Month: January 2025
ABC Politics News
Johnson says flags will be raised for Trump’s inauguration
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is going to order that the flags at the Capitol, which are at half-staff due to the death of former President [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged with murder of New Jersey woman found dead in Pennsylvania dumpster
mbbirdy/Getty Images (COOPERSBURG, Pa.) — A man has been arrested in the murder of a New Jersey woman whose body was found in a Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, dumpster over the weekend. Rolando Corte, 42, was charged [Read More…]
ABC National News
New Orleans attack suspect searched for Germany truck-ramming incident hours before carrying out attack: FBI
Michael Democker/Getty Images, FILE (NEW ORLEANS) — The man who is suspected of committing the New Years Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans searched online for information about the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Germany, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Los Angeles fire losses could reach $30 billion for insurers
Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Multiple fires raging across the Los Angeles area will cost insurers as much as $30 billion, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs estimated in a report released this week. After accounting for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jessica Simpson and husband are ‘living separately’ while ‘navigating a painful situation’
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson in 2023; Ella Hovsepian/Getty Images Jessica Simpson has issued a new statement sharing that she and her husband of 10 years, former NFL player Eric Johnson, are “living separately.” The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Israel hopes for ceasefire deal ‘soon,’ official says
Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip. A latest round of peace talks to end [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine, France discussing allied troop deployment to country, Zelenskyy says
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (LONDON) — Talks are ongoing between Paris and Kyiv for the possible deployment of French troops inside Ukraine despite the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post [Read More…]
ABC World News
North Korea tests ‘several’ missiles, South Korean military says
Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL and TOKYO) — North Korea launched “several short-range ballistic missiles,” that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge orders Steve Bannon to explain why he switched attorneys close to fraud trial
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon must appear in court next week to explain why he switched lawyers so close to trial, a judge in New York ordered. Bannon, once [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump asks appeals court to reconsider overturning $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider overturning a jury’s verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and awarded [Read More…]
ABC National News
What hazards will remain in Southern California after the wildfires subside?
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Fires are continuing to burn in Southern California, with further weather-related threats expected to increase as another Santa Ana wind event picks up this week. While the [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA fires live updates: How the Palisades Village managed to survive the firestorm
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 24 people have died and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires weather forecast: ‘Dangerous’ wind situation begins early Tuesday
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — As strong winds in Southern California pick up further early on Tuesday, a “particularly dangerous situation” with a red flag warning will go into effect in western Los Angeles County [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Sam Darnold’s career-best season ends with a thud as he takes 9 sacks in playoff loss
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold did nearly everything right in a renaissance season, resurrecting his career as a starter while pushing Minnesota to one of the NFL’s best [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Rams overwhelm Vikings 27-9 in wild-card playoff game moved to Arizona because of LA wildfires
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold tried to step up in the pocket to find a receiver but there was nowhere to go. The blue and yellow wall that was the Los Angeles Rams’ defense [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hegseth hearing live updates: Pentagon pick rails against alleged ‘smear campaign’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, is facing senators on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing. Hesgeth is expected to be grilled by the Armed Services Committee [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to issue executive order to bolster AI infrastructure in the US
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden will sign a new executive order focused on bolstering the infrastructure needed to for advanced AI operations in the U.S., [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US to ban Russian, Chinese software and hardware in vehicles
Ditto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States is going to ban Russian and Chinese software in vehicles, according to the Department of Commerce, due to national security concerns. The final rule, posted on the federal [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
FBI did not interview woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017: Sources
(WASHINGTON) — The FBI’s probe into defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth did not include an interview with a woman who accused the former Fox News anchor of sexual assault in 2017, sources familiar with the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted in Jan. 6 case
ABC News Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report lays out in no uncertain terms federal prosecutors’ position that Donald Trump — who is set to be inaugurated president in less than a week — would [Read More…]