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ABC News’ Danny New looks back at the distant and recent past for a day that brings tradition and unity.

Chris MacRitchie plunged himself into a frozen river in Vermont after realizing a dog had fallen through the ice.

When the clock strikes noon Monday, the office of the presidency will be transferred from the 46th president to the 47th, as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as commander-in-chief. That moment will cap a historic day of events set in motion when Trump won the 2024 presidential election in November.

Late last week, plans for the inauguration events were changed because of freezing weather. The inauguration ceremony will take place indoors at the Capitol. The Capitol One arena in downtown Washington, D.C., will be open for supporters to watch...

Davos, Switzerland — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up over the next decade. A year ago, the group forecast that only one trillionaire would appear during that time.

OxFam's...

Debra Tice says she has "no idea" where her son is following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

The BBC's Fergal Keane has been speaking to people in Gaza whose lives have been devastated by the war.

The crime sparked widespread anger and fears over the safety of healthcare workers in India.

Incoming first lady Melania Trump launched her own meme coin ahead of her husband's inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on Monday.

In a Sunday evening post on the X social media platform, she announced that investors "can buy $MELANIA now."

The Melania token was trading at $11.16 at 10:48 a.m. London time on Monday, up more than 50%, according to data from CoinMarketCap. It has a market cap of $2.15 billion.

Incoming President Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated for the second time on Monday, also launched his own meme coin —...

The Justice Department has recommended that a Pennsylvania barber convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot face 20 years behind bars.

Ryan Samsel was found guilty in February 2024 on several charges, including assaulting federal officers, carrying out an act of physical violence on the Capitol grounds and obstruction of an official proceeding.

The DOJ proposed a sentence of 240 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution and a fine, according to court documents.

DOJ CONSIDERS CHARGING 200 MORE PEOPLE 4 YEARS AFTER...

Educational institutions and college-affiliated groups are preparing for President-elect Trump's inauguration by offering mental health advice, delivering travel notices to international students, and organizing anti-Israel rallies.

Most schools will be closed on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, due to it falling on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Similar to Trump's first inauguration and the weeks following his victory in the 2024 election, universities and education groups are offering different outlets for students on Monday.

Several...

At noon on Monday inside the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States.

Two and a half months after his convincing election victory over Vice President Harris, the president-elect returns to office in what will symbolize his reinvention and redemption four years after being ushered out of the White House by the American electorate.

"We put America first, and it all starts tomorrow," Trump told thousands of supporters jam-packed into Washington, D.C.'s, Capitol One Arena at his inauguration eve rally...

Federal, state and local law enforcement officials are on high alert in Washington, D.C., ahead of

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.

The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments created holidays more than a century ago to honor Lee and later combined the day with the federal holiday established in the 1980s to honor King.

The strange juxtaposition of honoring men from vastly different legacies has persisted for...

Donald and Melania Trump return to the White House on Jan. 20.

Many domestic workers now face a dire financial hardship because of their employment in areas where structures burned down.