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North Korea has changed its tune — at least along the DMZ, or Korean Demilitarized Zone, a two-and-a-half-mile-wide buffer of landmines and booby traps that separates it from South Korea. For years, giant speakers at North Korea’s propaganda village, Kijong-dong, would blast a looping playlist of martial speeches. But since […]

A stalled frontal boundary continues to bring flooding rain, severe storms, freezing rain and snow from Texas to Michigan. More than 5 inches of rain has been reported in parts of Midwest over the last 24 hours sending many rivers into major flooding. Some Midwest rivers, such as the Kankakee […]

An Alabama police officer shot late Tuesday night has died. Justin Billa was struck by gunfire after he and other police officers went to set up a perimeter around the home of Robert Hollie, Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said at a press conference for local media. Billa later died […]

Former congresswoman and mass shooting survivor Gabby Giffords is calling out Florida Gov. Rick Scott over his inaction on gun violence and ties to the National Rifle Association a week after 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Giffords rolled out an ad campaign against the […]

The legal team for Brendan Dassey filed a petition before the United States Supreme Court Tuesday to hear his case. Lawyers submitted a writ of certiorari, which asks the Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision on the case. Dassey was convicted as a teenager in 2007, along with […]

A secret meeting planned between Vice President Mike Pence and North Korean officials at the Olympics was scrapped at the last minute, an official in Pence’s office has confirmed to ABC News. An account of the planned meeting was first reported in the Washington Post. The meeting was set for […]

Nicolle Martin, 14, is a survivor of the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of ABC News. There are no words to describe the pain I feel right now, the pain we feel, the students, the […]

The teenager accused of gunning down 17 people at a Florida high school had a fascination with talk of guns and was preoccupied with wars and terrorists, according to school records obtained by ABC affiliate WPLG. Nikolas Cruz, 19, was arrested after last week’s Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman […]

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has walked back President Donald Trump‘s tweet from last weekend suggesting the FBI could have prevented the Parkland high school shooting if it hadn’t been so focused on the Russia investigation. On Friday, the FBI said it failed to follow up on a tip […]

While the White House has said President Donald Trump is “supportive of efforts” to update the nation’s background check system in the wake of the Florida high school shooting last week, the president’s proposed budget for 2019 would actually roll back federal grants to help states in reporting to the […]