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Despite hearing gunfire inside Robb Elementary, police chief Pete Arredondo told investigators he decided not to treat it as an active shooter incident, records show. There was still active gunfire inside an elementary school in Texas on May 24 when the school district's police chief arrived and decided not to treat the scene as an active shooter event. Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde schools police chief who has since been fired for his actions that day, told investigators he assumed students were already dead but wanted to focus his attention on rescuing those children still alive. MORE: 'Take responsibility': Experts push back on Arredondo's response to his termination "My first thought is that we needed to vacate," said Arredondo. "We have him contained. ... There's probably gonna be some deceased in there, but we don't need any more from out here." Arredondo made comments less than 24 hours after 19 students and two of their teachers wer...

A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at the south end of Jungle Hut beach in Flagler County, Florida -- approximately 30 miles north of Daytona Beach -- when a 7,000 pound female orca washed ashore, according to an announcement made by the Flagler County government on social media. MORE: Sculpture of whale's tail saves train from plummeting 30 feet off railway platform It is thought that the whale was alive when it beached itself but eventually lost its life when it couldn’t make it back into the sea. Authorities said that SeaWorld will be performing a necropsy to establish the killer whale’s cause of death following the incident. MORE: 10-foot-long shark attacks, kills 60-year old surfer Dozens of people were needed to help remove the whale from the beach and authorities...

The FAA is monitoring its systems at 'high level' after its NOTAM failure grounded all planes, a senior official told ABC News. With the Federal Aviation Administration's Notice To all Air Missions, or NOTAM, system back up and running, staffing remains high and systems monitoring is at an urgently high level this morning, a senior official told ABC News Thursday. MORE: Software maintenance mistake at center of major FAA computer meltdown: Official Computer traffic on the NOTAM system is at super-high levels as airlines, pilots and airports start the day with normal flight operations while also trying to make up for delays and cancellations yesterday. At the same time, public and media computer traffic on the NOTAM system is running high because of global interest in the antiquated system that crashed on Wednesday. The ground stop order that paused all airplane domestic departures and the FAA systems failures Wednesday morning appear to have been the result of a mistake...

House Republicans passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill would require providers give care to an infant that is born alive after an abortion. The House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on Wednesday, with votes at 220-210. If approved, the legislation would require health practitioners to care for an infant that is born alive after a failed abortion, according to the law. MORE: House Republicans pass 2 anti-abortion measures An unoccupied recovery area, left, and an abortion procedure room are seen at a Planned Parenthood Arizona facility in Tempe, Ariz., June 30, 2022. Matt York/AP, FILE In order to become law, the bill would need to be approved in the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden, which is unlikely. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that the bill, along with a second anti-abortion bill, are "doomed in the Senate" and "extreme." "American women deserve to...

Mega Millions jackpot prize surges to $1.35 billion, the second-largest prize in the game's history. The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $1.35 billion for Friday's drawing, the second-largest in the Game 's History . The only Mega Millions jackpot larger than Friday's prize is the $1.537 billion prize won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018. The prize is also now the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Last November's $2.04 billion prize, taken by a single winner in California, is the largest in U.S. history. MORE: What you should do next if you win a huge lottery prize? The lump sum cash option payout for Friday's drawing is $707.9 million -- before taxes. Tuesday night's winning numbers were 7, 13, 14, 15 and 18 and the Mega Ball number was 9. A customer at the Cranberry Super Mini Mart shows her Mega Millions ticket, Jan. 12, 2023, in Cranberry, Pa. Gene J. Puskar/AP The most recent Mega Millions jackpot win was at $502 million, sh...

A new “20/20” that looks at the University of Idaho murders case and includes exclusive sit-down interviews with parents and loved ones of the victims. MOSCOW, IDAHO -- It was a gruesome quadruple murder that rocked a college campus and kept the country on edge for weeks as investigators sought the person responsible for the deaths of the University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. Suspect Bryan Kohberger, 28, a Ph.D. student, is being held without bond in Idaho. He has not yet entered a plea. For the friends and family of the slain students questions remain, and many say said their pain and pursuit of justice has gotten stronger. A photo posted by Kaylee Goncalves only a few days ago shows University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Goncalves. The four were found dead at an off-campus house on Nov. 13, 2022. Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram Ben Mogen, Madison's father, said learning of Koh...

A Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said. A Yeti Airlines passenger plane crash ed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Twitter. The plane had been flying from Kathmandu, the capital, to Pokhara, a city in central Nepal, the minister said. Crowds gather at the crash site of an aircraft in Pokhara in western Nepal Jan. 15, 2023. Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via Reuters The aircraft for Yeti Airlines flight YT691 was a 15-year-old ATR 72-500, a twin-engine turboprop airliner, according to Flightradar24, the flight tracker. "This aircraft was equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data," the flight tracker said. "We are downloading high resolution data and verifying the data quality." The aircraft departed Kathmandu on time at 10:32 a.m. local time, with an estimated time of arrival at 10:59 a.m., according to the flight tracker. The average flight time for the trip was...

Tyre Nichols, 29, of Memphis, died three days after he was arrested and hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities are investigating the recent death of a man following a confrontation with police officers during a traffic stop in Memphis. Tyre Nichols, 29, of Memphis, was arrest ed on the evening of Jan. 7 after officers attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving near the area of Raines Road and Ross Road, according to separate press releases from the Memphis Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. A confrontation unfolded as the officers approached Nichols, who ran away. Another confrontation occurred when the officers pursued Nichols and ultimately apprehended him, police said. After the incident, Nichols "complained of having a shortness of breath" and was transported by ambulance to Memphis' St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, according to police. MORE: 5 Louisiana officers charged after deadly arrest of unarmed Black m...

For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city library last week within a couple of hours of getting test results Wednesday showing that the contamination in the facility's restrooms exceeded state thresholds, city spokesman Chris Harguth said. Other spaces such as countertops also tested positive for lower levels of the drug and will require specialized cleaning, he said. The larger-scale remediation work will include removing tainted surfaces, walls, ductwork and exhaust fan equipment. The city of about 33,000 just south of Denver decided to test for the drug after officials in the nearby college town of Boulder closed its main library after finding meth contamination , Harguth said. It is the latest example of the bal...