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(WASHINGTON) -- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted in 2024 of trafficking drugs into the United States, has been freed from prison after he was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump, officials said.The 57-year-old Hernandez was released from a federal prison in West Virginia, where he had been serving a 45-year sentence, according to a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Hernandez's attorney."After nearly four years […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump and his family have boasted of going "all in" on cryptocurrencies -- but a recent downturn in bitcoin has pummeled digital asset investors, including the Trumps, who by one estimate have had roughly a billion dollars of their net worth erased in just a matter of weeks.Bitcoin dropped as much as 8% in trading on Monday, at one point falling below $85,000 -- shedding 30% from its […]

Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) -- Police are investigating the mysterious death of a Texas A&M student who died after a football tailgate this weekend, according to authorities and her family.Austin police said they responded to a report of an unresponsive individual at an apartment complex around 12:45 a.m. Saturday. Brianna Aguilera was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:57 a.m., police said."At this time, […]

(NEW YORK) -- A police officer who responded last Dec. 9 to a McDonald's where witnesses said they may have spotted the man accused of killing a health care CEO testified Tuesday that he knew right away it was the suspect."I knew it was him immediately," Altoona, Pennsylvania, police officer Joseph Detwiler testified about Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last […]

(NEW YORK) -- In a major philanthropic move, billionaires Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion dollars to deposit $250 into savings accounts for up to 25 million American children. The announcement from the Dells, which was confirmed by a White House official, gives the funds to Invest America, which sets up a tax-advantaged investment account for American children starting at birth. The so-called Trump Accounts are a key piece of President Trump's signature tax and spending legislation, […]

East Coast Storm - Tuesday Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A winter storm brought the first big batch of snow and ice to parts of the Midwest and South on Monday, and now that same storm is bringing ice to parts of Appalachia and heavy snow to the inland Northeast on Tuesday.On Monday, the Kansas City area saw 3 to 5 inches of snow, while Louisville recorded around 3 […]

(NEW YORK) -- A social media commentator and blogger was found liable on Monday in a defamation lawsuit filed by hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in October 2024.Milagro Cooper was found liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and promotion of an altered sexual depiction, according to court documents obtained by ABC News.Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified that Cooper, who is known on social […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey and the Trump administration have not talked about settling her civil lawsuit and do not believe alternatives to a trial “would be useful at this time,” the parties told the judge in a letter on Monday.Comey is suing over her firing, arguing she was “abruptly and wrongfully terminated” because her father is former FBI director James Comey, or because […]

(WASHINGTON) -- An immigration judge who was fired by the Trump administration is suing the Department of Justice, alleging she is a victim of unlawful discrimination.Tania Nemer, a former immigration judge in Ohio, filed a lawsuit Monday claiming she was dismissed based on her gender, her dual citizenship with the country of Lebanon, and her previous run for local office as a Democrat, in violation of civil rights law.Nemer was "abruptly fired" […]