A fourth person has died in New York City amid an ongoing cluster of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side, according to health officials.

At least 76 cases have been identified and seven people remain hospitalized, the New York City Health Department announced.

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhaling the Legionella bacteria in small droplets of water mixed in the air or contaminated water accidentally going into the lungs.

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Rhiannon Ally reports from the storm zone as a powerful system slams the Northeast with heavy rain, flash floods, 70 mph wind gusts and tornadoes prompting thousands of flight delays and cancellations, and Ginger Zee tracks Tropical Storm Bertha churning along the Gulf Coast; Trevor Ault has the latest the tragedy in an Ohio river when four people tried to save a struggling swimmer and all five drowned, with two children watching the tragedy unfold; less than four months before midterm elections, Mary Bruce has details on New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill revealing that about 6,600 noncitizens applying for a drivers license were improperly registered to vote due to a “serious software error;” and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

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02:32 Severe storms in the Northeast lead to thousands of flight delays and cancellations
05:00 85 million+ brace for dangerous storms as Tropical Storm Bertha churns in the Gulf
06:06 5 drown in an Ohio river while attempting to help struggling swimmer
07:34 2 American tourists in Greece stabbed near the Acropolis in random attack
08:44 Secy. Hegseth says Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, ask for billions more
11:03 Milwaukee garbage truck blast injures sanitation worker
12:23 Former U.S. Army private charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to federal building
13:34 New Jersey governor reveals computer error improperly registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote
16:07 Missouri police dashcam video shows suspect jumping off bridge to escape police
16:23 Kaylee Hottle, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ star dies in car accident at age 18
16:47 Pan Am flight 526 wreckage found 74 years after crash
17:19 Saxophonist Plas Johnson, soloist in ‘The Pink Panther’ dead at 94
17:40 Luke Skywalker’s iconic ‘Star Wars” lightsaber sells for $3.75 million
18:04 America Strong: Orlando elementary school students surprise teacher on wedding day

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The House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protect Act on Tuesday, which would make daylight saving time permanent. If signed into law, the later sunset would become the standard year-round.

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01:35 Pamela Smart back in court after being convicted of plotting husband’s 1990 murder
07:04 Tate brothers arrested in Miami on new rape and sex trafficking charges
10:03 US service members killed in Iran attack on Jordan identified
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President Trump’s teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on more than a dozen of Trump’s speeches on the prediction market Kalshi, federal investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

ABC News’ Katherine Faulders reports.

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