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Cop delivers pizza when delivery driver sees 8-foot gator hiding
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Exploring a 130-year-old shipwreck in Lake Superior
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Track star who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge
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Woman held 'severely emaciated' stepson in captivity for 20 years: Cops
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Cop delivers pizza when delivery driver sees 8-foot gator hiding under customer's car
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ABC News Live Prime: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
: SpaceX scrubs Starliner mission launch; European Union and Canada announce retaliatory tariffs in trade war with U.S.; inside Kenya as farmers try to protect elephants from growing human conflict.
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Swatting call about possible armed person at Calif. hospital sends police swarming
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Fmr. Education Secretary on massive cuts to Dept. of Education workforce
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Students say DOGE Cuts to Native American schools threaten health and safety
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SpaceX mission to bring home Starliner astronauts postponed due to hydraulic issue
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Runner who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge
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A Kentucky teen died by suicide. Messages on his phone pointed to possible sextortion
Sextortion has resulted in an "alarming" number of suicides, the FBI said.
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SpaceX mission to bring home Starliner astronauts postponed due to hydraulic issue
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Judge says 'need for speed' in detained Columbia activist's case
Mahmoud Khalil was a leader of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
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Fired Education Dept. worker: 'We got the sense that we were disposable'
Joe Murphy, whose position as a management and data analyst was eliminated when the Department of Education laid off nearly 50% of its workforce.
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Psychologist to provide testimony in Harvey Weinstein retrial
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Trump administration says handling of USAID documents 'did not violate' federal laws
A USAID official had ordered the destruction of classified records.
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Border czar calls Mahmoud Khalil 'security threat'
Authorities have not charged Khalil with a crime and the administration has not provided any evidence showing Khalil's alleged support for the militant group.
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Death of Kentucky teen sparks investigation in possible sextortion scheme
A Kentucky teen took his own life on Feb. 28, and now officials are investigating whether it was connected to a sextortion scheme, according to the victim's mother.
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Immigration attorney on Trump's bid to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
Immigration lawyer Leon Fresco joined ABC News Live with a reaction to the latest on the Trump administration's attempt to deport Khalil.
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InfoWars reporter shot dead after interrupting burglars, suspects at large
The suspects "have no regard for human life," police said.
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Pope's condition remains 'stationary' on 27th day in hospital, Vatican says
The Vatican said "the pope spent a peaceful night" on Tuesday into Wednesday.
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Trump weighs in on Department of Education cuts
President Trump said he felt "very badly" but quickly claimed, without evidence, that many of its employees weren't going to work or doing a good job.
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Satellite appears to show new highway cutting through Brazil's Amazon rainforest
Brazil is hosting the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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Judge sets expedited schedule for pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE
ABC News’ Olivia Rubin reports on the court hearing for Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite possessing a green card.
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SpaceX mission will bring home Starliner astronauts
Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams have been in space since June 2024 after they performed the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner.
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Significant debris flows possible in Los Angeles
Over 20 million people are under a flash flood watch in Southern California.
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Menendez brothers to appear at parole board hearings in June, Newsom says
The hearings follow a 90-day investigation as a part of the clemency process.
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3 charged with murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion
Thomas Cooper died on Jan. 31 at the Oxford Center in Troy, Michigan.
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LA schools superintendent says closing of DOE would bring 'catastrophic harm'
The Department of Education has initiated mass layoffs.
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Tariffs will bring ‘significantly higher prices’ to US: Former commerce official
Don Graves, who served as deputy secretary of commerce in the Biden administration, warns against using tariffs to stimulate the economy.
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Man shot outside Chicago's O'Hare Airport following altercation
The altercation involved multiple individuals in the street outside Terminal 2.
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Tesla vehicles vandalized across US since Musk began White House role
The company's stock has tumbled nearly 48% this year.
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Celebrating National Working Moms Day with everyday advice
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