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(NEW YORK) -- After three months in jail, ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared thinner and grayer, but still in command, as he appeared in federal court in Manhattan for a status conference on Thursday.Maduro -- was shackled at the ankles and wearing a beige smock over an orange shirt -- nodded to the gallery and said “good morning,” in English.Judge Alvin Hellerstein said he would not dismiss the narcoterrorism […]

Undated photos of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson who were killed in 1990. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office) (HOUSTON) -- A man has been arrested in a 1990 cold case double murder known as the "Lovers' Lane" killings, Houston police said.Floyd William Parrott, 64, is charged with capital murder for the killings of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Garland "Andy" Atkinson, 21, police said.The victims were found in a car parked […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI has announced charges against a brother and sister in connection with an alleged improvised explosive device that was found near the visitors center at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida last week.Alen Zheng was charged by indictment with one count of attempted damage of government property by fire or explosion, one count of unlawful making of a destructive device and possession of an unregistered destructive device.Ann […]

(NEW YORK) -- Wind power production will continue to advance, despite the Trump administration's attempts to halt the growing momentum of renewable energy, experts told ABC News.On Monday, the U.S. Department of the Interior reached a $928 million deal with French energy company TotalEnergies to end the company’s offshore wind development off the East Coast and redirect that investment into domestic fossil fuel initiatives, describing the "landmark agreement" as a […]

(NEW YORK) -- Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are set to return to a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday for a status conference that could determine the trajectory of the criminal case against them.Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty to federal charges including narco-terrorism during their first appearance in court in January, and their attorneys have since pushed to have the case dismissed over concerns that […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has reached an agreement with President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn to pay him roughly $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the former general claiming he was politically targeted for prosecution during Trump's first administration, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Victor Greenawalt, a Citizen Honor Award recipient, poses with his mother in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2026. (Congressional Medal of Honor Society) (MINNEAPOLIS) -- A 11-year-old boy from Minneapolis will be recognized with a Citizen Honor Award in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for helping save a classmate's life during a mass shooting at their school.Victor Greenawalt is among this year's six honorees -- five individuals and one nonprofit -- for […]

Two teenagers look at their iPhone screens displaying various social media and messaging apps. (Anna Barclay/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) -- In a landmark decision, a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing apps that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn them about the dangers.The jury awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $3 million. The jury also found punitive damages are warranted.The lawsuit, brought by a 20-year-old […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Venezuelan migrant who was deported from the United States to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison last year has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging he was wrongfully removed without due process.Attorneys for Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel say their client's removal violated his rights."Through a series of unconstitutional and ultra vires acts by high-ranking federal officials and law enforcement officers, Plaintiff Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was wrongly identified […]