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Booking photo for Svetlana Dali. (Niagara County Sheriff's Office) (NEWARK, N.J.) -- Svetlana Dali is at it again.Dali, who previously was convicted in Brooklyn federal court of being a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight out of New York's JFK Airport to Paris, allegedly snuck onto a United flight at New Jersey's Newark airport on Wednesday night, law enforcement sources told ABC News.The United flight landed in Milan and she […]

World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Borge Brende stepped down as the head of the World Economic Forum Thursday following an independent review into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, marking the latest departure in a string of high-profile resignations by business and government leaders […]

Columbia University. (Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A Columbia University student was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents Thursday morning, after they allegedly made "misrepresentations" to enter a dorm, the school said.Claire Shipman, the school's acting president, sent a letter to the school community informing them that the DHS agents entered an unspecified dorm on the campus around 6:30 and detained the student."Our understanding at […]

Cindy McCain during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Cindy McCain will be stepping down as head of the United Nations World Food Programme to focus on her health, the humanitarian organization announced on Thursday.McCain, 71, suffered a mild stroke in October 2025, according to the organization. She plans to step […]

(CHAPPAQUA, N.Y.) -- Former President and first lady Bill and Hillary Clinton are facing lawmakers this week over their ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons are scheduled to participate in closed-door depositions with the House Oversight Committee in Chappaqua, New York, after months of continuous negotiations over their appearance. Hillary Clinton is appearing on Thursday, with Bill Clinton appearing the day after. Friday's deposition will be the first time […]

(CHICAGO) -- Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson began on Thursday in Chicago, where the late civil rights icon, Baptist minister and politician lay in repose at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition -- the organization he founded in 1996 to fight for social justice.Jackson's family departed the Leaks and Sons Funeral Home on Thursday morning and their procession drove down Cottage Grove Avenue to reach Rainbow PUSH Coalition, […]

The FBI is looking for information about the death of 8-year-old Maleeka "Mollie" Boone in Coalmine, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. (FBI) (NEW YORK) -- An 8-year-old Navajo Nation girl who mysteriously died last month may have been struck and killed by a truck, the FBI said.Maleeka "Mollie" Boone was "likely struck by a passing vehicle" and it's possible the driver hit the 8-year-old "without realizing it," the FBI in […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man has been arrested after a viral incident between New Yorkers and NYPD officers during Monday's blizzard has snowballed into Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first test with the police brass after he appeared to downplay the issue.Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, has been arrested for "assaulting" police officers earlier this week in Washington Square Park, the New York City Police Department announced Thursday."Coulibaly was previously arrested less than three […]

Officials visit Nancy Guthrie's residence, February 25, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (TUCSON, Ariz) -- Three-and-a-half weeks after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, the FBI is reducing its number of personnel in Tucson and relocating its command post to Phoenix, where it has its largest office in Arizona, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.The FBI will keep agents in Tucson and continue to partner with the Pima County Sheriff's […]