New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad, While Congress Moves to Arm Rebels
WOLFGANG KUMM/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in O…
Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn from Immigration Bill Debate
iStockphoto/Thinktsock(WASHINGTON) — The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill survived perhaps its toughest challenge late in the day, as the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to approve an amendment that would have allowed gay…
Oklahoma Town Devastated by Tornado Razed Before in 1999
Brett Deering/Getty Images(MOORE, Okla.) — For the residents of Moore, Okla., the damage wrought by Monday’s E-F5 tornado was all too familiar.A storm, following a nearly identical path, struck the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 3, 1999, resulti…
“Dancing” Champ Melissa Rycroft: The One Thing Tuesday’s “DWTS” Winner Will Need
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Last winter, reality show veteran Melissa Rycroft and her partner, Tony Dovolani, won Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, and she’s got some advice for this season’s finalists: Invest in comfortable footw…
Army General Suspended of Command for Adultery Investigation
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Army has suspended the one-star commanding general at Fort Jackson, S.C., for alleged misconduct involving adultery and an unspecified physical altercation.An Army official tells ABC News that t…
Miami Face-Chewing Victim Has ‘Adjusted Well,’ Say Doctors
Ronald Poppo, before the attack. Miami Beach Police Department via Getty Images(CUTLER BAY, Fla.) — Nearly one year after Miami face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo endured severe injuries in a gruesome cannibal-like attack, he thanked his supporters in a…
Jodi Arias Jury Begins Death Penalty Deliberations
ABC News(PHOENIX) — “Two wrongs do not make a right,” Jodi Arias’ defense attorney said Tuesday as she asked the jury to spare Arias the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.”While what she did was absolutely horrible, you have…
Skipping Sleep Increases Car Crash Risk for Young Drivers
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Parents can add one more thing to the list of worries that go with young drivers: skipping sleep. A study in the journal Pediatrics suggests young drivers who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to be in car accid…
L.A. Clippers Part Ways With Coach Vinny Del Negro
Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Clippers announced on Tuesday that Vinny Del Negro will not return as head coach, after they were bounced from the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Memphis Grizzlies. His current contract exp…
NFL Awards Super Bowl L & LI
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(BOSTON) — NFL team owners voted on Tuesday to award the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl L, while Houston was selected to host Super Bowl LI.The San Francisco Bay Area bid was chosen over a bid from South Florida, which wa…
Police: Susan Powell’s Husband, Brother-in-Law ‘Directly Involved in Her Disappearance’
Lui Kit Wong-Pool/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) — Questions still surround the 2009 disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell ever since the suicides of her husband, Josh Powell, and brother-in-law, Michael Powell, who authorities believe were “directl…
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Defends Handling of IRS Scandal
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called the unfair scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave some tea party groups “outrageous methods,” adding that while the “conduct was not politi…
Stocks Extend Tuesday Winning Streak
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Tuesday stocks closed higher as investors banked on continued policy support from the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its latest policy meeting. Investors are looking…
IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
Comstock Images/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who is at the center of the controversy for the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups, will refuse to answer questions at a congressional hearing Wednesday and i…
JPMorgan Chase Shareholders Still Confident in CEO Jamie Dimon
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — JPMorgan Chase [NYSE: JPM] shareholders voted to allow CEO Jamie Dimon to keep his dual role as CEO and chairman of the board of directors, which critics say gives him too much unchecked power over…
JPMorgan Chase Shareholders Still Confident in CEO Jamie Dimon
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — JPMorgan Chase [NYSE: JPM] shareholders voted to allow CEO Jamie Dimon to keep his dual role as CEO and chairman of the board of directors, which critics say gives him too much unchecked power over…
Xbox One: Microsoft’s Next Console
Microsoft(REDMOND, Wash.) — Eight years after releasing the Xbox 360, Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its gaming console.The new gaming system, which it plans to release before the end of the year, is full of new features that go beyond …
Xbox One: Microsoft’s Next Console
Microsoft(REDMOND, Wash.) — Eight years after releasing the Xbox 360, Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its gaming console.The new gaming system, which it plans to release before the end of the year, is full of new features that go beyond …
IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn from Unappeased Senators
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeted conservative groups, but declined to offer…
Jodi Arias to Donate Hair, Recycle If Allowed to Live
ABC News(PHOENIX) — In her final words to jurors Tuesday before they decide her punishment for murder, Jodi Arias clicked through a photo slideshow, quoted Dickens and used props as she begged them to spare her life for her family’s sake. Arias, 32, w…