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  • President-elect Joe Biden's top-level appointees and Cabinet picks

    On the campaign trail, Joe Biden guaranteed his White House would "look like the country." As he enters the White House, he's taking steps towards keeping that promise--assembling a historically diverse slate of top-level nominees. Half of the president-elect's Cabinet picks are women, and the majority are people of color.

  • Rep. Cori Bush tells Americans 'don’t lose hope' as US grapples with division

    As the United States continues to work through deep political divides during Martin Luther King Jr. Day, newly elected Missouri Rep. Cori Bush encouraged Americans to "have hope." Bush, a single mother of two, has spoken openly about struggling to makes ends meet while experiencing homelessness and domestic violence. On "The View's" special episode honoring King's life and legacy Monday, she shared a message with Americans who feel hopeless after the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill.

  • In 2nd Trump impeachment trial, will Chief Justice John Roberts preside?

    Who will preside over the second Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump remains a key open question as lawmakers prepare to begin the unprecedented proceeding as soon as Inauguration Day. The U.S. Constitution says that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "shall preside" over trials of the President of the United States, but it does not specify what happens if the president has left office. No ex-president has ever faced a Senate trial.

  • Capitol rioter who allegedly posted 'Outside Pelosi's office' to Instagram arrested

    Federal authorities are continuing to charge rioters who took part in the siege on Capitol Hill. One New York resident was arrested Monday, according to federal court documents. Nicholas Moncada, a 20-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, was taken into custody at his Staten Island home.

  • Egypt unlocks more secrets in Saqqara with discovery of temple, sarcophagi

    The country said a mission headed by prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, the former minister of state for antiquities affairs, unearthed the funerary temple of Queen Nearit, the wife of King Teti -- the first pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. The mission also unearthed 52 burial shafts with more than 50 wooden coffins found inside.

  • Winky Lux launches brand new skin care line

    Cosmetics brand Winky Lux just launched its first full skin care line. The trendy brand, known for its best-selling Flower Balm, says the new products are full of "beautiful scents and powerhouse ingredients to add to your daily ritual." You can shop items from the new skin care collection -- sold at Target -- by scrolling down.

  • Serial killer Terry Rasmussen's victims, known and unknown

    A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. Then, by reopening an earlier case, she helped a genetic genealogist to discover the identity of a girl the killer claimed was his daughter, and then, the killer’s true identity. Known by a lengthy list of aliases, Terry Peder Rasmussen has been dubbed “The Chameleon Killer” for assuming so many different identities as he infiltrated families and destroyed lives in New Hampshire and California.

  • At least 21 states activating National Guard troops in capitals to prepare for possible attacks

    At least 21 states are activating National Guard troops in preparation of possible attacks this week. The FBI is warning that armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols as well on Capitol Hill after a group called for "storming" state, local and federal government courthouses and administrative buildings on Inauguration Day. In Michigan, where armed militia breached the state Capitol in May, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the National Guard would be activated from Monday to Wednesday to provide additional security and crowd control measures.

  • Russia extends Navalny's detention as outcry over his arrest grows

    Russian authorities have extended the detention of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a hastily organized court hearing on Monday despite growing international condemnation over his arrest a day earlier at a Russian airport. Navalny was detained by police at passport control at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport as he landed in the country for the first time since his poisoning with a nerve agent last summer. Navalny appeared in a court hearing organized inside a police station on the outskirts of Moscow.

  • Trump plans to leave in dramatic fashion yet continues to stay out of sight

    President Donald Trump on Monday prepared to depart the White House and Washington on Wednesday in dramatic fashion, but in his final days he continued to stay isolated and out of sight. The president is set to depart Washington early morning Wednesday morning ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s swearing-in, making him the first president in over 150 years to skip the inauguration of his successor in a ceremonial transfer of power. While Trump's sendoff is expected to have extra flourishes, it's not uncommon for an outgoing president to have a final departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, although it usually takes place after the outgoing president has departed the inauguration ceremony for their successor, something Trump will not do.

  • In scathing draft of letter never made public, Trump chided James Comey for 'erratic,' 'self-indulgent' conduct

    In the days before President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director -- one of the most defining moments of his presidency -- Trump penned a scathing letter to Comey that has never been publicly released. In fact, the four-page letter was never even sent to Comey because White House lawyers quickly determined it should never see the "light of day," Special Counsel Robert Mueller later recounted. Mueller reviewed the May 2017 letter as part of his wide-ranging investigation and mentioned parts of it in his final report, but the letter has remained largely hidden from the public nearly four years later.

  • Giuliani says he won't represent Trump at president's impeachment trial

    President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani apparently won't be on Trump's impeachment team. Giuliani, who has been leading the president's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl late Sunday that will not be part of Trump's legal team for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial due to his involvement in the Jan. 6 Washington, D.C., rally that led to the attack on the U.S. Capitol building.

  • Damaging winds expected in California, heavy snow for the Rockies and Eastern Great Lakes

    Major damaging winds are expected in California this week from the San Francisco Bay area all the way down to Los Angeles. The strongest winds in the San Francisco Bay area and Northern California will be on Monday and into the evening as winds could gust up to 50 to 70 mph with locally higher gusts. Also, with all the dry wind, a fire weather watch has been issued south of San Francisco where these conditions could spread fires quickly.

  • Newborn giraffe dies when mother accidentally steps on its neck after giving birth

    A newborn giraffe has died in a tragic accident shortly after it was born when it was stepped on by its own mother. The incident occurred at the Nashville Zoo and was announced on Jan. 16 when the zoo’s pregnant giraffe named Nasha went into labor as thousands of people watched the event live online during a live feed. Shortly after labor, however, complications with the baby giraffe began to develop and medical intervention was required from Dr. Matthew DeLisle from the Tennessee Equine Hospital and the zoo’s veterinary team who were able to eventually successfully deliver the calf.

  • Jeff Zients, Biden's COVID czar, inherits hardest job in administration

    When Joe Biden takes over the presidency on Jan. 20, it won't be an infectious disease doctor or scientist leading his federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it will be Jeff Zients, a 53-year-old well-connected businessman known in Washington circles for his "Mr. Fix-It" ability to navigate thick bureaucracies. As the nation enters the next coronavirus chapter, all eyes are on what Biden's team will do differently in a pandemic that's spun rapidly out of control.

  • 5 steps you can take now to boost your fitness and avoid severe illness from COVID-19

    Exercise is good for your health, but researchers are now finding that better cardiovascular fitness might save you from a trip to the hospital if you are diagnosed with COVID-19. According a new study from Henry Ford Hospital, people with better cardiovascular fitness may be less likely to be hospitalized with the virus. This study looked at 246 patients who had undergone a heart exercise test known as a "stress test" and then stayed in touch with those patients to see which ones were later diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized.

  • Baby with rare disease survives COVID-19 and liver transplant before his 1st birthday

    Kasen Donerlson is being called a "miracle baby" after surviving both COVID-19 and a liver transplant, all before his first birthday. Kasen of Syracuse, New York, was born on Jan. 14, 2020, weighing a healthy eight pounds, according to Donerlson. When Kasen's health did not improve, Donerlson said she sought further evaluations for her son.

  • Fit Finance: How to build an emergency fund, how much to save for it and how to avoid spending it

    An emergency fund contains cash for unforeseen moments "that throw your life into financial uncertainty and disarray," said Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News' chief business and economics correspondent. "Life is full of surprises and sometimes they have a giant price tag," Jarvis said. How much should you save in your emergency fund?

  • Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny detained upon arrival in Moscow

    Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained by police at a Moscow airport shortly after returning to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned with a nerve agent this summer. Navalny had pledged to return to Russia despite the assassination attempt and recent threats from Russian authorities that he would be jailed, saying he refused to be driven into exile. On Sunday, he flew to Moscow on a commercial flight from Germany, where he had been recuperating from the poisoning.

  • Migrants from Honduras moving through Guatemala, hoping to reach US

    Thousands of migrants from Honduras fleeing violence, devastation caused in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes and economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic are in Guatemala and moving towards Mexico, hoping to ultimately reach the U.S. Calls were made on social media for groups to join together and leave from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Jan. 15, according to the International Organization for Migration. Between Jan. 13 and 15, 3,500 people left from San Pedro Sula, and more people joined up with them in the following days.