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Inflation eases slightly: How price increases break down

Wednesday, August 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Inflation eased slightly in July but price increases stayed above the pace recorded before a surge in fuel prices set off by the Iran war. The reading matched economists' expectations.Prices rose 3.4% in July compared to a year earlier, marking a... Read More.

Luigi Mangione plea discussion expected Friday in federal case: Sources

Wednesday, August 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Luigi Mangione's federal case are expected to discuss a possible plea deal during a conference scheduled for federal court on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.Prosecutors and defense lawyers are not commenting.Negotiations for... Read More.

5 teens die after car goes over cliff in Colorado, authorities say

Tuesday, August 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Five 17-year-old boys died when their vehicle went off a cliff in Colorado and crashed, authorities said.The crash occurred in a residential area of Grand Junction late Saturday, according to the Mesa County Coroner's Office.Police and fire personnel responded shortly before... Read More.

Federal court asked to block Trump’s 2nd executive order targeting birthright citizenship

Tuesday, August 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The same legal team that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's first bid to end birthright citizenship is asking a federal judge to clarify that the Supreme Court's ruling also blocks a second executive order attempting to target specific children who Trump says... Read More.

Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia

Tuesday, August 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian grounds, a State Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Luigi Mangione appears in state court ahead of September trial

Tuesday, August 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione is in a packed Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday for the last scheduled pre-trial conference before jury selection begins next month in his state murder case. The last two rows of the courtroom were filled with about... Read More.

Tyler Boebert arrested on child sexual exploitation charges

Tuesday, August 11 by ABC News

(GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo.) -- Tyler Boebert, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's oldest son, has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.Boebert of New Castle, Colorado, was arrested Aug. 9 on a warrant charging him with... Read More.

FEMA says it’s providing water trailers to Puerto Rico amid water crisis

Monday, August 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday that it's providing water trailers to Puerto Rico as the island grapples with a water crisis.The trailers will be distributed for up to 30 days initially, following the Puerto Rican government's request for federal... Read More.

Deadly New York boat crash: Operator in federal custody, to appear in court

Monday, August 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, leaving a mother and her baby daughter dead, is facing federal charges of negligence as a ship captain resulting in death and misconduct as a ship captain resulting in death,... Read More.

‘She did not do this to herself’: Mother says family ‘devastated’ after woman found hanging in Mississippi

Monday, August 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The mother of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old woman whose body was found hanging from a tree on Aug. 3 in Jackson, Mississippi, told ABC News on Sunday afternoon that her daughter's death has "just devastated" her family."This has just devastated us," Fortune's... Read More.

Trump acknowledges ‘no video or proof’ of alleged vandalism to Reflecting Pool

Monday, August 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool's surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs. Even after acknowledging contractor... Read More.

Manhunt continues for suspect believed to have killed father, set home ablaze

Saturday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A manhunt continued Saturday for a suspect in upstate New York believed to have killed his father and set fire to the home to cover it up, according to law enforcement sources.The suspect, Thomas Ryan, 32, is known to frequent the... Read More.