ABC News: Top Stories

Ernie Kasım 13, 2021

ABC News: Top Stories

Many lawmakers' PACs spend more on fundraising than political contributions: Report
FEC ordered to rule on complaints against NRA's alleged campaign coordination scheme
Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago cop attempted to tackle Black woman
13-year-old boy shot at school, suspect to be charged with attempted murder: Police
Human remains found by farmer amid search for Iowa boy missing since May
Sweden: Manhunt for tenant suspect in building explosion
Former President Jimmy Carter quietly marks 97th birthday
Homeland Security issues new guidelines for arresting, deporting immigrants
Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 9 people
Lawmakers grill Facebook exec over Instagram's impact on teens
FBI assisting in 3-county search for missing 19-year-old college student
Mother and 2-year-old who died after falling at Petco Park identified
What to know about new COVID pill
Mom tortured by pregnant postal worker's mysterious disappearance
WATCH: Plane makes emergency landing on highway
WATCH: Man captures alligator in trash can in Florida
WATCH: Lava continues to flow out of Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano
WATCH: Firefighters rescue drivers from floods
WATCH: Mama Bear watches cubs climb trees in national park
WATCH: Kangaroo joey with injured tail reunited with mother

Many lawmakers' PACs spend more on fundraising than political contributions: Report

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:59 AM PDT

Many leadership PACs are devoting more money to fundraising for the PAC than to the kind of political contributions for which the PACs were designed, says a new report.

FEC ordered to rule on complaints against NRA's alleged campaign coordination scheme

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:19 AM PDT

The Federal Election Commission has been ordered to rule on pending complaints that allege the NRA illegally coordinated campaign spending with federal candidates.

Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago cop attempted to tackle Black woman

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 05:31 PM PDT

Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park in Chicago.

13-year-old boy shot at school, suspect to be charged with attempted murder: Police

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:33 PM PDT

The boy allegedly responsible for shooting a fellow student at a Memphis school Thursday morning will be charged with attempted murder, police said.

Human remains found by farmer amid search for Iowa boy missing since May

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:21 AM PDT

The remains of an adolescent were discovered by a farmer in rural Iowa in an area where an Iowa boy went missing in May.

Sweden: Manhunt for tenant suspect in building explosion

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:33 AM PDT

A manhunt is continuing Friday for the tenant in an apartment building that was rocked by an explosion and fire this week that injured 16 people, four of them seriously

Former President Jimmy Carter quietly marks 97th birthday

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 10:38 PM PDT

The oldest former U.S. president ever, Jimmy Carter, plans to quietly mark his 97th birthday at home in Georgia on Friday

Homeland Security issues new guidelines for arresting, deporting immigrants

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 05:13 PM PDT

The Department of Homeland Security issued new immigration enforcement guidelines in an effort to reform the way federal authorities make deportation decisions.

Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 9 people

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:06 AM PDT

Authorities say a fire at a hospital in Romania’s port city of Constanta has killed nine COVID-19 patients in the ICU

Lawmakers grill Facebook exec over Instagram's impact on teens

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 02:49 PM PDT

Antigone Davis, Facebook's global head of safety, was in the hot seat Thursday.

FBI assisting in 3-county search for missing 19-year-old college student

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Family of Miya Marcano calls on FBI to help find missing Florida college student

Mother and 2-year-old who died after falling at Petco Park identified

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 11:10 AM PDT

The mother and toddler who fell to their deaths at Petco Park in San Diego were identified as Raquel Wilkins, 40, and her 2-year-old son Denzel Browning-Wilkins.

What to know about new COVID pill

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:50 AM PDT

Taking an antiviral medicine over five days, shortly after COVID-19 diagnosis, may slash the risk of being hospitalized or dying of the virus by 50%.

Mom tortured by pregnant postal worker's mysterious disappearance

Posted: 01 Oct 2021 04:41 AM PDT

Kierra Coles was last seen on Oct. 2, 2018. She was about three months pregnant.

WATCH: Plane makes emergency landing on highway

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:43 PM PDT

A man captured video of a plane making an emergency landing on a highway in Evart, Michigan.

WATCH: Man captures alligator in trash can in Florida

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 11:00 AM PDT

A Florida man took matters into his own hands, using a trash can to capture an alligator in front of a home before releasing the reptile into a nearby body of water.

WATCH: Lava continues to flow out of Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:22 PM PDT

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in the Kīlauea's summit caldera on Wednesday.

WATCH: Firefighters rescue drivers from floods

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:43 PM PDT

Firefighters used an inflatable to rescue two drivers whose cars were almost entirely underwater following flooding in Forli, Italy.

WATCH: Mama Bear watches cubs climb trees in national park

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 09:59 AM PDT

Ashleen Seabolt was on a trip with family at Glacier National Park when she caught a rare sighting of a mama bear and her cubs climbing trees.

WATCH: Kangaroo joey with injured tail reunited with mother

Posted: 30 Sep 2021 07:31 AM PDT

The adorable reunion with mom took place at a wildlife sanctuary.