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Man charged with stalking for allegedly threatening WNBA star Caitlin Clark
Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS) — A Texas man has been charged with stalking for allegedly sending WNBA star Caitlin Clark threats over social media, officials said Monday. Michael Lewis, 55, was arrested [Read More…]
LA fires live updates: Edison International can’t rule out role of equipment
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 Santa Ana winds, continue [Read More…]
What we know about those killed in the LA wildfires
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Family members have begun to identify the Los Angeles residents who were killed in the wildfires sweeping through the area since Jan. 7. As of Sunday evening, [Read More…]
LA ‘still in such a dangerous situation’: FEMA Administrator Criswell
ABC News FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell warned that Los Angeles is “still in such a dangerous situation” in an interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.” “I think the biggest concern that I have right [Read More…]
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands of firefighters are battling at least five wildfires, ABC News dug into the city budgets and [Read More…]
Judge orders DOJ to respond to Trump co-defendants’ allegations about Smith report
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is ordering the Justice Department to respond to arguments made by President-elect Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in his classified documents case by 10 a.m. Sunday. [Read More…]
Jack Smith has resigned as special counsel, Justice Department says in court filing
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jack Smith, who investigated Donald Trump over allegations of interfering with the 2020 election and unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving the White House, has formally resigned as special counsel [Read More…]
FBI questions people from Hegseth’s past ahead of Senate confirmation hearing: Sources
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI has interviewed multiple individuals about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s personal life as part of its background check investigation, asking questions about alleged extramarital affairs, his relationship [Read More…]
Tulsa race massacre probe finds 1921 horror was ‘coordinated, military-style attack’
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — The Justice Department provided new insight and chilling details about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, describing the two-day raid that killed 300 Black residents and destroyed their businesses [Read More…]
Green Beret’s suicide death revives questions about PTSD, risks to brain health
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Image (LAS VEGAS) — Six years before packing a rental truck with firework mortars and gas cannisters before shooting himself in the head — an act he [Read More…]
California fires live updates: If you fly a drone, you’ll be prosecuted, DA warns
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as [Read More…]
Federal judge holds Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for repeating false claims about election workers
Alex Kent/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for violating a court order that barred him from making false and defamatory statements against two [Read More…]
Massive winter storm continues to dump snow across the South
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A massive winter storm is blanketing the South with ice and record-breaking snow, with some cities seeing the most snowfall from a single storm in decades. Twenty states, from Texas [Read More…]
Kyren Lacy, top NFL draft prospect, wanted for negligent homicide after deadly crash
Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, FILE (LOUISIANA) — NFL hopeful Kyren Lacy, one of the top wide receiver prospects in this year’s draft, is wanted for negligent homicide in connection with a deadly crash in Louisiana last [Read More…]
Vince McMahon to pay $1.7 million for failing to disclose settlements
Ethan Miller/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Vince McMahon, the former head of WWE, will pay $1.7 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose two settlements he had with employees while he [Read More…]
Passengers evacuate plane on slides after Delta flight aborts takeoff
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Hundreds of passengers were forced to evacuate on slides during a snowstorm after their Delta flight aborted takeoff from Atlanta due to an engine issue Friday morning, the [Read More…]
California fires live updates: Looks like ‘atomic bomb dropped,’ sheriff says
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as [Read More…]
California fires live updates: LA sheriff says city looks like ‘atomic bomb dropped’
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as [Read More…]
Trump sentencing live updates: Judge sentences Trump to unconditional discharge
(Photo by Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning in his New York hush money case after a jury in May convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records [Read More…]
US hiring grows at robust pace, indicating Trump will inherit healthy economy
The Federal Reserve Board Building. Via Douglas Rissing/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring grew at a robust pace in December, far exceeding economists’ expectations and demonstrating the health of the nation’s economy days before it [Read More…]