ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine made landfall early Wednesday evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans, as a Category 2 storm. Francine has since weakened to a tropical depression as it brings heavy rain to the South. Here’s how the news is developing: Biden ‘closely monitoring’ impacts of Francine President Joe Biden is […]
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid escalating rhetoric from former President Donald Trump threatening to prosecute his enemies should he win the 2024 election, Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered remarks to the Justice Department workforce on Thursday urging they continue to adhere to longstanding principles intended to protect DOJ from improper politicization. “Our […]
Paul Vernon/AP (SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) — A bomb threat prompted a major police response in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, according to the city commission office. The threat was sent via email “to multiple agencies and media outlets,” the office said. Explosive-detecting K-9s helped police clear multiple facilities listed in the threat, including two elementary schools, […]
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a debate that often turned heated over key issues, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were at odds over abortion, a top concern for voters heading into the election. Harris tried to label Trump’s position as extreme, pointing to his role […]
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has all but exhausted his efforts to eliminate the limited gag order in his criminal hush money case, after New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to consider his request to lift the order. “Appeal dismissed without costs, by the Court sua sponte, […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case on Thursday tossed out three more counts in the indictment, two of which the former president was facing. The judge, Scott McAfee, previously threw out six counts in the indictment, three of which were against Trump. “President Trump […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel who responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, did not violate policy or the law, according to an internal CBP report released on Thursday. However, the report found responding agents weren’t properly trained for a school shooting event and […]
ABC News Studios/Hulu ABC News Studios has announced it will continue its successful true crime collaboration with Hulu with the new three-part docuseries Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison. The series follows the story of 31-year-old Kaitlyn Conley, a former receptionist who claims she was wrongly convicted of the poisoning murder of Mary Yoder, her former […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will not take part in any more debates ahead of the 2024 election. In a post on his social media platform, Trump argued that Vice President Kamala Harris could’ve accepted an offer to debate on Fox News on Sept. 4, or could’ve […]
Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — One of the four suspects charged in connection to the shooting death of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor has pleaded guilty, a spokesperson for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office told ABC News. Leonel Gutierrez, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted […]
