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ABC News (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil, a green card holder who is married to an American citizen, was arrested by ICE agents in New York City in March. This is a developing story. Please check back …

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department and attorneys for President Donald Trump on Friday asked a federal appeals court in New York to delay oral arguments scheduled for next week in Trump’s appeal of his $83 million defamation case. Trump is appealing a 2024 verdict ordering him …

Gary Miller/Getty Images (HAWAII) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey. On Friday morning, “Episode 26” of the ongoing eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu — the pit crater within Kīlauea Caldera at the summit …

Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man accused of trespassing at the home of the Memphis, Tennessee, mayor has been charged with attempted kidnapping and stalking, according to police, who said the suspect had a Taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle at the time of his …

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (ROCKY RIVER, Ohio) — Republican Congressman Max Miller says that he was run off the road by a man waving a Palestinian flag in Ohio — an incident that comes amid a heightened environment of political violence. “The deranged hatred in this country …

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A dangerous heat wave is moving in, with more than 100 million people from the Midwest to the Northeast on alert for life-threatening temperatures. The widespread heat alerts are first impacting Midwest states including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and South Dakota. The heat index — what …

Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images (BOSTON) — A woman on the jury that voted to acquit Karen Read this week on murder and manslaughter charges spoke exclusively to ABC News, telling Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman she believed “a collision did not occur” and that a “sloppy police investigation” …

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (PEORIA, Ariz) — A mother in Arizona has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after driving her pickup truck through “a park full of kids” and running over a 12-year-old girl, officials said. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced earlier this week that 31-year-old Brandie Gotch …

amphotora/Getty Images (ORMOND BEACH, Fla.) — Police in Florida have arrested a father who they say is responsible for the death of his 18-month-old son after he left him “helpless in a hot truck” for more than three hours while he got a haircut and went drinking at a local …

Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change — a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research. Satellite data shows that ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward …