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Clad has been grading ABC News segments since Jun 2026 — 194 reports so far, published several times a week. Its most-covered subjects on Clad: Iran, Courts & Law, Trump. Every report checks the segment's load-bearing claims against primary sources, then scores the coverage for factual accuracy, political lean, and how the public received it — so you can see how ABC News's reporting holds up story by story, not just take its word for it.
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ABC News segment presents body-worn camera footage of a second-story deck collapsing under US Marshals and local SWAT officers serving a warrant at a home in Huntsville, Missouri. Seven officers were injured and the operation targeted a convicted sex offender for registration violations; many personnel were present due to known weapons at the location.
Source: ABC News
The episode covers the first four weeks after the McStay family vanished from their Fallbrook home on February 4, 2010. Detectives review a blurry border surveillance video of four people crossing into Tijuana, analyze family computer searches for Mexico travel with children, examine PayPal withdrawals from the business account, and interview business partner Dan Kavanaugh and welder Charles 'Chase' Merritt.
Source: ABC News
The segment reports on the USS Benfold losing power for four days in the South China Sea due to generator issues, affecting water, toilets and air conditioning for roughly 300 sailors. The ship drifted and was towed to the Philippines for repairs. It connects this to the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment exceeding 260 days amid the Iran conflict, including reports of sailors attempting to go overboard. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is shown denying broader problems while campaigning in Iowa. The power loss occurred more than three weeks prior to public disclosure.
Source: ABC News
ABC News segment covers a woman identifying herself as Jamaica W. who fought back against a man in a Chucky doll-style mask in Center City Philadelphia last Wednesday morning around 5:15 a.m. near 15th and Broad. She describes spotting him approaching a headphone-wearing runner, then confronting her after he tried a coffee shop door; she screamed, raised her hands, and kicked him in the chest. The segment notes he had chased a jogger minutes earlier near City Hall, asked her 'Are you ready to die?' while holding a phone, accosted several people over 15 minutes, and fled into Suburban Station. Police have released video and are seeking the suspect, described as a thin Black male about 5'8" and 16-20 years old wearing old art clothing and the distinctive mask.
Source: ABC News
ABC News segment covers Alaska's August 18, 2026 top-four open primary for the U.S. Senate. It focuses on the race between incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Republican challenger Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, plus Democrat Mary Peltola. Reporter Iris Samuels of the Anchorage Daily News explains the open primary rules, four-candidate advancement to the general election, allegations that Dan J. is a Democratic plant, the Alaska Supreme Court ruling allowing him on the ballot, Peltola's prior wins, and voter priorities around fisheries.
Source: ABC News
ABC News reported on day 14 of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court. Prosecutors rested after calling more than 70 witnesses; the defense began with testimony from Clancy's mother, Paula Musgrove, who described her daughter's declining mental state in late 2022, a text seeking help, and statements about thoughts of harming the children and medication effects. Clancy has admitted strangling her three children in Duxbury in January 2023 but claims she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis worsened by prescribed drugs. She is paralyzed from a suicide attempt after the killings.
Source: ABC News
The ABC News segment reports on damage from Hurricane Lala near Pahala on Hawaii's Big Island. It shows a destroyed main road cutting off neighborhoods and notes the storm arrived as a Category 1 with 80 mph winds, focusing on cleanup, power restoration and access issues from powerful winds and torrential rain. The report draws on on-scene footage and standard storm descriptions. No named experts or graphics are referenced in the transcript; the emphasis is on immediate recovery challenges following the storm's passage.
Source: ABC News
ABC News aired bodycam footage from a New York State Trooper rescue of an 80-year-old man trapped inside a burning home. The audio captures rescuers calling the man's name (Bob), guiding him out of the smoke-filled structure, confirming no one else remained inside, and escorting him to safety. The segment relies on primary bodycam audio and video from the Aug. 13 incident in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, with no narration, interviews, or additional graphics beyond the footage itself.
Source: ABC News
ABC News reports prosecutors have rested their case in the Lindsay Clancy trial after calling a Cellebrite phone forensics expert and other witnesses. Testimony covered Clancy's pre-incident phone searches and notes expressing parenting fears and medication concerns. The segment notes doctors saw no postpartum psychosis signs and previews the defense's expert battle. Prosecutors argued deliberate planning via a takeout errand timing.
Source: ABC News
Episode 2 of the ABC News/2020 podcast 'Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangione' focuses on the December 10, 2024 extradition hearing for Mangione in Pennsylvania after his arrest and the human story of victim Brian Thompson. It covers Mangione's not-guilty pleas at the time, federal charges, family statements, and Thompson's background from rural Iowa through his corporate rise. The second segment draws on interviews, earnings calls, a leaked company video, and Wendell Potter to contextualize Thompson's career, UnitedHealth Group's size and operations, claims processing, and public backlash after the shooting.
Source: ABC News
The segment is a brief breaking news bulletin announcing actress Hayden Panettiere's death at age 36. It attributes the confirmation to a statement from her father Skip Panettiere received by ABC News and notes her roles in Nashville, One Life to Live, and Remember the Titans. No cause of death is provided, and the report promises updates as available.
Source: ABC News
The segment covers the return journey of an endangered sea turtle named Rossi (Rhossi) found stranded in Wales nearly three years earlier. Veterinarians at Anglesey Sea Zoo nursed him back to health before he was flown to Texas and placed at the Houston Zoo for final care ahead of release into the Gulf of Mexico.
Source: ABC News
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