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Omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed. An F-16 shot the drone down after a dozen unheeded calls to Turkish military officials stating American forces were in the area and the U.S. would engage in self-defense if it didnt leave, a U.S. official had told ABC News. "This is certainly a regrettab...

Krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images(WASHINGTON)-- After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday. The new order, from a three-judge panel in Alabama, determines which of three proposed maps should be used in the upcoming races. About 27% of Alabama residents are Black, according to census da...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An estimated $1.4 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Saturday night. Its the third-largest purse in the American lottery games history. Its also the fifth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, according to a press release from Powerball. The grand prize, which has an estimated cash value of $643.7 million, ballooned even further above the $1 billion mark after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night. Howeve...

Michael Cohen on "GMA" on Friday, March 17, 2023 -- (ABC/Paula Lobo)(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump has dropped a $500 million lawsuit he had filed against his former attorney Michael Cohen that alleged Cohen breached his fiduciary duty to keep Trumps confidences. Trump had been scheduled to sit for a deposition in the case, but delayed it until next week because, he told the judge, he would be attending his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump announced he was dismissing t...

DIAGNOS Inc. (CVE:ADK – Free Report) – Stock analysts at Echelon Wealth Partners issued their Q2 2024 EPS estimates for DIAGNOS in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 3rd. Echelon Wealth Partners analyst S. Quenneville forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.01) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- The Maryland Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday in the ongoing Adnan Syed case that was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.” Syed spent 24 years fighting charges that he’d killed his former girlfriend in 1999. Last year a judge vacated Syed’s conviction for the murder of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Young Lee, the brother and legal representative for Hae Min Lee, filed an appeal arguing that his rights were v...

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Firearm deaths and drug poisoning deaths in children have spiked in the last decade, according to a new study in the United States. The study found an increase in firearm deaths by 87% and drug poisoning deaths by 133%. Researchers looked at data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s injury reporting system. They analyzed injuries leading to death from 2011-2021 and nonfatal injuries from 2011-2020. Overall, they found that fatal injury...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Powerball frenzy was in full swing Wednesday as potential billionaires were lining up at kiosks across the nation with dreams of winning the $1.2 billion jackpot up for grabs. But no one managed to clinch the prize, pushing the new Powerball estimated total to $1.4 billion in Saturdays drawing. The winning numbers drawn for Wednesdays jackpot were: 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and red Powerball 1. The power play was 2. The grand prize, which had an estimated ...

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever recorded, according to the monthly climate report released by Copernicus on Wednesday, which analyzes billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world to ...

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Sen. Dianne Feinsteins memorial service taking place in San Francisco on Thursday will now be closed to the public, according to officials from the late senators office. "Due to increased security, tomorrows memorial service" is no longer open to the public, only guests with invites will be allowed to attend, according to the short press release. Officials said that those who still wish to view the service are welcome to stream it online. ...