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Josh Kruger/Twitter(PHILADELPHIA) -- Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his Philadelphia home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Kruger, who lived in the citys Grays Ferry neighborhood, was currently working as a freelance reporter, but was...

Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Pennsylvania woman in her 80s has died after contracting West Nile virus, health officials said this week. The woman lived in Pittsburgh and is the first human case reported in Allegheny County this year, according to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). Officials said the woman experienced fever and weakness and was eventually hospitalized before she passed away in late September. No other information about the patient will be released, th...

Courtesy FandangoTickets for Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé -- a film adaptation of her blockbuster Renaissance World Tour -- are now on sale via Fandango. Weeks after Taylor Swift announced a distribution deal to screen her Eras Tour film through AMC Theatres, Beyonce has announced the film of her own massively successful series of concerts will hit movie screens December 1.  The project encompasses elements from Queen Beys record-breaking 2023 live performances, segments from the ...

New York State Police(SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y.) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 9-year-old girl who police said may have been abducted from a New York state park. Charlotte E. Sena was last seen at the Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, New York, at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, according to New York State Police. The child may have been abducted from the park, according to a post by state police. ***AMBER ALERT ACTIVATED*** PLEASE SHARE! NYSP has activated AMBER Alert for a child abductio...

Courtesy Kate Korson(NEW YORK) -- Kate Korson was living out her dream of caring for rescue horses in Colorado and preparing to celebrate her 34th birthday when she said she received a surprising diagnosis. Just one week shy of her birthday, Korson said she was diagnosed with stage 3, triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive and invasive form of the disease. "How am I 34 with stage 3 breast cancer," Korson told Good Morning America, describing her thoughts at the time of her diagno...

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With a little over a month until Election Day in Virginia, the national Democratic Party is investing more than $2 million in the state to boost candidates as the party fights to keep Republicans from gaining full control of the General Assembly. Every seat in both the state House of Delegates and state Senate is up for grabs on Nov. 7 and the new investment by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is the latest example of how both ...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) -- Seven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. The collapse, which trapped between 30-40, happened at the Iglesia Santa Cruz Church, a Catholic church in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Mexican officials confirmed to ABC News. A baptism was being celebrated at the time with approximately 100 in attendance. Following the tragic accident, the Tamaulipas Government released a stateme...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An estimated $1.04 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Monday night. Its the fourth-largest purse in the American lottery games history and the second-largest this year, according to a press release from Powerball. The grand prize, which has an estimated cash value of $478.2 million, ballooned above the $1 billion mark after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Saturday night. However, five tickets -- purchased in Mar...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- It was Democrats in the House who helped avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, in the final hours before funding ran out amid "brinkmanship" and "theater" by hard-line conservatives, President Joe Bidens budget director argued on Sunday. "I will tell you, if Im sick of it, I can only imagine what the American people are feeling," White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young told ABC "This Week" co...

François Duhamel / Courtesy of NetflixThe 61st New York Film Festival officially begins Friday with a screening of Todd Haynes’ latest film, May December. Academy Award winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star as Elizabeth and Gracie – the former a famous actress, the latter the controversial subject of an upcoming biopic. Elizabeth travels to Gracie’s hometown to study her before taking on the role, which leads to shifting power dynamics and realizations for Charles Melton�...