ABC News (NEW YORK) — As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week. The storm kicks off on Saturday as a mix of rain, snow and ice develops overRead More →
Image from the NTSB investigation of the Jan. 5 accident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on a Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7. Via NTSB Flickr (NEW YORK) — One year after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines jet, Boeing said it is “on track with progressRead More →
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — After spending Thursday trying to sway Republican holdouts to back his bid to retain the speaker’s gavel, Mike Johnson’s future could still come down to a single GOP vote Friday when House holds elects a new leader asRead More →
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following reports of alleged impropriety by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee have quietly made a request for additional information from the veterans organization Hegseth once ran, asRead More →
Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. Via U.S. Army. (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday is set to award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for heroism during the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Medal of Honor is awarded to those whoRead More →
(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sixty years after Black Americans gained the right to vote in the United States through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sen. Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming the longest-serving African American in the 235-year history of the United States Senate. ThisRead More →
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott) (WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before he leaves office, President Joe Biden awarded 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, including the key players in the House Jan. 6 committee. Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Mississippi Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, who chaired theRead More →
A band plays in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 2, 2025. Via Ashley Riegle/ABC News. (NEW ORLEANS) — The quiet in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter early Thursday morning was first cut by crews sweeping up trash — then power washing Bourbon Street. The goal was toRead More →
Obtained by ABC News (LAS VEGAS) — Matthew Livelsberger — the suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on New Year’s Day outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel — died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the blast, officials said at a Thursday press briefing. Investigators hadRead More →
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year. The Quadrantids, one of the “strongest” displays of the year, are expected to peak Thursday night through early Friday morning, according to the American MeteorRead More →
