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(NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now hitting the mid-Atlantic, bringing with it a heavy mix of snow and ice and canceling more than 1,400 flights across the U.S.The heaviest snow and ice is moving into the Appalachians and the East Coast's Interstate 95 corridor on Monday, with states of emergency in effect in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.Schools are closed […]

Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel sued the Biden administration on Monday over a decision made last week to block a merger between the two companies.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly 1,600 individuals have faced charges in the four years since a mob of President-elect Donald Trump's supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, according to figures released by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday.But one of the largest investigations in the Department of Justice's history now faces a future rife with uncertainty.Of the roughly 1,583 defendants whom prosecutors have charged in connection with the Capitol riot, 608 have faced […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to travel on Monday to New Orleans, where they’ll attend a prayer service for families of victims and impacted community members following the New Year’s Day attack in the city.The Biden are expected to arrive in New Orleans in the afternoon, touching down a few hours before the prayer service, which is to be […]

(WASHINGTON) -- In an interview Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned of a "very difficult threat landscape" in the wake of the New Orleans truck attack."We have not only the persistent threat of foreign terrorism -- that, of course, created the Department of Homeland Security -- but we have adverse nation-states, and for the past 10 years, we've seen a significant increase in what […]

Chris Graythen/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) -- The New Orleans Saints and the NFL announced Saturday that they will donate $1 million to the victims of the New Year's Day truck ramming attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others."Our community has experienced an unimaginable tragedy and our collective hearts are broken as we mourn for the victims and survivors on the New Year's Day terror […]

(ATLANTA) -- The emotional, week-long public goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter is underway.Carter's body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta on Saturday. The former president, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, will remain in Atlanta through Tuesday.Carter to remain in Atlanta through TuesdayFormer President Jimmy Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta through Tuesday.Mourners can pay […]

(ATLANTA) -- The emotional, week-long public goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter is underway.Carter's body will be transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta on Saturday morning. A service will be held Saturday afternoon at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta for the former president, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.Carter begins final journey to AtlantaFormer President Jimmy Carter is now taking his final […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- Police are poring over what they believe are letters left by Matthew Livelsberger -- the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on New Year's Day outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel -- on a phone in the destroyed vehicle, authorities said Friday.Livelsberger shared personal and political "grievances" in the recovered messages and called the attack a "wake up call," police said."I know everyone is very […]