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The agency that manages Texas' power grid has issued a watch for next week, when we are expecting more temperatures in the triple digits and demand to be up. Now, they say so far the power grid has held up even after setting seven new peak demand records just this summer.

The former president accused of trying to defraud the nation he once led and arriving back in Washington to a crowd gathered, not at the white house, but at a federal courthouse. The four-count indictment details Donald Trump's alleged criminal plot to hold onto power and overturn the 2020 presidential election. Security was tight around the courthouse in D.C., just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

A man is in federal custody after investigators say he kidnapped a woman and trapped her in a makeshift cinder block cell after posing as a police officer. Details about the victims brutal escape and how she may have helped other women. The former President Donald Trump returns here to the nation's capital to make his first appearance on charges of going after the bedrock of American democracy, a...

A third indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And from Russia, several drones hit a college and sports complex in Kharkiv near Ukraine's northeast border. And Russian shelling blew the roof off this hospital in Kherson on the southeast front line, killing a doctor on his first day at work and injuring five colleag...

Lori Daybell is sentenced in the zombie murders of her kids. What she said in court about communicating with their spirits. A potential mass shooting that was prevented at a Jewish school in Memphis.

the new Criminal charges against Former President Donald Trump, who continues his bid for The White House. The special counsel's office filed three new felony charges in it's investigation of the former presidents alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Former President Trump is facing additional charges, The special counsel brings new charges against Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified document case as prosecutors alleged the former President's aides attempted to delete surveillance Video.

The Stunning collapse of the proposed plea agreement between Hunter Biden and the department of justice. The federal judge overseeing the case put the deal on hold after raising concerns about the scope of the agreement.

Concerns over whether Bronny James, one of the most recognizable basketball recruits ever, will still be able to play after being rushed to the hospital and admitted to the ICU. A family spokesperson saying Bronny is now out of intensive care and in stable condition.

The department of justice has sued governor Greg Abbott after the state refused to remove buoys in the Rio Grande, installed in an effort to block migrants from crossing. The federal government says the barriers are dangerous and unlawful, while there governor said he had a right to defend the state's border.

Extreme heat causes more deaths each year than any other weather event, and health officials from California to Florida are seeing a surge in heat-related visits to emergency rooms. A disturbing new report from the centers for disease control on the rise of e-cigarette use. More than 10% of young adults in the U.S. Are now vaping, a dramatic increase since the start of the pandemic.

Stunning new details in the Gilgo Beach murders on New York's Long Island. The investigation has spread to at least four states, including New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Nevada. Police are trying to determine if the suspect, 59-year-old Rex Heuermann, is connected to any additional unsolved murders, including a wave of killings in Atlantic City in 2006.

Emotional testimony for women suing Texas, who believe the state's abortion ban puts their lives at risk. The target letter Smith sent to trump cites several possible charges, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., deprivation of rights under a color of law, which applies when someone uses power to deny constitutional rights, and witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, the...

For the second time in just two months, former President Donald Trump receiving a target letter from special counsel Jack Smith, signaling another possible indictment. All this about the aftermath of the 2020 election the former president confirmed the development on social media, lashing out at the special counsel, calling him deranged. Witnesses from trump's inner circle have testified that trum...

Thousands of acres across the state look like this. The state has gotten off to a slow start with wildfire season, but officials say with all of this heat and now all of this dry vegetation.

Stunning new details we are learning about a suspected serial killer on New York's Long Island. The suspect is 59-year-old Rex heuermann, charged with the murders of three women and the prime suspect in the death of a fourth. The massive heat dome is centered over the southwest, with a dozen states topping 100 degrees today. The entire industry is shut down, with actors and writers on strike toget...

Federal health officials today approved the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill. The president met with his Finnish counterpart after Finland became the newest member of NATO. Mr. Biden touted the alliance's commitment to the long-term security of Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

Three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured in a horrific greyhound bus crash overnight in southern Illinois. It was just before 2:00 A.M. When Illinois state police say greyhound bus traveling from Indianapolis. In D.C. Officials are trying to find a hit-and-run driver they say was responsible for a deadly crash today near the white house.

From California to Florida, nearly 90 million Americans are under heat alerts. In Phoenix, Arizona, the temperature has topped 110 degrees every day this month, and it is expected to reach nearly 120 by the weekend. In Washington, a bipartisan group of senators Teed off on PGA tour executives today during a hearing on the controversial merger between the PGA tour and the Saudi-backed LIV golf.

Multiple man hunts are underway for two separate murder suspects who escaped custody in Pennsylvania and Montana in the last week. Hollywood actors could be joining writers on the picket lines with the new deal with studios just days away. One of the issues is around artificial intelligence and how it can create performances that don't exist.

In Ukraine, president Biden said today was a "Very difficult decision" to include controversial cluster munitions in his new military aid package for Ukraine. a 17-year-old suspect is under arrest in connection with a Baltimore shooting that killed two people and injured 28 others during a block party on Sunday.

So much of the U.S. Being smothered by this summer high heat. the Biden administration is expected to announce that it will provide Ukraine with cluster munitions and controversial weapons because of the potential to cause indiscriminate harm to the civilian population. 

The suspect in Monday's mass shooting in Philadelphia has been charged with five counts of murder. Police say the suspect was armed with an ar15 style rifle, a handgun and a bullet-proof vest. Someone on a white house tour may have left a small bag of cocaine in the west wing.

The travel nightmare to look out for if you're travelling this Fourth of July. The US Army has been struggling with their recruitment numbers.

Protests in France over a 17-year-old. 157 people were arrested overnight. A mass shooting in Baltimore two people were killed and at least 28 injured when gunfire erupted in a block party.