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The Central Intelligence Agency expanded its social media portfolio by officially joining Instagram. “Joining Instagram is another way we’re sharing CIA’s stories and recruiting talented Americans to serve here,” CIA press secretary Timothy Barrett said. “Through the account, we’ll give a peek into Agency life, but we can’t promise any […]

A mother and son were killed when a tree fell on their home during a tornado in Ruston, Louisiana, on Thursday, state officials said. The son was 14 years old and a high school freshman, said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. In Ruston, about 70 miles east of Shreveport, “the […]

Arson investigators in Pennsylvania are searching for clues after two fires broke out at one church. The first fire at the Pentecostal Church of Bethlehem was reported shortly after midnight on Tuesday, while the second fire was called in just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, said the Bethlehem Police Department. […]

Ten students at an Atlanta-area elementary school suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot by a BB or pellet gun while on the playground. A statement from the DeKalb County School District says the shots fired Thursday at students of Wynbrooke Elementary Theme School in Stone Mountain “appear to have […]

I’d never seen a dead child before. He was 7 years old, lying on a wooden table, dressed all in white. His body had been bound in white cloth, but his face was exposed — smooth, young skin, already starting to decompose. His lips were starting to whiten, and his […]

Conservative Evangelical leader Franklin Graham is blasting South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg for being gay and is calling on the presidential hopeful to repent for his “sin.” In a series of tweets to his 1.9 million followers on Wednesday, Graham said, “Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian. As […]

FBI agents are searching the office and homes of Baltimore’s embattled mayor, ABC News has learned. Dave Fitz, a spokesman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office, confirmed that search warrants were being executed Thursday morning at homes belonging to Mayor Catherine Pugh as well as at Baltimore City Hall. However, […]

Joe Biden has hired Symone Sanders, a prominent African American political strategist, as a senior adviser to his newly launched presidential campaign. The move adds a younger, diverse voice to Biden’s cadre of top advisers, which has been dominated by older white men. It suggests Biden is seeking to broaden […]

A pair of legal groups sued the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking to compel the agency to enforce the law amid what they allege is mounting evidence that the National Rifle Association has engaged in “an elaborate scheme … to unlawfully coordinate with candidates it supports for federal office,” […]

Investigators in Austin, Texas, are still searching for the man who was caught on camera attempting to set a Muslim community center on fire. The suspect was captured on security video at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday going through a fence, “pouring what appears to be gasoline on the side of […]