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Ana Montes, a former US defense analyst arrested for spying for Cuba, released from federal prison
Charles O’Rear/Getty Images (FORT WORTH, Texas) — A former U.S. defense intelligence agency analyst convicted of spying for Cuba was released from federal prison on Friday, prison officials confirmed with ABC News. Ana Montes, 65, [Read More…]
Explaining Biden’s new border strategy: Expelling some migrants while expanding some asylum claims
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration last week announced a significant new crackdown on unauthorized migration at the border while opening new legal pathways for some people to enter the U.S [Read More…]
Terror trial set to begin for suspect in NYC truck attack that killed 8
St. Charles County Department of Corrections via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The attack fits a pattern of deadly vehicle attacks throughout Europe over the past two years. The first federal death penalty trial of [Read More…]
Sacramento County warns residents amid storms: ‘Get out now’
ABC News There is no end in sight for the unrelenting rainfall inundating the West Coast with severe flooding and widespread power outages. Residents in Wilton, California, who live along the Cosumnes River, are being [Read More…]
Police seek info on mother, vehicle as search for missing 11-year-old continues
FBI (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Police searching for a missing North Carolina 11-year-old are seeking information about a Toyota Prius and the girl’s mother possibly visiting a nearby county in the weeks after the girl went [Read More…]
Biden focuses on El Paso in his first presidential trip to the US-Mexico border
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will visit the U.S.- Mexico border on Sunday, his first trip since taking office, with a stop in El Paso, Texas, before he arrives [Read More…]
Perry won’t recuse himself from possible GOP investigation of Jan. 6 probe investigating him
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., would not commit on Sunday to recusing himself from a possible House GOP investigation of the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation, even though federal investigators have looked [Read More…]
Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas dismisses Republican calls to resign over the border
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday rebuffed calls from leading Republicans to step aside — or risk impeachment — and underscored the critical nature of managing migration challenges “gripping” the [Read More…]
Damar Hamlin honored in Buffalo Bills’ 1st game after cardiac arrest
Bryan Bennett/Getty Images (CINCINNATI, Ohio) — As the Buffalo Bills took to the gridiron Sunday wearing T-shirts bearing his number, Damar Hamlin, the 24-year-old player who suffered a cardiac arrest on the field after just [Read More…]
Damar Hamlin makes first public comments since on-field cardiac arrest
Bryan Bennett/Getty Images (CINCINNATI, Ohio) — Damar Hamlin made his first public comments after suffering from cardiac arrest during an NFL game earlier this week. “When you put real love out into the world it [Read More…]
Utah town grieves murder-suicide that left 8 dead, including 5 children
Kali9/Getty Images (ENOCH CITY, Utah) — Residents of Enoch City, Utah, are left grieving after police said a father shot and killed his seven family members before turning the gun on himself. Their despair stems [Read More…]
Teacher injured in shooting at Virginia elementary school, 6-year-old suspect in custody: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school after a 6-year-old student opened fire during an altercation in Virginia on Friday, police and school officials [Read More…]
Search continues for Massachusetts mother Ana Walshe missing for nearly a week
Ana Walshe / Facebook (BOSTON) — The search continues for a Massachusetts mother of three who was last seen on New Year’s Day leaving for a flight she never took, police said. Ana Walshe, 39, [Read More…]
Trial of doctor who former presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s wife accused of sexual assault begins Monday
Jefferson Siegel/NY Daily News via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former Columbia University gynecologist accused of sexually abusing patients, including a minor, two [Read More…]
Prosecutors launch website to notify Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged victims
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There are so many victims of the fraud allegedly perpetrated by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried federal prosecutors said it would be impractical for them to individually [Read More…]
New Congress live updates: What’s next after Kevin McCarthy’s speakership win
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is stretching into a fourth day Friday after 11 failed votes so far to decide on a speaker over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Republican leader [Read More…]
Controversy illuminates rise of facial recognition in private sector
Weiquan Lin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For nearly a century, people have flocked every holiday season to Radio City Music Hall to watch the famous Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show. The [Read More…]
Car enthusiasts remember Ken Block
Ken Block/YouTube (NEW YORK) — The car world is beginning 2023 in mourning. Ken Block – renowned rally car driver, entrepreneur, and car enthusiast – died suddenly after a snowmobiling accident in Northern Utah Monday. [Read More…]
Colin Farrell teases ‘Penguin’ spin-off series is just the “tip of the iceberg”
Warner Bros. Pictures On the red carpet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday night, where he was to be awarded for his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin, Colin Farrell [Read More…]
Extra stands by Billy Bush after leak of “edgy” off-camera comments about Kendall Jenner
(NOTE LANGUAGE AND CONTENT) Extra host Billy Bush is once again in hot water after another leak of sexually suggestive off-camera comments. The TV personality, who was famously suspended, then fired, from Today in 2016 [Read More…]