MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, following nearly a week of deliberations. Penny, a former Marine and architecture student, was initially charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide. Prosecutors alleged that Penny killed Neely, a 30-year-old homelessRead More →

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top jobs in his administration were making the rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday ahead of potential confirmation hearings next month. Some of the choices come with controversy — and face pointed questions from Republican senators. Pentagon pick Pete HegsethRead More →

Gary Gershoff/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, in his first broadcast news interview since the election, said members of the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should be jailed. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump told NBC’s KristenRead More →

MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely by the jury on Monday. The jury deliberated for more than 24 hours across five days before reaching the verdict. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg thanked the juryRead More →

NYPD (NEW YORK) — A man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was stopped with a fake New Jersey ID and is being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The man was on a Greyhound bus traveling throughRead More →

Obtained by ABC News (MORRIS COUNTY, N.J.) — The mayors of 21 towns in New Jersey are demanding action in a letter sent to Gov. Phil Murphy over the mysterious drones that have been spotted flying overhead in recent weeks. Since mid-November, large drones of uncertain origin have been repeatedly spotted inRead More →

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Extreme fire danger is set to threaten Southern California early this week. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles issued a rare “particularly dangerous situation” red flag warning from Monday night through Wednesday morning. The worst conditions for Los Angeles and Ventura counties will be Monday nightRead More →

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images (TIJUANA, MEXICO) — A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to hijack a Mexican domestic commercial flight and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris. At some point after the flight took off this morningRead More →

Remon Haazen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 on the campaign trail but has since nominated several authors or contributors from the controversial conservative presidential wish list to his administration. Trump called the Project 2025 policy proposals — which include restrictions on abortion pills, birth control pills and MedicareRead More →

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump announced that Alina Habba, his senior adviser and attorney, will serve as counselor to the president. The appointment was shared through a post on Truth Social on Sunday evening, in which he wrote, “Alina has been a tireless advocate for Justice,Read More →