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(NEW YORK) -- Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely by the jury on Monday.The jury deliberated for more than 24 hours across five days before reaching the verdict.The courtroom broke out in a mix of cheers and jeers as soon as the verdict was read.Jordan Neely's father cursed in anger shortly after the verdict and was forcibly removed from […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was stopped with a fake ID and is being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, law enforcement sources told ABC News.The man has a similar gun as the one used in the assassination-style killing, the sources said.The NYPD is sending detectives to Altoona, the sources said. Altoona is in central Pennsylvania, about 100 […]

(NEW YORK) -- New video obtained by ABC News shows UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer waiting for him moments before shooting him outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.The video shows others pass by, and then, when the masked gunman sees Thompson, he runs across the street and opens fire.The video, which has not previously been seen publicly, appears to support the police narrative that the shooter targeted Thompson in the Wednesday morning attack […]

MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) -- The jury in the Daniel Penny trial will begin deliberations over whether he committed criminally negligent homicide when he placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a subway car last year, after the jury was deadlocked on the more serious charge of manslaughter last week.At the request of prosecutors on Friday, Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed the second-degree manslaughter charge – which carried a maximum 15-year sentence – and directed […]

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- Extreme fire danger is set to threaten Southern California early this week.The National Weather Service in Los Angeles issued a rare "particularly dangerous situation" red flag warning from Monday night through Wednesday morning. The worst conditions for Los Angeles and Ventura counties will be Monday night through Tuesday."Use extra caution with any source of flame," the National Weather Service advised.Wind gusts are forecast to climb to 60 […]

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images (TIJUANA, MEXICO) -- A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to hijack a Mexican domestic commercial flight and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris.At some point after the flight took off this morning from León traveling to Tijuana, the Mexican man -- identified by authorities only as Mario N -- attacked a flight attendant […]

(NEW YORK) -- Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Sean "Diddy" Combs are accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards, according to an amended civil lawsuit filed Sunday."Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor," the lawsuit said without naming the celebrity.In a statement posted to the Roc Nation X account on Sunday, Jay-Z denied the allegations […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man's masked face caught peering at a camera from the back of a taxi. Monopoly money in a backpack ditched in Central Park. And bullet casings with words scrawled on them.Those are just a few of the details that the New York Police Department has released to the public in the five days since a masked gunman fatally shot the chief executive of a health insurance […]

Chesnot/Getty Images (PARIS) -- In a rare moment of unity, world leaders convened on Saturday to attend the ceremonial reopening of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in France.Five years after flames engulfed the historic site in the center of Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed “gratitude” to those who saved, helped and rebuilt Notre Dame.The ceremony was attended by 1,500 dignitaries, including first lady Jill Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, Prince […]