Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tributes are pouring in for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. His life and legacy will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, over the coming days. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs coveredRead More →
(NEW YORK) — A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department. Kawam was sleeping on aRead More →
Police investigate a mass shooting that erupted on June 2, 2024, that left one man dead and 28 people injured at a large street party in Akron, Ohio. (ABC News/WEWS) (NEW YORK) — Homicides across the United States are poised to plummet for the third straight year as 2024 windsRead More →
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has withdrawn from their appeal of the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump’s co-defendants and referred the case to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, according to a court filing Monday afternoon. Smith lastRead More →
STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock (WASHINGTON) — The Treasury Department was breached by a China-sponsored actor earlier this month, officials told Congress in a letter on Monday. The “major” breach was achieved by gaining access to a third-party cybersecurity service Treasury used, called BeyondTrust, they said. The actor then accessed Treasury workstationsRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Red flag warnings were issued Monday due to critical fire danger in West Texas, eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma/Kansas/Colorado corner. The combination of warm temperatures, gusty winds and low humidity could produce the potential for dangerous fire conditions across portions of the area. WithRead More →
Dublin Police Services, FILE (CALIFORNIA) — The man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Northern California woman in a case that became known nationwide as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has now been charged with other break-ins and assaults from years earlier, prosecutors announced on Monday. Matthew Muller — who pleadedRead More →
David Eulitt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has issued a formal warning to sports leagues about organized theft groups targeting professional athletes. The warning follows a rash of burglaries, beginning in September, at the homes of professional athletes while they were playing games or traveling. “These homes are targeted forRead More →
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson amid a fight over the House gavel that will culminate in a vote at the end of the week. “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man,” Trump wrote at theRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’ll be a rainy New Year’s Eve in New York City, but dry and warm for much of the country. Here’s what you need to know: Rain will hit the Ohio River Valley on Tuesday and then push into the Northeast in the evening. Detroit andRead More →
