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(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday to federal charges accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.Mangione has come to this point once before and backed out. If he moves forward with the anticipated guilty plea, he is guaranteed no leniency. According to sources, there is no plea bargain with federal prosecutors and Mangione could […]

Potential Tropical Cyclone - Forecast Tracker (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Lala continues to track through the central Pacific Ocean and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday.As of 5 a.m. ET, Lala is moving west-northwest at 10 mph with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and is approximately 455 miles east-southeast of Hilo.Hurricane warnings remain up for […]

Isabelle Johnson, 38, has been charged with killing 43-year-old Jason Christopher Coulthart, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. (Walton County Sheriff's Office, Florida) (FREEPORT, Fla.) -- Isabelle Johnson, a suspected murderer who authorities say had been using multiple disguises and identities, has been arrested and taken into custody, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.“We got her,” officials said in a post on social media late Thursday. “Isabelle Johnson […]

Tarps are hung on scaffolding outside The Kennedy Center on June 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to close the famed cultural institution for two years for renovations and to again add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade, Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio member of the board, said in a statement.This is a developing story. Copyright © […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on Wednesday demanding more information about the extended deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln amid the war with Iran and raising further questions about the Navy's ability to preserve service members' well-being while sustaining its current "operational tempo." In his letter, Sen. Richard Blumenthal noted the Lincoln has been deployed […]

Potential Tropical Cyclone - Forecast Tracker (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Lala has formed in the central Pacific Ocean and is forecast to strengthen, possibly nearing hurricane strength, in the coming days as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday.A hurricane watch was issued Thursday for the Big Island.The storm is currently about 680 miles east-southeast from Hilo, Hawaii, on the east coast of the Big […]

(NEW YORK) -- Amid floodwaters already up to the roofs of some homes and turning the streets of multiple cities into rushing rivers, Midwest residents are bracing for more severe storms on Thursday."When I looked out my window, I saw my fence floating past my window," Karlie Frey, a resident of hard-hit Cambridge City, Indiana, told ABC Indianapolis affiliate station WRTV.After being evacuated from her home on Wednesday via a rescue boat, […]

(NEW YORK) -- El Nino conditions continue to intensify and are likely to be very strong, resulting in a potentially historic event in the coming months that could significantly influence our weather, the hurricane season and global temperatures, according to the latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The agency is now highly confident there will be a very strong El Nino during the upcoming Northern Hemisphere fall […]

Luigi Mangione attends a pretrial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on Aug. 11, 2026, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- It's expected that a guilty plea will be announced in connection with the federal prosecution of Luigi Mangione during a conference scheduled for federal court Friday, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.The sources caution that plans for the guilty plea are not final […]