Some of the worst Midwest flooding in decades, which has claimed at least three lives, is continuing across the central U.S., from the Dakotas all the way to eastern Illinois. The Missouri River in Nebraska is finally receding, but downstream the river is rising — especially in St. Joseph, Missouri, […]
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‘Start Here’: 3 shot dead in Netherlands, as Brazil’s Bolsonaro travels to meet Trump
It’s Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. 3 dead At least three people were killed and five more injured Monday during a shooting in Utrecht, about 30 miles southeast of Amsterdam. ABC News Senior Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell tells “Start Here” how the shooting in the Netherlands immediately […]
Pompeo returns to Middle East to urge action against Iran with 3 different partners
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is returning to the Middle East to again push for action against Iran, his chief foreign policy foe. But the message of this trip, his second to the region this year, will find three very different audiences, likely with varying degrees of acceptance. In Israel, […]
Transcript: Author of ‘Kushner, Inc.’ Vicky Ward’s interview on ‘The Investigation’
Vicky Ward, the author of “Kushner, Inc.” sat down for a wide-ranging interview for the latest episode of “The Investigation,” a new ABC News podcast focused on the probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller. A transcript of Ward’s interview as it appears in the episode of the podcast follows […]
‘Kushner, Inc.’ author says Kushner, Ivanka on ‘remarkably unstoppable’ path
The woman behind a blistering new book that aims to dissect the personal and business lives of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner said in an interview on the ABC News podcast “The Investigation” the power couple has appeared “remarkably unstoppable” going back to President Donald Trump’s campaign. “As to whether […]
Democrats want FBI to investigate spa owner, Mar-a-Lago attendee Cindy Yang
High-ranking Democrats Friday called on the FBI to conduct a criminal and counterintelligence investigation into a Florida spa owner whose consultancy firm advertised access to President Donald Trump and his inner circle at the president’s Mar-a-Lago country club. The Democrats said in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and […]
Woman who pushed friend off bridge pleads guilty
A young woman in Washington state has pleaded guilty to pushing a now-former friend off a 60-foot bridge last summer. On Monday, Taylor Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless endangerment in a Vancouver courthouse. Her sentencing was scheduled for March 27. Jordan Holgerson suffered multiple injuries after Smith […]
13-year-old boy falls to death climbing in state park
A 13-year-old boy was climbing in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, when he fell to his death. Elijah Baldwin of Farragut, Iowa, who was identified on Monday by Utah State Parks, was visiting the park with his mother and two younger siblings, Regan Wilson, lieutenant with Utah State Parks, told […]
At least 3 dead in shooting on Netherlands tram, suspect arrested
At least three people are dead and five others are wounded after a suspect opened fire on a tram Monday morning, local authorities said. Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen confirmed the fatalities in a video posted to Twitter in Dutch. The shooting occurred near the 24 Oktoberplein station in Utrecht, […]
Suspect in decades-old murder, rape cold cases ID’d through DNA: Police
The man behind a 1989 rape and a 1994 rape and murder in suburban, Washington, D.C., has finally been identified through DNA and genetic genealogy, according to local police. But the suspect, Kenneth Earl Day, died in 2017 in West Virginia at the age of 52, the Montgomery County, Maryland, […]