Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of desertion with intention to shirk duty and misbehavior before the enemy stemming from his 2009 disappearance and capture by the Taliban. Bergdahl drew international headlines after he left his Army outpost in Afghanistan over eight years ago. He was […]
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Justices to hear government’s email dispute with Microsoft
The Supreme Court is intervening in a digital-age privacy dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft over emails stored abroad. The justices say Monday they will hear the administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling in favor of Microsoft. The court held the emails sought in a drug trafficking investigation […]
The Note: Trump moves to break governing deadlock, but can’t just go-it-alone
THE TAKE with ABC News’ RICK KLEIN The Trump presidency is no longer defined by paralysis. However, this flurry of unilateral action does not mean President Trump can ride alone and expect to get results. This presidential phase may be one of disruptive action — with Trump blowing things up […]
Ireland, UK brace for Ophelia; officials warn of ‘danger to life’
Storm Ophelia was beginning to pummel Ireland early Monday and is expected to hit Scotland and Northern Ireland, bringing “violent and destructive” wind gusting up to 90 mph as well as flooding due to heavy rain and storm surges. Forecasters said Ophelia is likely to be the most powerful storm […]
Alleged deserter Bowe Bergdahl doubts he could get a fair trial after Trump comments
Former Taliban prisoner Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy in a military hearing that begins at Fort Bragg today as he doubts that he could get a fair trial following campaign statements by Donald Trump. Despite surviving five years in […]
Wildfires in Portugal, Spain kill at least 9 people
Wildfires in Portugal and Spain have killed nine people died over the weekend as hundreds of blazes were fanned by strong winds caused by a hurricane, authorities said Monday. Civil Protection authorities in Portugal said that six people died and at least 25 were injured, most of them firefighters, during […]
Minnesota father of 3 killed in Somalia terror attack
A Minnesota father of three was one of more than 270 people who were killed in Somalia over the weekend when a pair of truck bombs went off in the country’s capital, his family said. Authorities are calling it the deadliest terrorist attack in the nation’s history. The attack left […]
Boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsizes, killing at least 12
An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said. Survivors of the capsizing told local officials that up to 65 people were on board and almost half of them were children, […]
276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history
The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early Monday, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll was expected to rise. In a tweet, Abdirahman Osman called the […]
Ophelia to bring hurricane-force wind, heavy rain to Ireland
Irish authorities ordered all schools in the country to close Monday and warned cyclists and motorists to stay off roads as Hurricane Ophelia bore down on Ireland and the U.K. with potentially deadly winds. Ophelia weakened to a Category 1 hurricane Sunday as it moved north-northeast across the Atlantic, with […]