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Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census after claiming that dozens of group homes, jails and drug and alcohol treatment centers were overlooked during the nation’s head count. The U.S. Census Bureau told Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego last week that the statistical agency had approved its submission claiming that 3,550 people in 192 group quarter facilities were missed during the once-a-decade census. The facilities included drug and alcohol treatment centers, a memory care center for people with Alzheimer's and a residential facility for juveniles needing mental health care. The count of every U.S. resident determines political representation and how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed for transportation, health and other programs. The additional figures will be included in future population e...

Authorities in east Texas have jailed an 18-year-old man on capital murder charges in the shootings of his parents, sister and brother NASH, Texas -- Authorities in east Texas have jailed an 18-year-old man on capital murder charges in the shootings of his parents , sister and brother. Police in the small town of Nash, Texas, say officers responding to a report that a man had harmed his family and was threatening to kill himself on Tuesday found Cesar Olalde barricaded inside a home. They were told that multiple people were dead inside. Olalde later called police, saying “he had pulled the trigger, and shot his family,” according to a probable cause affidavit by Nash Police officer Craig Buster. The officers persuaded Olalde to surrender and then found the bodies of his parents , Reuben Olalde and Aida Garcia, older sister Lisbet Olalde and younger brother Oliver Olalde in a bathroom. “It appeared as if the victims had been shot at various places in the residence and drug to the bathr...

An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War is being buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded, 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal. Story’s actions in the Korean War on Sept. 1, 1950, would ensure he was remembered. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor, which is now displayed alongside his portrait at the National Infantry Museum, an hour’s drive from his hometown of Americus, Georgia. But Story was never seen alive again, and his resting place long remained a mystery. “In my family, we always believed that he would never be found,” said Judy Wade, Story’s niece and closest surviving relative. That changed in April when the U.S. Military revealed...

Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office AUSTIN, Texas -- Following years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations, Texas's Republican Attorney General, Ken Paxton, finds himself on the brink of impeachment, and a GOP-led panel is heading the charge. In a unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly looking into Paxton recommended impeaching the state's top lawyer Thursday on 20 articles, including bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust. The House could vote on the recommendation as soon as Friday. If it impeaches Paxton, he would be forced to leave office immediately. The move sets up what could be a remarkably sudden downfall for one of the GOP's most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020 asked th...

The consequences of a U.S. debt default for low-income older people could be "absolutely disastrous," one expert said. The threat to Social Security payments posed by a debt ceiling impasse keeps Linda Stanberry, 76, dwelling on her worst fear: the loss of the home she has lived in for 48 years. Stanberry, who depends entirely on about $1,800 she receives in federal benefits each month, said she hardly saves anything after expenses like food, utilities, prescription drugs and supplemental insurance for cancer coverage. The federal government could fail to pay some of its bills as soon as June 1, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned this week. If that shortfall interrupts Social Security, Stanberry would need emergency cash, she said. "I would have nothing," Stanberry, who lives in Southwest Virginia, told ABC News. "There's no way I could keep my home." Stanberry is one of millions of low- income older Americans who rely on Social Security for almo...

Three former police officers were indicted on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi. Three former Jackson Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury last week on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, a Mississippi man who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022. Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced the charges against former officers Kenya McCarty, Avery Willis and James Land in a press conference on Wednesday. “All three officers have been indicted for homicide,” Owens said. “The District Attorney's office would like to acknowledge the brave actions of the entire Jackson Police Department. And we do not think the actions of a few represent the bravery of so many.” Owens said that McCarty and Willis were each charged with second-degree murder, while Land was charged with manslaughter. ABC News has reached out to attorneys for McCarty and Land but requests fo...

A New York City judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records. A New York City judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records. The former president appeared, virtually, in a Manhattan court Tuesday before the judge presiding over his criminal case. Trump, sitting side-by-side with his attorney Todd Blanche, his hands folded on the table, scowled into the camera when Judge Juan Merchan announced the trial date, possibly because the date conflicts with the GOP primary calendar as Trump seeks to reclaim the presidency. MORE: Judge in Trump criminal case issues protective order to prevent sharing of evidence Merchan has previously indicated that no one associated with the case is allowed to schedule anything that would co NFL ict with the trial , which would seemingly including any campaign appeara...

It's getting hot out West -- and those scorching temperatures are rapidly thawing incredible amounts of snowpack in the mountains. It's getting hot out West -- and those scorching temperatures are rapidly thawing the incredible amounts of snowpack that accumulated in the mountain ranges over a very active wet season. Now, water utility experts and environmental experts are working to ensure the freshwater running down the mountainsides won't go to waste. The West is coming off an early season heat wave that jumpstarted a mass liquification of precipitation that fell as snow in the highest elevations in the region. As the West Coast was slammed with round after round of atmospheric rivers, it brought up to 200% more snowpack than normal to places like the Sierra Nevada mountain range. MORE: Complications arise in the West as early heat wave causes snowpack to melt rapidly As the snow melts, many lakes and reservoirs in the region -- which were previously drying up due to a...