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Georgia wildfire destroys dozens of homes, spreads to more than 5,000 acres

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(BRANTLEY COUNTY, Ga.) -- Dry conditions from a persistent drought and gusty winds were fueling wildfires on Wednesday in the Southeast, including a blaze in Southeast Georgia that has destroyed dozens of homes and prompted evacuations.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency... Read More.

Man charged with supplying gun to Louisiana father who allegedly killed 8 children

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A 56-year-old Louisiana man is facing federal charges for allegedly supplying an assault-style pistol that Shamar Elkins is suspected of using to allegedly kill eight children, including seven of his own, in a shooting in Shreveport over the weekend, officials said.Charles... Read More.

2 dead, at least 19 injured following chemical leak at West Virginia industrial plant

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Two people died and at least 19 others were injured following a chemical leak at a West Virginia refinery plant that was scheduled to be shut down Wednesday morning, officials said.Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango told reporters that workers were... Read More.

D4vd murder case: Medical examiner report released on teen’s cause of death

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The 14-year-old girl whose dismembered remains authorities say were found decomposing in the singer D4vd's towed Tesla last year died by "multiple penetrating injuries," according to the newly unsealed medical examiner's report.D4vd -- a 21-year-old Los Angeles resident whose legal name... Read More.

Ghislaine Maxwell again asks judge to vacate her sex trafficking conviction and release her

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is again asking a federal judge in New York to vacate her sex trafficking conviction and release her from prison.Maxwell submitted her new request, which she wrote herself, to... Read More.

Baby girl found abandoned in stroller in Times Square, search underway for father

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A baby girl was found abandoned in a stroller in New York City's Times Square, and a search is underway for the child's father, authorities said.Police responded to a report of an abandoned baby by West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue... Read More.

78-year-old woman dies from snake bites in Northern California: Sheriff

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(MENDOCINO, Calif) -- A 78-year-old woman has died from snake bites in Northern California, marking the third deadly snake bite victim in the state this year.The woman was walking in a rural area in Redwood Valley on April 8 when she suffered three venomous... Read More.

Earth Day 2026: The planet has experienced several environmental wins in recent months

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- There is evidence that the planet is healing amid massive efforts to mitigate climate change and fight biodiversity loss.Once-threatened species are rebounding, lawmakers are making policy changes that increase protections against harmful practices and preservation of ecosystems has come to the... Read More.

Brian Hooker’s attorney speaks out on wife’s disappearance in Bahamas

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly three weeks after American Lynette Hooker went overboard and disappeared in the Bahamas, an attorney for her husband Brian Hooker is asking the public "to give him the benefit of the doubt."Michigan-based attorney Crystal Marie Hauser told ABC News that... Read More.

RFK Jr. says NIH cuts are ‘painful,’ won’t commit to backing CDC director’s vaccine guidance

Wednesday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed on cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vaccine messaging and the firing of the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during a hearing on... Read More.

Georgia wildfire destroys dozens of homes, spreads to more than 5,000 acres

Man charged with supplying gun to Louisiana father who allegedly killed 8 children

2 dead, at least 19 injured following chemical leak at West Virginia industrial plant

D4vd murder case: Medical examiner report released on teen’s cause of death

Ghislaine Maxwell again asks judge to vacate her sex trafficking conviction and release her

Baby girl found abandoned in stroller in Times Square, search underway for father

78-year-old woman dies from snake bites in Northern California: Sheriff

Earth Day 2026: The planet has experienced several environmental wins in recent months

Brian Hooker’s attorney speaks out on wife’s disappearance in Bahamas

RFK Jr. says NIH cuts are ‘painful,’ won’t commit to backing CDC director’s vaccine guidance

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