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Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will spend this Christmas, their first as parents to son Archie, apart from the rest of the royal family.
Officials stop man allegedly trying to smuggle 35 pounds of cocaine through an airport in bottles of shampoo.
Much of today's testimony recounted details already provided in closed-door depositions. But there was one new detail that raised fresh questions about the extent to which Pres. Donald J. Trump was personally involved in the pressure campaign against Ukraine.
A Massachusetts firefighter and father of three died while rescuing members of his crew at the scene of a 4-alarm blaze overnight.
"I know nothing about that," Pres. Trump says when asked about Amb. William Taylor's testimony that Trump was overheard on the phone to Amb. Gordon Sondland allegedly inquiring about the status of "investigations" a day after Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president. abcn.ws/33V4UUZ
Lyric Lawson was asleep on a couch when bullets from a semi-automatic rifle pierced through her house overnight. She was rushed to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
HAPPENING NOW: President Donald Trump participates in a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan amid the first public impeachment hearing. abcn.ws/2O29dqs
Chairman Congressman Adam Schiff and Ranking Member Devin Nunes both yielded large chunks of their time today to attorneys.
Rep. Adam Schiff on claim by some GOP lawmakers that he'd met with or knew who the whistleblower is.
"It was false the first time they said it. It was false the second through fortieth times they said it. It will be false the last time they say it." https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Therapy dogs sighted on Capitol Hill amid stress of first public impeachment hearing. https://abcn.ws/2rF53gN
HAPPENING NOW: The House's first public impeachment hearing is over. ABC News has a complete breakdown of everything that happened: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
When a 21-year-old Detroit, Michigan, aspiring nurse did not contact her father as she was heading home from work, red flags were raised.
"When we start to look at the facts, everybody has their impression of what truth is," Rep. Mark Meadows tells Mary Bruce about alleged call between Pres. Trump and Amb. Sondland.
"The ultimate judge will be the American people." https://abcn.ws/2qe73w2
John Legend has another victory to celebrate over fellow "Voice" judge Blake Shelton—he is officially People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2019.
ABC News has continuing coverage as lawmakers question William Taylor, George Kent in the House's first public impeachment hearing. Live updates and analysis: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Amb. William Taylor: “Our holding up of security assistance that would go to a country that is fighting aggression from Russia, for no good policy reason… is wrong.” abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachmentHearings
Authorities in Anguilla have declared an American man a "fugitive" after he failed to return to the British Caribbean territory for a court hearing in a manslaughter case.
"Perfectly healthy" rescue puppy named Narwhal has a surprising physical feature that makes him extra special.
"He had x-rays and a vet visit yesterday and is a perfectly healthy puppy, with an extra tail on his face." https://abcn.ws/2QhIvNm
A day after Pres. Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, Trump was overheard on the phone to Amb. Gordon Sondland allegedly inquiring about the status of "the investigations," according to new congressional testimony by Amb. William Taylor.
"I don't consider myself a star witness for anything...I'm not here to take one side or the other, or advocate for any particular outcome."
William Taylor responds to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan calling him the Democrats' "star witness." https://abcn.ws/2KjuDP8 #ImpeachmentHearings
Scores of masked protesters wielding makeshift weapons and armor barricaded themselves inside the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Wednesday after violent clashes with riot police overnight.
2 key witnesses testify as the first public impeachment hearing gets underway. https://abcn.ws/2CGAWYB
PLUS, a neighborhood terrorized by wild turkeys. AND the much anticipated wait for Disney+ is over!
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Read opening statements of Bill Taylor and George Kent from impeachment hearings tied to Trump-Zelenskiy call.
Pres. Donald J. Trump meets with Turkish Pres. Erdogan at the White House. The meeting occurs at a time when relations between the two NATO allies are at their lowest point in decades. https://abcn.ws/2q0KJ9p
If a student refuses, the test will be treated as a positive test.
Disney+ says it hit more than 10 million sign-ups on its first day of launch, far exceeding expectations.
George Kent: "As a general principle, I do not believe the U.S. should ask other countries to engage in selective, politically associated investigations or prosecutions against opponents of those in power, because such...actions undermine the rule of law." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Costco says its members should not trust the "recurring hoax" that boasted $75 in savings.
President Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and takes questions from reporters amid the first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry. abcn.ws/2O29dqs
Top State Dept. official George Kent: "Over the course of 2018 and 2019 I became increasingly aware of an effort by Rudy Giuliani and others...to run a campaign to smear Amb. Yovanovitch and other officials at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Rep. Devin Nunes in his opening statement at House impeachment hearing: "This spectacle is doing great damage to our country. It's nothing but an impeachment process in search of a crime." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachmentHearings
William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine: “Withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic, political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and I believe it now.” https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
BREAKING: After opening statements, lawmakers begin their questioning of George Kent, top State Dept. official, and William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. Follow for live updates and analysis: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
NEW: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses oral arguments over stomach bug.
William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine: "By mid-July it was becoming clear to me that the meeting President Zelenskiy wanted was conditioned on the investigations of Burisma and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections." https://abcn.ws/354n86B
Lt. Jason Menard, a member of the Worcester Fire Department since 2010, died rescuing the other members of his crew, officials said.
The massive fire in Worchester, Mass., was reported just before 1 a.m.
William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine: "I wrote that withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and I believe it now." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachmentHearings
Rep. Adam Schiff on Pres. Trump’s apparent request to investigate Crowdstrike conspiracy theory and Bidens: “Neither of these investigations was in the U.S. national interest…both, however, were in Donald Trump’s personal interest” abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
George Kent, top State Dept. official, and William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, take the oath before testifying at the House's first public impeachment hearing. https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachingHearings
Top State Dept. official George Kent: "Today I appear before you once again under subpoena as a fact witness ready to answer all of your questions...to the best of my ability and recollection subject to the limits placed on me by the law and this process." https://abcn.ws/2O4ijDi
Rep. Devin Nunes in his opening statement at House impeachment hearing: "This spectacle is doing great damage to our country. It's nothing but an impeachment process in search of a crime." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachingHearings
Barges, boats and gondolas were stripped from their moorings as historic squares were submerged with water and restaurants, shops and hotel lobbies flooded.
High tides and lashing rain struck Venice Tuesday night bringing the water level in some areas close to a 50 year record high and causing inestimable damage.
Rep. Adam Schiff: "Our answer to these questions will affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself—and what kind of conduct or misconduct the American people may come to expect from their commander-in-chief." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Rep. Adam Schiff opens first public impeachment hearings into Pres. Trump: “Our answer to these questions affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself.” https://abcn.ws/33M0u2r
More than 100 record cold temperatures have been reported so far in the last 2 days.
With arctic air now here from the Midwest to the Northeast and to the Gulf Coast, record low temperatures have been falling left and right yesterday.
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"I know nothing about that," Pres. Trump says when asked about Amb. William Taylor's testimony that Trump was overheard on the phone to Amb. Gordon Sondland allegedly inquiring about the status of "investigations" a day after Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president. abcn.ws/33V4UUZ
HAPPENING NOW: President Donald Trump participates in a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan amid the first public impeachment hearing. abcn.ws/2O29dqs
Rep. Adam Schiff on claim by some GOP lawmakers that he'd met with or knew who the whistleblower is. "It was false the first time they said it. It was false the second through fortieth times they said it. It will be false the last time they say it." https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
HAPPENING NOW: The House's first public impeachment hearing is over. ABC News has a complete breakdown of everything that happened: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
"When we start to look at the facts, everybody has their impression of what truth is," Rep. Mark Meadows tells Mary Bruce about alleged call between Pres. Trump and Amb. Sondland. "The ultimate judge will be the American people." https://abcn.ws/2qe73w2
ABC News has continuing coverage as lawmakers question William Taylor, George Kent in the House's first public impeachment hearing. Live updates and analysis: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
2 key witnesses testify as the first public impeachment hearing gets underway. https://abcn.ws/2CGAWYB PLUS, a neighborhood terrorized by wild turkeys. AND the much anticipated wait for Disney+ is over! Like On Location for new episodes.
President Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and takes questions from reporters amid the first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry. abcn.ws/2O29dqs
Top State Dept. official George Kent: "Over the course of 2018 and 2019 I became increasingly aware of an effort by Rudy Giuliani and others...to run a campaign to smear Amb. Yovanovitch and other officials at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Rep. Devin Nunes in his opening statement at House impeachment hearing: "This spectacle is doing great damage to our country. It's nothing but an impeachment process in search of a crime." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachmentHearings
William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine: “Withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic, political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and I believe it now.” https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
BREAKING: After opening statements, lawmakers begin their questioning of George Kent, top State Dept. official, and William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. Follow for live updates and analysis: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
William Taylor, top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine: "I wrote that withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and I believe it now." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachmentHearings
Rep. Adam Schiff on Pres. Trump’s apparent request to investigate Crowdstrike conspiracy theory and Bidens: “Neither of these investigations was in the U.S. national interest…both, however, were in Donald Trump’s personal interest” abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Rep. Devin Nunes in his opening statement at House impeachment hearing: "This spectacle is doing great damage to our country. It's nothing but an impeachment process in search of a crime." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH #ImpeachingHearings
Rep. Adam Schiff: "Our answer to these questions will affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself—and what kind of conduct or misconduct the American people may come to expect from their commander-in-chief." abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: ABC News has complete live coverage and analysis as the House holds historic impeachment hearings into Pres. Donald J. Trump. Amb. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Deputy Assistant Sec. of State George Kent, the State Department's top career official focused on Ukraine, testify. https://abcn.ws/37biO7o
BREAKING: Historic House impeachment hearings start this morning. Join ABC News as we preview everything you need to know, and follow along for complete live coverage and analysis: https://abcn.ws/2KjXjHH
Flood sirens sounded across Venice on Tuesday as floodwaters inundate much of the lagoon city. https://abcn.ws/2XaQDAX
After Parkland: The ABC Documentaries film, which chronicles the lives of the families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in February 2018, will be released in theaters across North America in early 2020 to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic event. https://abcn.ws/33JbGwS
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters gather in Hong Kong as demonstrations escalate. https://abcn.ws/34Y6uFz
8-year-old boy with rare disorder gets INCREDIBLE birthday cake donation! "There's no literature [on this disease]. We are the literature." https://abcn.ws/2O6TnuR
Protests against social inequality in Chile continued for a 26th day with huge demonstrations and a national strike that brought much of the country to a standstill. https://abcn.ws/2pYcn6Z
GRAB AND GO: Police are searching for a man who stole $10,000 worth of merchandise from a jewelry store in Louisiana. https://abcn.ws/2qMwk0x
"I knew right away I had to pull over and help them." This heroic bus driver came to the rescue of a toddler and her brother found wandering in the snow on a frigid Wisconsin morning. https://abcn.ws/36YD3Fc
Emergency crews respond to 50-car pileup on Interstate 80 in Ohio, one of multiple crashes that have occurred as snow begins to accumulate in the region. https://abcn.ws/2CDZ0LH
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Venice residents and tourists waded through the floodwaters that have taken over much of the lagoon city. People were warned of the rising water with sirens and nursery schools were closed as a precaution. https://abcn.ws/2KgPdiQ
Snow fell on the Gatlinburg SkyBridge, North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, spanning 680 feet across a valley in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains. https://abcn.ws/2KgRlHt
At least 12 people were injured when two trains collided in southern India after a signal glitch near that Kacheguda railway station. One of the drivers was rescued after an 8-hour operation to free him and transport him to the hospital. https://abcn.ws/32IO4H8
THE BRIEFING ROOM: Kate Shaw, ABC News legal analyst, has more as a divided Supreme Court grappled with the rationale behind Pres. Trump's decision to end protections for 700,000 young immigrants and the subsequent consequences for their families, communities and employers. https://abcn.ws/2Qcoyrj
HAPPENING NOW: Democratic leaders hold a news conference as the Supreme Court weighs President Trump's decision to end the DACA program. abcn.ws/32K9t2F
HAPPENING NOW: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a press conference on the DACA program. https://abcn.ws/2qPfD4E
HAPPENING NOW: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a press conference on the DACA program. https://abcn.ws/2qPfD4E
Protesters and police clashed at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as demonstrators hurled petrol bombs from behind barricades at officers and police responded with tear gas. https://abcn.ws/2Kf1d4l
A terrifying fiery tornado ripped through Queensland as firefighters battled bushfires near Lake Mary. Authorities issued evacuation warnings and said that conditions could quickly worsen. https://abcn.ws/2rDSsKT
LIVE: President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Economic Club of New York. https://abcn.ws/2J0gebC
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, New York Attorney General Letitia James and more address Supreme Court oral arguments on DACA. https://abcn.ws/2CyYHlv
The American Meteor Society received more than 90 reports of a meteor sighting, as the fireball traveled between St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri. The sightings came as the Taurid meteor shower reached its peak in the Northern Hemisphere. https://abcn.ws/2pUtwhP
HAPPENING NOW: We have the latest on the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in a case challenging Pres. Trump's controversial 2017 decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which grants qualified immigrants temporary residency and work privileges. https://abcn.ws/2KgFjOp Karen Travers and Katherine Faulders have more on the impeachment inquiry ahead of public hearings scheduled to begin tomorrow. https://abcn.ws/2KgFHfP Plus, we have an update on former Pres. Jimmy Carter as he is recovering from a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain. https://abcn.ws/34TZdGD Those stories and more at abcnews.com/live
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