Plus, the suspect in a 1988 midair bombing on a Pan Am flight is set to appear in court after being extradited to the U.S., and the latest on the immigration crisis at the southern border.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday he was "confident" the city is prepared for any protests related to a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump. "We are monitoring comments on social media, and the NYPD is doing their normal role of making sure there is no inappropriate actions in the city," Adams said Monday at an unrelated press conference. Writing on his Truth Social platform Saturday, Trump called for protests against what he said was his expected arrest Tuesday, in connection with the Manhattan district attorney's probe into the 2016 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
A Washington, D.C., jury on Monday found four associates of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group guilty of conspiracy for their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Through the course of two separate trials late last year into January, six members of the Oath Keepers were found guilty of seditious conspiracy including the group's leader, Stewart Rhodes. The six defendants in the current jury trial, Sandra Parker, Bennie Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs, Michael Greene and William Isaacs, faced the lesser charge of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding along with a range of other felony charges.
Five minors have been killed in a crash after a vehicle veered off a highway in Westchester, New York, according to officials. The Nissan Rogue the children were traveling in hit a boulder, struck a tree and caught fire after it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway near the Mamaroneck Road exit in Scarsdale around 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, officials said. Authorities identified those killed in the crash as: Anthony Billips Jr., 17; Malik Smith, 16; Zahnyiah Cross, 12; Shawnell Cross, 11; and Andrew Billips, 8.
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday broke his silence on possible indictment of former President Donald Trump in remarks that first criticized the Manhattan district attorney who would issue the indictment but then swiped at the former president. DeSantis said at a news conference in Panama City, Florida.
Video of the March 6 chain of events that ended with the in-custody death of Irvo Otieno will be released on Tuesday, according to Virginia prosecutor Ann Cabell Baskervill. Cabell Baskervill, Dinwiddie County’s Commonwealth Attorney, said the incident began in the Henrico County Jail, where Otieno was allegedly punched by officers in his side and torso. Otieno was later transported to Central State Hospital, a state-run inpatient psychiatric facility, to be admitted as a patient.
Fulton County prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia are now looking to question one of Trump's attorneys as part of the probe, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Prosecutors in District Attorney Fani Willis' office have requested an interview with Trump's attorney Christina Bobb, according to multiple sources. It is not clear what information prosecutors hope to gain from Bobb, whose role in Trump's handling of classified documents is also being examined by special prosecutor Jack Smith.
"The Bachelorette" alum Clare Crawley is opening up about the health scare that she says led her to have her breast implants removed. "It was absolutely exhausting," Crawley said of her health issues as well as her years-long battle to find a diagnosis. Crawley said she decided to undergo breast augmentation surgery after appearing on "The Bachelor" franchise.
Two teenage boys from Illinois died in a sledding accident while on a spring break trip in Colorado, officials said. The 17-year-old and 18-year-old were at Copper Mountain Ski Resort during Sunday night's accident, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said. "Our thoughts and condolences go out to the families and friends of the individuals involved in this tragic incident," Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons said in a statement.
The story has become a sadly familiar one in New York. New York witnessed 219 fires related to these kinds of devices in 2022, causing 147 injuries and six deaths. New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed a package of e-bike safety legislation Monday to stop that chain of events, two weeks after the New York City Council approved the laws.
An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday. Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six years in captivity, the White House said. "I'm gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. hostage Jeff Woodke after over 6 years in captivity," U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted.
The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's role in the hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels is hearing Monday from a witness for the defense. Trump's legal team asked the Manhattan district attorney's office to allow Bob Costello, an attorney and longtime Trump ally, to appear as an exculpatory witness, according to a letter to prosecutors obtained by ABC News.
The Federal Reserve was aware of risks to Silicon Valley Bank more than a year before its collapse, ABC News confirmed on Monday following a New York Times report. In all, the Fed cautioned the bank about its concerns on several occasions, ABC News confirmed. In a 2021 review, the Fed identified significant vulnerabilities in the bank’s containment of risk, but the bank did not rectify the weaknesses.
The Republican chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight, and Administration committees issued a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday demanding testimony and documents related to the investigation and potential indictment of former President Donald Trump. The joint letter, from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, is the first action by Republican House committees in response to Trump saying he expects to be indicted this week and after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy quickly announced he planned to use committees to probe the potential indictment and whether federal funding was involved.
A federal judge on Monday indefinitely delayed the defamation lawsuit writer E. Jean Carroll brought against former President Donald Trump. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, claimed Trump defamed her when he denied her allegation that he raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s. Attorneys for Carroll and Trump declined to comment.
Three men involved in the fatal shooting of rapper XXXTentacion were found guilty by a jury on Monday. Dedrick Devonshay Williams, Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of the rapper. XXXTentacion, whose real name is Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed in Broward County, Florida, on June 18, 2018.
A 60-year-old man was bitten by shark while swimming in Hawaii on Sunday. The swimmer was in Hawaii Island's Anaeho'omalu Bay, about 200 yards off shore, when he was attacked, according to the Hawaii County Fire Department. A jet ski driver then took the man to the beach, where he was treated by responders and rushed to North Hawaii Hospital, officials said.
Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, exacerbating the challenge world leaders face in preventing the impacts of climate change from worsening, the United Nations warns in its latest climate report. Emissions in 2019 were about 12% higher than they were in 2010 and 54% higher than they were in 1990, largely due to increases in fossil fuel production, industrial activities and methane emissions, the report, released Monday by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, states. As a result, human-caused climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe, leading to widespread adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and people, according to the report.
With the "John Wick" franchise, Keanu Reeves is playing the role of a lifetime. For an actor like Reeves, that's quite the statement considering he's one of America's most beloved action stars and has appeared in films like "Point Break," "Speed" and, of course, "The Matrix." "It's a fun character to be able to have that, you know, that John Wick kinda thing," Reeves told "Good Morning America," in an interview that aired Monday, of the titular assassin, famous for being relentless and unstoppable.
Kylie Beaton was looking forward to having her second child later this year. Now, she's faced with carrying an unviable pregnancy to its end due to Texas' highly restrictive abortion ban. According to a report from her doctor, Beaton's baby has a rare, severe condition impacting the development of its brain, but she is unable to access abortion care in her home state.
A high-ranking Memphis police officer on duty at the scene of the beating that would end Tyre Nichols life, retired one day before he was expected to be fired, according to Memphis City Council Vice Chairman JB Smiley, Jr. "We call for Memphis police and officials to do everything in their power to hold Lt. Smith and all of those involved fully accountable and not allow Lt. Smith to cowardly sidestep the consequences of his actions," the Nichols family's attorneys said in a statement. The mother and stepfather of Nichols, RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells, spoke alongside Ben Crump, who leads their legal team, and Al Sharpton at the National Action Network (NAN) House of Justice in Harlem Saturday.
