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Friday weather: Ice storm warnings cover Midwest, as arctic blast slams East Coast
An ABC News graphic shows weather in the United States on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Via ABC News (NEW YORK) — The eastern half of the United States is enduring the latest arctic blast from [Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Suspect not member of UnitedHealthcare, company says
Luigi Mangione is seen inside the police station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 2024/Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson wasn’t a member of [Read More…]
American Airlines flight diverts to JFK after apparent bird strike damages engine
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American Airlines flight departing New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday evening had to divert to nearby John F. Kennedy International shortly after takeoff after a reported bird strike [Read More…]
JonBenét Ramsey case gets renewed attention 28 years after her murder
Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? The all-new ABC News interview with JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey, airs during 20/20 – premiering Friday, Nov. 13th on ABC Network. (NEW YORK) — Advancements in DNA technology and a surge [Read More…]
Florida woman charged for threatening health insurance company: ‘Delay, deny, depose’
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (LAKELAND, Fla.) — A Florida woman was arrested and charged this week for ending a phone call with her health insurance provider with threats that mimicked wording associated with the suspected UnitedHealthcare [Read More…]
Mayor Eric Adams meets with Trump border czar to talk NYC’s role in new immigration policy
Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with incoming border czar Thomas Homan to discuss their plans to remove what he says were violent undocumented immigrants. Thursday’s closed-door [Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: New York prosecutors presenting evidence to grand jury, sources say
Luigi Mangione is seen inside the police station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 2024/Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury [Read More…]
Nonprofit recruits ‘Sesame Street’ puppeteer and Broadway star to help girls dream big through music
Megan Piphus, a musician and the first Black female puppeteer on “Sesame Street,” and her pupper Mini lead vocal exercises during the recording of nonprofit Saving Our Daughters’ first album; ABC News (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, charged with lying about Biden family, reaches plea deal
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors from [Read More…]
UnitedHealth Group says slain CEO Brian Thompson was ‘one of the good guys’
JHVEPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A week after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York, the health insurer’s parent company is praising him as “one of the good guys” and seeking [Read More…]
Small plane crashes into 3 vehicles on Texas roadway
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (VICTORIA, Texas) — A small plane crashed into three vehicles Wednesday afternoon on a roadway in Victoria, Texas. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the twin-engine Piper PA-31 crashed around 3:00 p.m. [Read More…]
Woman’s death as officer responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene threat highlights growing swatting issue
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ROME, Ga.) — The death of a woman this week in a car crash involving a police officer who was responding to a bomb threat against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia home [Read More…]
Convicted Jan. 6 rioter says retired congressman invited him to Trump inauguration
Bill Clark/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A California man who pleaded guilty to a felony for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol filed a letter Wednesday showing he was personally invited [Read More…]
Luigi Mangione could face more charges in New York, Manhattan DA says
Photo by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, who is accused of second-degree murder for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, could face additional [Read More…]
Kayaker who faked death, fled country has returned to US and is in custody in Wisconsin: Officials
Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office (GREEN LAKE, Wis.) — Ryan Borgwardt, the husband and father who authorities said faked his own death at a lake and fled the country, has returned to the U.S. willingly [Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione’s gun matches shell casings from crime scene, NYPD says
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ghost gun allegedly in Luigi Mangione’s possession when he was arrested in Pennsylvania has been matched to three shell casings recovered at the scene of Brian Thompson’s murder [Read More…]
Family of Austin Tice says ‘a significant source’ indicates he is alive, being ‘treated well’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The family of Austin Tice, the American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria in 2012, said it has been in contact with a [Read More…]
‘Deny,’ ‘defend’ and ‘depose’: Police investigating words found on shell casings in CEO shooting, sources say
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The search for an unidentified gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the investigation into a possible motive, remain ongoing Friday. Thompson, 50, was shot Wednesday morning outside a [Read More…]
18-year-old charged with killing, robbing man during meeting to buy PlayStation 5
Getty Images (HOUSTON, Texas) — An 18-year-old was arrested and charged in Houston, Texas, after allegedly killing a man during an meetup to purchase a PlayStation 5. The Houston Police Department charged Zavion Joshua Pabon, [Read More…]
Manslaughter charge dismissed in Daniel Penny trial, jury to consider negligent homicide charge
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judge Maxwell Wiley has dismissed the top charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely at the request of prosecutors after considering [Read More…]