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Stock image of gavel. (Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images) (HONOLULU) -- Opening statements are expected to begin Thursday in the trial of a doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a Hawaii hiking trail last year.Gerhardt Konig has been charged with second-degree attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.The trial is set to get underway at 9 a.m. local time in Honolulu.The anesthesiologist is accused of beating his wife, Arielle Konig, with a […]

Heat in the west. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A dangerous and unprecedented heat wave is hitting the West, with temperatures reaching 25-to-40 degrees above normal across the region.A dozen cities recorded all-time record March temperatures on Wednesday, including 105 degrees in Palm Springs, California; 102 degrees in Phoenix, Arizona; and 94 degrees in Las Vegas.Heat alerts are in place for 40 million Americans in the West through the weekend.With […]

Luigi Mangione speaks to his attorney, Jacob Kaplan, during a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 18, 2025 in New York City. (Luiz C. Ribeiro-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial from September 2026 to January 2027.Mangione argued he could not properly prepare for his federal trial -- […]

(NEW YORK) -- A moderate geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights displays to U.S. states further south than usual, forecasts show.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a storm watch for a G2 geomagnetic storm due to a coronal mass ejection expected to begin Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET and continue until Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.A coronal mass ejection is a massive eruption of solar material […]

(SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah) -- When Laura, the foreperson in Kouri Richins’ murder trial, first saw the mother accused of murdering her husband, she didn’t think much of her."She was kind of nondescript," she told ABC News' "Good Morning America" in an exclusive interview. "She didn't really show that much emotion. I was trying to get some vibe from her and it was very hard to pick up any kind of […]

Kristin Ramsey, 53, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Okland. (West Des Moines Police) (WEST DES MOINES, Iowa) -- A woman has been arrested in the 2011 cold case murder of an Iowa real estate agent, authorities said.Kristin Ramsey, 53, was arrested on Tuesday for first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Okland, the West Des Moines Police said.Police and prosecutors did not elaborate on what […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve will unveil on Wednesday its latest decision on interest rates, marking the first such move since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran drove up gasoline prices and risked a wider bout of inflation.The elevated price increases coincide with a slowdown of economic growth, threatening to intensify an economic double-whammy known as "stagflation," which poses difficulty for the Fed.If the Fed opts to lower borrowing costs, it […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon's decision to send the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, a 2,200-troop force, to the Middle East is fueling new speculation about whether the conflict with Iran could involve U.S. ground troops, a step that would mark a dramatic escalation and potentially push the already unpopular war into a far more dangerous phase.It could take up to two weeks, or the end of March, before the unit is in place and its presence unlikely to significantly shift the dynamics […]

(CLEVELAND) -- A "boom" heard in Ohio on Tuesday morning appears to have been from a meteor, the National Weather Service in Cleveland said.The NWS said imagery "does suggest that the boom was a result of a meteor."This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.  Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.