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(NEW YORK) — Don Natzke, who lost his sight at age 12, says still being able to vote has played a pivotal role in his life. “It’s true of all citizens, but certainly for people with disabilities, the people who are making the policies are very important to us,” he told ABC News. “For example, what […]

(NEW YORK) — Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, has the potential to make history as the first Black woman on the country’s highest court. She was nominated by a historic White House, with the first female and Black vice president in U.S. history — Kamala Harris. Black women have continued to “break […]

(NEW YORK) — Matthew and Christy Johnson describe watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine as “heart-wrenching.” The Johnsons, of Littleton, Colorado, are one of hundreds of families in the United States who were in the process of adopting a child from Ukraine when the conflict there began. “It feels like living through a nightmare,” Matthew Johnson […]

(NEW YORK) — When it comes to meal prep, the idea of dishing out a lineup of “same, same but different” type recipes can become monotonous and dissatisfying. So “Good Morning America” Food rounded up an array of freezer friendly recipes that can be prepped ahead, popped in the freezer and cooked on the spot when […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday dealt a setback to three Muslim Americans who are trying to sue the FBI for religious discrimination over surveillance in their place of worship after 9/11. The narrow decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, reverses an appeals court decision that would have allowed the […]

FBI via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who attacked the Boston Marathon in 2013, in a decision announced Friday. It was a 6-3 decision, with the opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas. Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes. […]

(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) — The adoptive parents of two missing California toddlers pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges, a day after a prosecutor alleged that the couple killed the boys months before they were reported missing. Trezell West, 35, and Jacqueline West, 32, were arraigned in Kern County Superior Court in Bakersfield on two counts […]

Obtained by ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s daughter once penned a letter to then-President Barack Obama requesting he nominate her mom for a seat on the Supreme Court. Leila, who was an 11-year-old middle schooler in 2016, wrote the missive touting the credentials of her mother following the death of […]

(NEW YORK) — Music producer Derrick Harris filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and the New York Police Department alleging he was wrongfully accused of sexual assault and imprisoned for four years on Rikers Island. Harris was acquitted on some of the charges in 2015 and cleared of all charges in 2020, according […]

(WASHINGTON) — A top Justice Department official has a stern warning for Russian oligarchs who attempt to evade U.S. sanctions: Nobody is out of the DOJ’s reach. “The point of going after Putin’s cronies and Russian oligarchs who seek to violate our laws and shield their assets is to say that nobody is beyond the reach […]