Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SEOUL and LONDON) — North Korea fired “multiple” ballistic missiles on Monday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, as U.S.-South Korea war games began nearby. The missiles, which were “unidentified,” were fired from the North’s Hwanghae Province at about 1:50 p.m. localRead More →
ABC News Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on Sunday that he took issue with the Democratic response in the chamber to President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging address to Congress last week. “I think the lack of a coordinated response in the State of the Union was a mistake, and frankly,Read More →
Lee County Sheriff’s Office (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rican prison in 1987. The Puerto Rico Department of Justice believedRead More →
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — David Sacks, the White House crypto czar, said Friday that taxpayers have lost out on “over $17 billion of value” because earlier administrations never took advantage of bitcoin already in the U.S. government’s possession. “Over the past decade or so, the federal government has comeRead More →
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the Department of Government Efficiency rapidly moves to reshape the federal government, several groups challenging DOGE in court are attempting to determine how Elon Musk’s budget-slashers were able to rapidly entrench themselves in at least 15 agencies. Over the coming week, federal judges have orderedRead More →
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Butterfly populations have dropped by 22% across 554 recorded species in the United States, according to a new study in the journal Science. “Our national-scale findings paint the most complete — and concerning — picture of the status of butterflies across the country inRead More →
WABC (NEW YORK) — A woman’s ex-boyfriend is in police custody after she was found dead in a suitcase on Thursday in Yonkers, New York, law enforcement sources said. Pamela Alcantara, 26, was found dead in a marshy area by the side of Saw Mill River Parkway after going missingRead More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump on Friday threatened new tariffs on Canadian products, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the administration’s tariff plan would likely raise prices for U.S. shoppers and retailers. The scale and duration of the tariffs remain unclear but a portion of theRead More →
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department on Friday put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Two of the prosecutors — Andrew Rohrbach and Celia Cohen — worked on the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. RohrbachRead More →
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In this first episode of a new podcast published Thursday, California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, an LGBTQ ally, broke with his party, saying that transgender athletes playing in female sports is “deeply unfair.” “I think it’s an issue of fairness. I completely agree withRead More →
