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A dozen homes torn apart by earth movement on Southern California’s Palos Verdes Peninsula during the weekend are likely to fall into an adjacent canyon ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. -- A dozen homes torn apart by earth movement on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula during the weekend were likely to fall into an adjacent canyon, an official said. The homes in the Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates were hastily evacuated by firefighters on Saturday when cracks began appearing in structures and the ground. Walls and roofs began to fail as the land continued to slide, the county Fire Department showed in video released on social media. Significant land movement overnight completely destroyed the homes, Janice Hahn, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said in a social media post Sunday. “To think that these homes were intact, you know, yesterday afternoon, and today you can hear the creaking, the cracking, the crumbling,” Hahn told a news co...

The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrested for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife. The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrest ed for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife, police say. The body of Angela Marie McClelland, a 49-year-old woman from Fort Ripley, Minnesota -- approximately 110 miles northwest of Minneapolis -- was found in the early hours of Sunday, June 25, near the intersection of Legend Road and Killian Road in Fort Ripley after having “died as a result of being struck by a vehicle,” according to the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Department. MORE: 'Father was killing everyone': 3 young brothers shot and killed, mother injured in shooting Sheriff’s investigators along with the State Patrol spent the past two weeks following up on leads before finally arrest ing her husband, 47-year-old Tony James McClelland, for her alleged vehicular homicide. “On July 1...

Two boys have died after they were swept away by water s from an open dam in Oklahoma City, officials say. Two boys have died after they were swept away by water s from an open dam in Oklahoma City, officials say. The incident occurred late in the afternoon on Monday when officials from the Oklahoma City Fire Department were needed for a water rescue emergency near the backside of Lake Overholser Dam, a large reservoir located within the city limits in the northwest Oklahoma City. MORE: Husband arrested for alleged hit-and-run murder of his own wife Two boys have died after they were swept away by water s from Lake Overholser Dam in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Monday, July 10, 2023. Twitter / @OKCFD “With the water gates open, the water currents were extremely strong,” said the Oklahoma City Fire Department on social media detailing their rescue efforts. “Four boys were fishing in the area and entered the water . The strong water currents pulled two boys under water while the ot...

The parents of journalist Evan Gershkovich say they remain confident the U.S. government will do all it can to bring their son home. Journalist Evan Gershkovich has spent more than three months in Russian detention, but his parents say they remain confident the U.S. government will do all it can to bring their son home. "President [Joe] Biden spoke to us and gave us a promise to do whatever it takes ," Ella Milman, Gershkovich's mother, told "Good Morning America" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos as she sat alongside her husband, Mikhail Gershkovich, in their first broadcast interview since their son's imprisonment. Milman said Biden spoke to them "as a parent" about their son, a Wall Street Journal reporter based in Moscow, who's being held on espionage charges -- charges he, his outlet and the U.S. government vehemently deny. "[H]e told us he understands our pain," she said. "Good Morning America" airs at 7 a.m. ET on AB...

Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused the Biden family of corruption, has been charged by federal prosecutors with failing to register as a foreign agent. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register as a foreign agent while working to advance the interests of China. Gal Luft, 57, has also been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. He remains a fugitive. According to the indictment, Luft paid an unnamed adviser to then-President Donald Trump to publicly support certain policies favorable to China. MORE: Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal In the weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Luft allegedly created a written "dialogue" between a Chinese national and the Trump adviser, in which Luft wrote the adviser's responses and included information that was favorab...

Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens on June 2 in Ocala, Florida pleaded not guilty on Monday. Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting her neighbor Ajike "AJ" Owens on June 2 in Ocala, Florida, pleaded not guilty on Monday, her attorney Amanda Sizemore confirmed to ABC News. Lorincz waived her right to an arraignment, which was scheduled for Tuesday, according to ABC affiliate in Ocala, Florida WCJB. Lorincz, who is white, was arrested on June 6 and charged with first-degree manslaughter, which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison if she is convicted, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. She was also charged with culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault. According to a June 6 statement from the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Lorincz shot Owens, a Black mother of four, through a door after Owens went to speak with Lorincz about a dis...

The DA probing efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury to weigh possible charges against former President Trump. The Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury that could ultimately decide whether to approve charges against former President Donald Trump. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis met Tuesday with prospective jurors in front of Judge Robert McBurney at a courthouse near Atlanta, where she has been probing whether Trump and his allies' overtures to state officials in late 2020 amounted to criminal activity. In April, Willis signaled publicly that potential charges could be brought as soon as this summer. MORE: Fulton County DA says charging decisions to come this summer in 2020 election probe Willis officially launched the probe in February 2021, sparked in part by the now-infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call Trump made to Ge...

Las Vegas police say a man has taken a woman hostage at the Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino LAS VEGAS -- A man has taken a woman hostage inside the Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. The man pulled the woman into a hotel room around 9:15 a.m., police spokesman Capt. Steve Connell said. A chair and other items were thrown out a broken window and landed in the pool area below, he said. Officers have secured the area outside the room, Connell said. No shots have been fired, and it’s not clear if the man is armed. Broken glass and furniture fell intermittently for about an hour from a window of the Palace Tower, said Associated Press writer John Marshall, who was on vacation with family. A hotel desk employee said the hostage was taken on the 21st floor and guests on other floors were not evacuated or restricted from movements, said Marshall, whose room is on the fifth floor. “It looks like he’s pretty much emptied the room of furniture,” Marshall said...

A family of four were assaulted during an early morning robbery in the small North Carolina city of Morganton, said police. A family of four were assaulted after an early morning robbery in the small North Carolina city of Morganton, according to police. Officers initially responded to the incident at approximately 4 a.m. Saturday, finding two adults and two children who reported that they had been assaulted by three intruders, according to the Morganton Department of Public Safety. A Morganton Department of Public Safety representative told ABC News that two of the three intruders were armed, though police are not releasing information on the type of weapons the intruders used. No arrests have been made after the violent incident, according to the Morganton Department of Public Safety. WSOC Investigators said that the intruders duct taped the mouths and hands of the 6- and 7-year-old children and placed them in a closet, according to ABC affiliate WSOC, which reports the mother w...

The inflation data arrives as the Federal Reserve weighs another rate hike. Consumer prices rose 3% last month compared to a year ago, marking a significant slowdown and raising hopes that a prolonged bout of heightened inflation is nearing its end. The fresh data Wednesday morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics arrives days after a government release indicated that hiring slowed last month but remained solid. The economy, the jobs report suggests, continued a gradual downshift in June amid a central bank effort to dial back activity and slash price s while averting a recession. Consumer prices rose 4% in May compared to a year ago. The latest reading indicates a notable cooldown in June but still exceeds the Federal Reserve's inflation target of 2%. The data released on Wednesday exceeded the expectations of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, who expected i NFL ation to have fallen to 3.1% in June. Inflation rose a modest 0.2% on a monthly basis, accelerating from a 0.1% incre...

Former deputies say they repeatedly reported a Texas sheriff who’s faced years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption to state and federal law enforcement DALLAS -- A Texas sheriff who's been the subject of years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption was repeatedly report ed to state and federal law enforcement by his own deputies — yet an outside investigation never gained momentum, according to interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press. Two of San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers' former deputies said they tried to get the Texas Rangers to look into wrongdoing in the sheriff's office when they worked there, but the state's elite investigative agency did little to pursue a case. One of them later gave a detailed interview to an officer with the FBI's regional public corruption taskforce but said it was met with the same result. Despite the report s from members of law enforcement, the state and federal agencies appear not to h...

Two firefighters have been shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station in what police say may be a target ed attack . Two firefighters have been shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station in what police say may be a target ed attack . Both firefighters were hospitalized in serious condition after the shooting, which took place at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Birmingham police told reporters. Police respond to a firehouse where two firefighters were shot in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023. WBMA MORE: Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decrease by 66% in 2023 The suspect and motive are unknown, police said, adding that it's "extremely unusual for someone to come target one of our fire stations." About three firefighters were at the station at the time, authorities said. Police respond to a firehouse where two firefighters were shot in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023. WBMA This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Source: https://thefoxposts.c...

Loved ones of those those murdered in the 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store filed what their lawyers described as a "landmark" lawsuit. Loved ones of those murdered in the 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store filed what their lawyers described as a "landmark" lawsuit Wednesday, alleging social media companies, firearm manufacturers and body-armor makers all helped the teenage killer "load that gun." The lawsuit, filed in the state Supreme Court in Buffalo, names several big tech companies as defendants, including Meta, the parent company of Facebook; Amazon, Instagram, Reddit and Google, the parent company of YouTube. Also named as defendants were Vintage Firearms, the Endicott, New York, gun dealer where mass shooter Payton Gendron legally purchased the semi-automatic Bushmaster XM-15 used in the rampage, and RMA Armament, the online company that sold Gendron his body armor. The family ...