the overturn of Roe v. Wade could pose wider threats to reproductive healthcare and that anti-abortion groups' attacks on reproductive freedoms would not stop at abortion care. Now, physicians and experts warn the same could happen in other states with fetal personhood laws.