Kuzma/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — Jury selection in the murder case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd began on Tuesday despite prosecutors asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to halt the high-profile trial. After spending the morning questioning jurors, lawyers in […]
DNY59/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (OAKLAND, Calif.) — The main leaseholder of an Oakland warehouse that caught fire during a party in 2016, killing 36 people, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison but may spend the remainder of his term at home as part of a plea deal […]
Allen Kee / ESPN ImagesBy JEANETTE TORRES-PEREZ, ABC News (FRISCO, Texas) — It appears Dak Prescott will be staying put in Dallas for the next few years. Citing a source, ESPN reports the 27-year-old quarterback and the Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract. The deal includes […]
PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Alex Barcello scored 23 points and Matt Haarms hit the go-ahead foul shots with 2:01 left in overtime, sending BYU to an 82-77 win over Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals. The Cougars advance to play No. 1 Gonzaga for the championship Tuesday night. […]
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The mild air continues to build across the Central U.S. and will expand into the parts of the East Coast on Tuesday. On Monday, many cities across the Central U.S. were nearly 20 degrees or higher above average. Chicago hit 62 […]
Fairfax County Fire/Rescue / TwitterBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Two giraffes have died after a fire engulfed their barn at a zoo in suburban Washington, D.C. The incident occurred on Monday, March 8, at Roer’s Zoofari in Vienna, Virginia, just 12 miles west of the nation’s capital, when […]
33ft/iStockBy JEANETTE TORRES-PEREZ, ABC News (LAWRENCE, Kan.) — Les Miles will no longer serve as the University of Kansas’ head football coach, the school announced on Monday. In a statement, the university said both sides have mutually agreed to part ways. The separation, effective immediately, comes after Miles was placed […]
Kuzma/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered self-described “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley to remain in government custody pending further legal proceedings in his case on charges related to his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol. Saying that Chansley […]
Nomadsoul1/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some residents on the Hawaiian island of Maui were urged to evacuate Monday after heavy rainfall caused a dam to overflow and triggered life-threatening flooding that destroyed homes. The National Weather Service reported 13.2 inches of rain fell in the Haiku area […]
DanHenson1/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — Wyoming may become the next state to outlaw capital punishment. A bill was introduced in the state Senate last week by Republican Sen. Brian Boner that would end the death penalty as potential punishment for a murder conviction. Boner told ABC News […]
