The National Center of Missing and Exploited Children is teaming up with Instagram to put missing children in front of the platform's massive audience.
Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement for then-President Donald Trump to release during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was written by him during a meeting at the White House that afternoon, and not by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. At Tuesday's Jan. 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney displayed a handwritten note which Hutchinson testified she wrote after Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows handed her a note card and pen to take his dictation.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined the legal team of Richard "Randy" Cox, a 36-year-old Black man who was injured while being transported by New Haven police in the back of a van. Crump held a news conference with Cox's family members in Connecticut Tuesday, along with co-counsel Jack O'Donnell and Louis Rubano, as well as local government and civil rights leaders. New Haven police arrested Cox on June 18 for allegedly unlawfully possessing a firearm, without incident, after a person attending a block party reported that Cox was carrying a gun.
Colorado voters on Tuesday will choose party nominees in a variety of local and statewide races -- and put to the test a multimillion-dollar plan by left-leaning groups there hoping to gain an advantage in the November midterms by influencing the Republican primaries. Democratic-affiliated organizations have spent millions on political ad contracts to boost pro-Donald Trump candidates in the nominating contests, highlighting the platforms of those who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election while attacking more moderate GOP politicians. It's the latest example of a familiar political plan that isn't just playing out in Colorado: The goal is try and help pick the Democratic opponent -- and in this case, to try to engineer the victory of ultra conservatives who may then prove weaker with the broader electorate.
The family of a former U.S. soldier captured in Ukraine said Tuesday he has contacted the U.S. State Department twice since the weekend to read statements that identified his captors as forces from the Donetsk People's Republic, a Russian-backed region in Ukraine. Alex Drueke, 40, left his home from outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama in mid-April, intending to join Ukrainian forces as a volunteer. Drueke last contacted his family on June 13, they said.
Startling testimony on Tuesday from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the House committee investigating Jan. 6 drew shock from Donald Trump's orbit as well as support for Hutchinson's character -- and a rebuke from the former president himself. Hutchinson, who worked as a top aide to Mark Meadows, Trump's last chief of staff, was the only witness at a surprise hearing on Tuesday.
The Biden administration is planning to send out hundreds of thousands of monkeypox vaccines in response to the outbreak of the rare disease that has been identified in multiple non-endemic countries. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday on a call with reporters that it will be sending out 296,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine for prevention of the disease for people who have been exposed. Of that number, 56,000 doses will become available immediately and an additional 240,000 doses will become available in a few weeks.
Sam Asghari is opening up about his marriage to pop superstar Britney Spears after their wedding earlier this month. The Iranian-American actor, who sat down with “Good Morning America" correspondent Will Reeve about his new film, “Hot Seat," said life with Spears is a “fairytale.” “I have to wear this thing now,” Asghari joked, pointing to his ring.
Physicians in Illinois have said they are already preparing for a surge in patients seeking abortions and possible legal battles after neighboring Missouri's trigger laws immediately restricted legal abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Dr. Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer with Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, told ABC News the staff at the clinic at Fairview Heights, Illinois, plans to add two to four hours a day to their schedules, and probably operate seven days a week to handle the increased demand. Planned Parenthood built the Fairview Heights clinic, which is roughly 15 miles away from St. Louis, in 2019 in anticipation of tightened restrictions on abortions in nearby states, according to McNicholas.
The House Jan. 6 committee's surprise hearing on Tuesday featured highly-anticipated and explosive testimony from someone who was inside the White House both as the Capitol attack unfolded and in the days before. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, spent some two hours divulging details about what went on behind-the-scenes leading up to, during and after the attack. Committee members and even some former Trump staffers hailed the 25-year-old for showing the courage to deliver her testimony publicly.
Last week's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and allowing states to ban abortion will not stop the U.S. military from permitting its medical providers to continue to perform abortions in cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life would be endangered by carrying the pregnancy to term, according to a Pentagon memo issued Tuesday. The Pentagon also said the court's decision would not affect its leave policy, which allows personnel to travel as needed to receive care for one of the covered abortions or, in other cases, at their own expense. The high court's decision, handed down Friday, had raised questions about whether the military's medical system would be allowed to provide access to covered abortions even in states that have banned or plan to ban the procedure.
Health Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters Tuesday that there’s no “magic bullet” that could restore Americans’ constitutional right to abortion, but said the administration was still working with its top legal advisers to explore every option, including ways to increase access to medication abortion. Becerra has announced several steps aimed at protecting existing protections for women, including ensuring that pregnant patients can get emergency medical care and safeguarding patient privacy. In his remarks, Becerra also noted that federal law allows for abortions through its Medicaid program in cases of rape and incest -- a standard at odds with states like Arkansas.
Four people were killed and dozens were injured Monday when an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck that was in an uncontrolled public crossing in Mendon, Missouri, according to Amtrak and officials. Eight passenger cars and two locomotives derailed at about 12:42 p.m. local time, Amtrak said. Justin Dunn initially said two of the train's passengers were killed, along with someone who was in the dump truck.
Residents in the San Diego area took to social media after mysterious lights were spotted in the sky just off the coast Monday night. With no clear indication of what the lights could be, dozens began posting photos and videos on Twitter, questioning what was happening in their night sky. The San Diego Police Department told ABC News on Tuesday morning that the mysterious lights were actually flares being used for military exercises.
National Crown Day is returning for its third year in a row, and there's a lot to celebrate. The annual observance was created to commemorate the July 3 anniversary of California's CROWN Act being signed into law in 2019. The legislation aims to "Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hairbeing" and prevent hair-based discrimination.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein who lured underage girls into the disgraced financier's lurid world, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years following her December conviction on five criminal counts, including sex trafficking. Maxwell, 60, and Epstein, who died by suicide in jail, "were partners in crime who sexually exploited young girls together," said New York City federal prosecutors, who had asked the judge for a sentence of at least 30 years in prison. Prosecutors said Maxwell and Epstein selected their victims carefully and asserted that it was no accident the four accusers who testified -- "Jane," "Kate," Carolyn and Annie -- came from single-mother households.
Chris Hemsworth turned the Australian premiere of "Thor: Love and Thunder" into a family date night. Hemsworth kept things casual in an all-black look, pairing a T-shirt with a blazer and pants while Pataky rocked a black dress with cut-outs and sequins at the top for a hint of sparkle. In addition to Sasha and Tristan, Hemsworth and Pataky, who married in December 2010, also share a 10-year-old daughter, India.
A Norwegian cruise ship has canceled its nine-night Alaskan trip after the ship crashed into an iceberg off of the Alaskan coast on Saturday. While there were no injuries and patrons and staff made it to Alaskan docks safely, the cruise line has canceled the rest of the scheduled trip and will return to Seattle Thursday morning. The Norwegian Sun was transitioning to Hubbard Glacier in Alaska when the ship made contact with a growler, the cruise line told ABC News.
Booster uptake among other young populations also continues to lag, with just 28.7% of eligible adolescents ages 12-17 boosted — representing 16% of the age group — and less than 40% of eligible 18- to 49-year-olds — representing 26.5% of the age group — boosted. Older Americans — people over 50 — have proven to be more likely to receive their first COVID-19 booster.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Tuesday called a surprise public hearing featuring Cassidy Hutchinson, formerly a top aide to Donald Trump's last chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Hutchinson was deposed multiple times by the committee during its year-long inquiry but on Tuesday she spoke publicly for the first time about what she had witnessed regarding the events before, during and after Jan. 6, 2021.
Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. have climbed 33% since the start of the pandemic, with Black and Hispanic women dying at higher rates than White women, according to a new study. The study, published by JAMA Network on Tuesday, reveals how the pandemic continues to disproportionately affect the health care of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. “This issue is not new and the pandemic just reiterates the problems we already face in this country,” Dr. Jacques Moritz, a board certified OB/GYN and medical director at Tia, a health care model that includes multiple clinics and services for female-related health care needs, told ABC News.
