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BREAKING: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third floor of his hotel in Argentina, according to state police. #liampayne #onedirection #news #abcnews

"This water has to be at least up to my waist — probably even deeper." An ABC News affiliate reporter from WPLG joins @LinseyDavis from Sarasota, Florida. Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening, bringing life-threatening storm surge and Category 3 winds. Follow live updates at the link in bio. #milton #florida #sarasota #abcnews

"I can't imagine it's the enemy, because if it was the enemy they'd blast it out." President-elect Trump claims, without evidence, that "the government knows what is happening," with the repeated drone sightings over parts of New Jersey. #drone #trump #news #abcnews

In the wild of Alaska, the race to find a serial killer. The chilling new docuseries – “Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls” – is now streaming, only on @hulu. #WildCrime

Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of southern Portugal on Thursday, with footage showing rushing waters inundating streets in Albufeira. #portugal #floods

As of 11:30 p.m. ET, in the race for 270 electoral votes, former Pres. Donald Trump has won 23 states and 214 electoral votes to Vice Pres. Kamala Harris' 11 states and 165 electoral votes, according to ABC News projections. Watch live analysis on ABC. #election2024 #news #abcnews

The operator of a sanitation company in North Fort Myers, Florida, captured the moment when an alligator popped out of the water and bit at his van’s tire early Thursday morning as he traveled down a flooded street during Hurricane Milton. #hurricanemilton #storm #news #abcnews #florida

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man clinging to an ice chest in the Gulf of Mexico after his fishing boat became stranded Wednesday night off the coast of Florida as Hurricane Milton barreled toward the state. Searchers located the man about 30 miles off Longboat Key, Florida, on Thursday. The man was taken to Tampa General Hospital for medical treatment, according to the Coast Guard. The fate of his boat was not immediately clear.

Residents of one Northern California neighborhood had a good laugh after Thursday's powerful earthquake struck the region: a robotic vacuum cleaner that apparently got disconnected from its base found roaming the streets. #earthquake #california #roomba

The FBI has issued a warning to iPhone and Android users regarding the security of their communication as text messages between Apple and Android devices are not encrypted and could be intercepted by foreign hackers. The FBI warning comes after the White House said a global cybersecurity attack occurred over the summer in which hackers breached several telecom companies. Officials say the cyber breach is ongoing.

BREAKING: Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arrives in New York City ahead of his initial appearance in court after being charged in a four-count federal criminal complaint. Mangione waived extradition on Thursday morning and was transported via plane and helicopter from Pennsylvania to New York. He is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in lower Manhattan Thursday afternoon. #news #luigimangione

Barack Obama began a campaign blitz for Kamala Harris in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday night, slamming her opponent, Donald Trump: "We don't need four more years of arrogance and bumbling and bluster and division."

ELECTION NIGHT: ABC News' Rick Klein has more on the path to 270 electoral votes and the White House. #election2024 #news #abcnews

Mass evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Milton prompted bumper-to-bumper traffic as the strongest hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in nearly two decades takes aim at Florida. The hurricane's maximum sustained winds were at about 155 mph early Tuesday, classifying the storm as a "powerful" Category 4 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said. Milton is closing in as Floridians are still recovering from the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene. The forecast reflected in this piece originally aired on Good Morning America at 7 am on Tuesday. #news #hurricanemilton #florida

A crowd at a Christmas tree-lighting in Dublin, Ireland counted down to the big moment, multiple times, only to face disappointment as the lights failed to illuminate. #abcnews #christmastree #fail

Security camera footage from a licensed grow house in Northern California shows flowering cannabis plants shaking as a 7.0 earthquake struck Humboldt County on Thursday. #news #earthquake #california #humboldt #abcnews

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday. Sen. McConnell "is fine" and "in his office," according to Sen. John Thune. #news #politics #mitchmcconnell #abcnews

BREAKING: Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane. The state is bracing for devastating storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rain. David Muir reports.

Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. #lasvegas #hotels #implosion

Authorities say two men flew from Canada to California and allegedly stabbed a woman and her boyfriend while they were at home. One of the men had allegedly developed an "obsession” with the woman after meeting her on an online gaming platform. #news #california #canada #abcnews