Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State’s ample resources to combat the blazes once they spark.The Palisades and Eaton fires, while both mostly contained as of Wednesday, are still active in Los Angeles County after starting on Jan. 7 and burning…… read more »
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Top white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Donald Trump as he appeals his criminal hush money conviction in New York, according to court filings Wednesday.The new attorneys filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, signaling their intention to appeal Trump’s conviction to New York’s Appellate Division, First Department.Among…… read more »
Kevin Carter/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — Even as the Trump administration’s mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had intercepted a boat packed with migrants off the California coast.A 40-foot panga-style boat attempting to smuggle migrants into the United States was stopped by two Coast Guard cutter crews Monday night about 20…… read more »
Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge on Wednesday to put him on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn’t sure he will live until the spring while incarcerated in the “hell hole” that is the New York City jail complex.”Every day I’m at Rikers Island…… read more »
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Officials in the Trump Justice Department have ordered a temporary freeze on any ongoing cases being litigated by the Civil Rights Division, according to a new directive reviewed by ABC News.The memo to the current acting head of the Civil Rights Division, Kathleen Wolfe, says that current career officials in the division…… read more »
Yasin Baturhan Ergin/Anadolu via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in global surface temperatures since mid-2023. But the…… read more »
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s inauguration, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case that once accused Trump of mishandling some of the country’s most sensitive secrets.Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Hayden O’Bryne on Wednesday moved to dismiss…… read more »
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Private prison company CoreCivic reported in a lobbying disclosure that it donated $500,000 to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee in December, underscoring the close relationship between President Donald Trump and the private prison industry.As ABC News has previously reported, CoreCivic and private prison company GEO Group, both which have both long supported…… read more »
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm is bearing down on the southern Plains and Texas, where residents are bracing for severe weather, including flash flooding.On Wednesday evening, when the storm moves in, there’s a chance for damaging winds, hail and even an isolated tornado in Texas.On Thursday, the storm will fully blossom in the South,…… read more »
Thomas Hengge/Anadolu via Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — An 18-year-old man who was celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game on Sunday has died after he fell from a light pole during the celebrations, officials said.Temple University announced the death of first-year student Tyler Sabapathy, 18, who sustained critical injuries…… read more »
