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A document with an email chain from Jeffrey Epstein illustrates the amount of redactions of personally identifiable information that the U.S. Department of Justice was required to do before release of Epstein documents, is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Did DOJ cover up Epstein evidence? Senators want answers

Four U.S. senators are demanding a federal watchdog investigate whether the Justice Department broke the law when it released -- and redacted -- millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files, accusing the agency of shielding powerful figures while exposing victims' most private information.

March 12, 2026
2024 R1S electric utility vehicles sits at a Rivian service center Nov. 26, 2024, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Rivian R2 specs, pricing leak ahead of SXSW unveil

Rivian's debut of its long-awaited R2 electric SUV at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on Thursday was upstaged before it even began, after key specs and pricing details leaked online a day early.

March 12, 2026
Soybeans grow in a farm field, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Willow Grove, Del. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rockefeller Foundation report links food prescriptions to farm revenue, job growth

New research from The Rockefeller Foundation finds that expanding Food is Medicine programs -- which provide produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals and groceries to people with diet-related chronic conditions -- could generate more than $45 billion in state economic activity, create 316,000 jobs, and deliver $5.6 billion in annual revenue to America's small and mid-sized farms if scaled to reach the estimated 43 million Americans who need them most.

March 11, 2026
An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky seconds before it struck buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FBI warns Iran may have plotted drone attack on California

The FBI recently warned law enforcement agencies across California that Iran had allegedly considered launching a drone strike against the West Coast in retaliation for American military operations, according to an intelligence bulletin reviewed by ABC News.

March 11, 2026
A federal appeals court ruled that this drawing that a first grade student gave to a Black classmate is protected by the First Amendment. (Image courtesy of Pacific Legal Foundation)

She drew her friends holding hands. Her principal called it racist.

A 7-year-old California girl drew four oval figures in colors ranging from orange to brown -- her friends holding hands -- and wrote "any life" above them. Her school principal called it racist. Now a federal appeals court has ruled she had a First Amendment right to pass that note.

March 11, 2026
Erika Kirk gestures as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Erika Kirk steps into second role vacated by her late husband

When President Trump appointed Erika Kirk to the Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors this month, it marked the second time since her husband Charlie Kirk's assassination last September that she has formally assumed one of his roles.

March 10, 2026