US military ground raid in Syria captures top ISIS leader
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A rare U.S. military ground raid in northwestern Syria has captured a top ISIS leader, according to the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition.
A U.S. defense official said there were no injuries to U.S. …
UW COVID projections show latest surge peaking, cases to rise again in the fall
(Washington daily COVID case projection through Oct. 1st. Photo courtesy of UW Medicine’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) Local disease modelers are tracking what they call “secondary Omicron waves” around the world, but they say the
Baltimore police investigate potential arson after 4 homes, Pride flag burn in same area
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — Authorities are investigating potential arsons in Baltimore where, in the same area, four homes and an LGBTQ Pride flag were all on fire Wednesday morning.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s office said in a news …
Officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya has been fired
Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in April has been fired, city officials said.
Christopher Schurr was termi…
Hazmat incident at Virginia pool leaves over a dozen kids hospitalized
Timothy Abero / EyeEm/ Getty Images(CHESTERFIELD, Va.) — Fifteen kids and one adult were taken to the hospital on Wednesday after a hazmat incident at a neighborhood pool in Chesterfield, Virginia.
Emergency crews initially responded to reports that …
Encrypted planning, high-power firearms make extremist threat in US unique: DOJ official
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The United States is facing the most “complex” threat landscape in quite some time, a top Justice Department official told a conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday.
Lone-wolf actors, and their access to high-c…
Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee condemns Biden’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia in powerful video
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Wednesday she was “very disappointed” in President Joe Biden’s plan to meet with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the U.S. has determined ordered the…
Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker acknowledges he has four children, insists he wasn’t ‘hiding’ them
Megan Varner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker this week acknowledged he has three more children in addition to the son, Christian, he has publicly helped raise for the last 20 years.
Walker’s statements on …
Calif. man indicted for attempting to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh after arrest near his home
Win McNamee/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — The California man arrested last week near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home has been indicted on a charge of attempted assassination.
The federal grand jury on Wednesday formally accused 26-yea…
Photos show Vice President Mike Pence, family in hiding on Jan. 6: ABC News Exclusive
The White House(WASHINGTON) — New photos obtained exclusively by ABC News show former Vice President Mike Pence and his family in hiding after rioters broke into the Capitol and he was evacuated from the Senate floor.
ABC News is publishing the image…