Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (NEW ORLEANS) — A convicted felon who escaped custody on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her car was captured in New Orleans on Tuesday, authorities said. Leon Ruffin, 51, who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge, was found atRead More →
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SOUTH POINT, Hawaii) — A Canadian tourist is lucky to be alive after he apparently took a wrong turn on a remote road in Hawaii and drove his rental car off a 60-foot cliff, before falling out of the vehicle and getting washed out to sea, authoritiesRead More →
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, is hearing arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations from Trump co-defendant Michael Roman that she benefited financially from a “personal, romantic relationship” with prosecutorRead More →
ABC News (GRAND RAPIDS, MI.) — On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden is touting a post-COVID-19 economy that has roared back to life and continued to shatter expectations in recent months. Worries of a recession are fading, unemployment remains very low and average wages are on the rise againRead More →
Sheila Paras via Getty Images (SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA.) — Police are searching for leads after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed in Pennsylvania, authorities said. On Monday afternoon, police responded to a home in Sparta Township, about 35 miles southeast of Erie, where they found Rebekah Byler dead, PennsylvaniaRead More →
St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, the Guatemalan teen charged with aggravated manslaughter after a Florida police officer collapsed after a struggle while attempting to arrest him, is now being represented by high-profile criminal defense attorney Jose Baez. Speaking exclusively with ABC News, Baez saidRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm system sweeping across the United States is forecast to bring severe weather to the Midwest on Tuesday before reaching the Northeast on Wednesday. Before heading east, the cross-country storm dumped several feet of snow on the Cascade Range and northern Rocky Mountains inRead More →
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will host top congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday as he and fellow Democrats remain at odds with House Republicans over aid to Ukraine and government funding with a partial shutdown deadline just days away. The “Big 4” leaders sitting downRead More →
Donald Trump Jr. speaks to supporters at a rally for his father, Republican Presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 23, 2024 in Charleston, S.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (JUPITER, Fla.) — Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump, received and opened a letter containingRead More →
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Michigan’s presidential primary on Tuesday offers both the most visible test yet of electoral anger with President Joe Biden for his response to the Israel-Hamas war — and another test of voter interest in former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s waning GOP campaign. Critics ofRead More →
