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Harrison Floyd, the only Georgia election case defendant to be held overnight after surrendering to authorities last week, has been released from Fulton County Jail. Harrison Floyd, the only one of the 19 defendant s in Fulton County DA Fani Willis' election interference case to be held overnight after surrendering to authorities last week, has been released from Fulton County Jail, according to the inmate database. Placed into custody last Thursday after surrendering for processing without a pre-negotiated bond agreement, Floyd spent six days at the facility before posting bail and being released Wednesday. MORE: Who are the 18 co-defendants charged alongside Donald Trump in Georgia? At his first appearance hearing last Friday, he was denied bond by Judge Emily Richardson, who cited his criminal record and flight risk. "There's no way that I'm a flight risk, ma'am. I showed up before the president," Floyd, the former director of the organization Black Vo...

The judge in ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case has ruled that Navarro has failed to show a formal assertion of executive privilege by Trump. The judge overseeing Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case ruled in a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that the former Trump adviser "has not met his burden" to show a formal assertion of executive privilege by former president Donald Trump. Navarro will stand trial on criminal contempt of Congress next week for defying subpoenas issued to him by the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. MORE: Peter Navarro pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 contempt of Congress charges In a lengthy ruling, Judge Amit Mehta said that Navarro did not provide evidence that Trump asserted executive privilege specific to the Jan 6. committee's subpoena. Mehta said that Navarro's claim that he spoke to Trump on February 20, 2022, at which time "Trump clearly invoked executiv...

Myon Burrell, who was sent to prison for life as a teenager but then set free after 18 years behind bars, has been arrested in a Minneapolis suburb on potential gun and drug charges MINNEAPOLIS -- Myon Burrell, who was sent to prison for life as a teenager but was set free after 18 years behind bars, was arrested in a Minneapolis suburb Tuesday after police said they found a handgun and drugs in his SUV. Burrell, now 37, was released in 2020 after Minnesota's pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case. The Black man's prosecution and harsh punishment raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away for the death of a young girl killed by a stray bullet. The Associated Press and APM Reports in 2020 uncovered new evidence and serious flaws in the police investigation, ultimately leading to the creation of an independent national legal panel to review the case. The Robbinsdale Police Department said in a news release t...

Life-threatening heat is baking 14 states from Arizona to Texas to Florida. Life-threatening heat is baking 14 states from Arizona to Texas to Florida. In the West, temperatures on Friday are forecast to reach 110 degrees in Redding, California, and 116 degrees in Phoenix and Palm Springs, California. MORE: Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion: Extreme heat safety tips All-time records could be broken in the Southwest this weekend. 90 million Americans from coast to coast remain under heat alerts as the dangerous heat spreads across the country. ABC News In Phoenix, where temperatures have been above 110 degrees for 14 days in a row, the heat is forecast to soar to a scorching 119 degrees this weekend. Las Vegas is expected to reach its all-time high temperature of 117 degrees on Sunday. Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwave. More than 50 million Americans ...

The U.S. and U.S.-led United Nations Command say they are working to resolve the situation involving a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea at a border village SEOUL, South Korea -- The U.S. and U.S.-led United Nations Command say they are working to resolve the situation involving a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea at a border village. The incident involving Private 2nd Class Travis King comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The pace of both North Korea's weapons demonstrations and U.S.-South Korean military exercises has intensified lately in a cycle of tit-for-tat. Other Americans have crossed into North Korea over the years , including a few U.S. soldiers. Some of the Americans were motivated by evangelical zeal or simply attracted by the mystery of a severely cloistered police state fueled by anti-U.S. hatred. Other Americans were detained after entering North Korea as tourists. In one tragic case, it ended in death. Here’s a look at other Americans ...

President Joe Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley in a new national monument that spans several locations in Mississippi and Illinois. President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. His murder highlighted the racism and brutality faced by Black people throughout the U.S. "It's hard to believe I was 12 years old and I just, you know, I know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversaries -- It's hard to relive this," Biden said. "Today on what would've been Emmett's 82nd birthday, we add another chapter in the story of remembrance and healing," Biden added. President Joe Biden hugs Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., as Vice President Kamala Harris applaud...

More than a third of the United States is on alert for hot temperatures amid a deadly heat wave that has plagued the country for weeks. More than a third of the United States is on alert for hot temperatures amid a deadly heat wave that has plagued the country for weeks. The National Weather Service has issued heat alerts that are in effect Wednesday morning for 120 million Americans across 27 states, from California to Massachusetts. MORE: The alarming reason why the heat waves in North America, Europe are so intense The National Weather Service issued heat alerts that are in effect for 120 million Americans across 27 states, from California to Massachusetts, on July 26, 2023. ABC News The weather forecast for Wednesday shows temperatures heating up particularly in the middle of the country, an area that's had a relatively seasonal summer so far. By the afternoon, temperatures are expected to be near, at or above 100 degrees in cities like Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sioux Falls, Sout...

The extreme heat that has been plaguing much of the U.S. is making that the annual summer trek to the country's national parks more dangerous. National parks aficionados are making their annual summer pilgrimage to their favorite gateway to the great outdoors, but the extreme heat that has been plaguing much of the U.S. is making that trek more dangerous. Despite the unrelenting heat that has been breaking records all over the country -- especially the West -- people are still flocking to national parks, Cynthia Hernandez, public affairs specialist for the National Park Service, told ABC News. "People are still excited about coming out to national parks in whatever condition there exists out there, even in high heat conditions," Hernandez said. But that enthusiasm is proving to be dangerous, even deadly in some cases. MORE: Heat waves currently happening in North America, Europe 'virtually impossible' without climate change: Report Death toll from heat illne...