Mark Pomerantz discusses new book, 'People vs. Donald Trump'
The former Manhattan special assistant district attorney discusses his new book and why he disagrees with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s decision not to bring charges against Donald Trump.
The former Manhattan special assistant district attorney discusses his new book and why he disagrees with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s decision not to bring charges against Donald Trump.
The death toll of an outbreak linked to contaminated recalled eye drops has risen and more people have lost their vision. According to an update issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the number of deaths has risen from one to three. The CDC did not provide any information in its update about the affected patients including names, ages, sexes or where they live.
The U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise is expected to wrap up Thursday morning local time. “South Korea’s military detected several cruise missiles fired at 10:15 a.m. from South Hamgyong province towards the East Sea,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told ABC News.
Delanie Dennis, an 11-year-old from Tampa, Florida, is making a difference one glass of lemonade at a time. Delanie is the founder of a lemonade stand that, since 2019, has raised more than $61,000 for local animal rescues in the Tampa Bay area.
In the trail of its double landfall, Cyclone Freddy has left a death toll of at least 522 people across Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar and displaced tens of thousands. “The United States expresses our deep sadness at the tragic loss of life and destruction across the Southern African region in the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy,” a USAID spokesperson told ABC News.
A 15-month-old girl was treated to a special bubble parade as she left the hospital for the first time in her life. Helen was born early at 28 weeks gestation in December 2021 along with her identical twin sister Alma. Alma was able to go home from the hospital after four months, but Helen needed more care and, until last week, had been receiving various treatments at Franciscan Children's, a post-acute rehabilitative pediatric hospital in Boston.
Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Moscow on Wednesday after two days of highly symbolic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the two presented a united front and an alternative vision for global leadership. Much of the summit seemed to be directed at countering narratives from the United States, NATO and other nations that have stood against Putin's invasion of neighboring Ukraine more than a year ago. Despite statements saying that "China-Russia relations are not the kind of military-political alliance during the Cold War," China and Russia made clear they wanted to "advance the trend toward a multi-polar world."
Five days since her husband and son disappeared while kayaking on Beaver Lake in Arkansas, Thompson said that law enforcement is now working to recover their bodies. Lt. Shannon Jenkins of the Benton County Sheriff's Office confirmed the two are presumed dead. Thompson believes they likely drowned after one fell into the cold lake from a kayak and the other tried to rescue him.
A Fox News producer filed a lawsuit against the network on Monday claiming that its legal team "coerced, intimidated, and misinformed" her as it battled a separate legal dispute over the network's coverage of unfounded election fraud allegations. Abby Grossberg, a senior booker who worked with Fox News hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, said in the suit that Fox News lawyers "conditioned and coerced" her to offer responses meant to obfuscate or minimize her knowledge of the network's inner workings in preparation for her deposition as part of Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against the network.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday teased a 2024 run as he celebrated American legends Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis Dreyfus and more in a White House ceremony. Biden bestowed medals to nearly two dozen individuals and groups whose work, he said, deepened the country's "understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizen's engagement with history, literature, philosophy and so many other subjects." "Above all, you're masters of your craft," Biden told the recipients.
TikTok is facing growing scrutiny from government officials over cybersecurity fears about Americans' data. U.S. officials are reportedly demanding that Chinese owners sell its stake in the app or risk a nationwide ban. Later this week, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to face questions from congressional lawmakers about the platforms' data security practices and relationship with the Chinese government.
Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing, according to sources who described its contents to ABC News. U.S. Judge Beryl Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court's chief judge, wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," according to the sources, and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents.
Prosecutors released video on Tuesday of the March 6 chain of events that ended with the death of Irvo Otieno at Virginia’s Central State Hospital. Otieno is forcibly held down for nearly 11 minutes until he stops moving, according to the video. In an interview with ABC News, Otieno's mother Caroline Ouka wondered why no one stepped in to stop them.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow's civil trial for a ski accident that occurred more than seven years ago began Tuesday. Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, filed a lawsuit in January 2019 accusing Paltrow of crashing into him at the Utah-based Deer Valley Ski Resort on Feb. 26, 2016, and leaving him "seriously injured." The actress has denied causing the collision and, in a countersuit, claimed it was Sanderson who crashed into her, delivering a full "body blow" from behind.
Two Virginia inmates are back in custody after they allegedly escaped from jail by tunneling through a cell wall, authorities said. The men, John Garza and Arley Nemo, allegedly made tools out of a toothbrush and a metal object to help them access untied rebars between the walls of the Newport News Jail Annex, according to the Newport News Sheriff's Office. Garza, 37, and Nemo, 43, then allegedly climbed the security wall on Monday afternoon and made their escape, the sheriff's office said.
The Houston Zoo is celebrating its oldest resident, Mr. Pickles the tortoise, who is currently relishing life as a first-time dad at the age of 90. The zoo proudly announced the hatch of three baby radiated tortoises, dubbed the "sweet baby pickles," to longtime tortoise couple Mr. and Mrs. Pickles on March 16. The new tortoise babies are named Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño, according to the zoo's announcement blog post.
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities. In addition, the fungus is behind an outbreak in Mississippi that began in November, infecting at least 12 people and potentially responsible for about four deaths, according to figures provided by the state Department of Health to ABC News. Although C. auris does not present a threat to most healthy people, and infections are rare, it can affect vulnerable groups of people and can be resistant to several classes of drugs.
Kourtney Kardashian is reflecting on her wedding day and the inspiration behind her unique dress. The custom ensemble also incorporated a long elaborate veil that included a Virgin Mary design. "The first inspiration for my dress was when Travis and I were watching Guns N' Roses November Rain video one night before we were even engaged, and we said to each other 'this has to be our wedding,'" Kardashian captioned the photo, mentioning her now-husband Travis Barker.
A judge declined Tuesday to move the trial date for a civil lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, his eldest children and his company by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging they duped banks and insurers by inflating the value of Trump's real estate portfolio. Trump's legal team sought the delay but Judge Arthur Engoron said there was no need to postpone what he called a "seemingly simple case" of whether Trump's disclosures to his lenders and insurers, known as statements of financial condition, were accurate or not. Trump has denied wrongdoing and cast the lawsuit as politically motivated by the New York attorney general.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that "the situation is stabilizing and the U.S. banking system remains sound," after regional bank failures have shaken the U.S. banking system. "The Fed's facility and discount window lending are working as intended to provide liquidity to the banking system," she said during a speech at a meeting of the American Bankers Association in Washington. "Aggregate deposit outflows from regional banks have stabilized."
Amanda Bynes has been placed on a mental health hold, ABC News has confirmed through a person familiar with the situation. Around 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, Los Angeles law enforcement received a medical call for a female in a Sizzler parking lot on S. Vermont Avenue and West 4th Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A law enforcement official briefed on the LAPD call for service said that when officers got there, they discovered Bynes.