Security Thwarts Gunman at White House Correspondents' Dinner Checkpoint

WASHINGTON — A gunman charged a checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday evening, prompting absolute chaos as security forces responded. The suspect planned to target multiple people, according to investigators working the scene.

Officials spoke after the shooting incident outside the event. Authorities identified the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident later that night. A security official said the system worked to protect from the attack. @ABC reported the details of the breach, which occurred amid heightened security for the annual gathering of journalists and officials.

In a separate incident, investigators are working on the scene after a shooting at Arkansas State University. A roommate was charged with the murder of two USF doctoral students, the sheriff announced. A mother accused of killing her children in a custody dispute is in custody, while an officer was killed in a shooting at a Chicago hospital.

A small plane crash killed a state legislator and a pilot in another tragedy. Former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne died at age 74.

A 17-year-old girl was killed in a shooting at a Louisiana mall, and a 17-year-old suspect is in custody. Two brothers were selected as first-round draft picks in two professional sports, making history during the NFL Draft's emotional first day. A man armed with a lit torch and samurai sword was arrested for starting a fire in a park, the sheriff said.

Severe weather battered the region as a tornado ripped through northwest Oklahoma amid storms across the Plains. Enid, Oklahoma, is surveying damage after a massive tornado tore through the city. Nearly half of Americans now live in places with unhealthy air, a report found.

$500 million worth of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum in the world's biggest art heist. China will send 2 giant pandas to US zoo. Renegade draws the No. 1 post, opens as Kentucky Derby favorite. The movie 'Michael' earned $97 million in its opening weekend, shattering records for music biopics.

Businesses are paying up to $4 million to cross the Panama Canal during the Strait of Hormuz chokehold, which has disrupted global shipping.

China's DeepSeek rolled out an update of its AI model. UK is set to ban smoking products for those born after 2008. An explosion of invasive 'janitor fish' sparked a mass removal operation in Indonesia, where teams are clearing waterways to protect ecosystems.

Russian attacks killed 4 and wounded more than 20 in Ukraine's Dnipro, while 1 was killed in Russia, The Associated Press reported. Gunfire and blasts rocked Mali as attackers hit the capital and other cities, residents said.

Morocco opened a $700 million skyscraper as part of efforts to boost global ambitions, The Associated Press noted. A Colombian leader visited Venezuela for key talks with acting President Delcy Rodríguez. The DOJ is dropping a criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell amid pressure from senators.

A judge ordered the president and the DOJ to justify why the president's $10 billion IRS lawsuit should proceed. The DOJ will allow firing squads for executions, expanding methods for capital punishment. US military strike on an alleged drug boat killed 2 in the eastern Pacific.

An appeals court ruled that the president's order suspending asylum claims at the border is unlawful, sending the policy back for revision.

The first lady is growing the White House honey program with a new beehive. A House Republican has been absent from Congress for more than a month. In foreign affairs, the Iranian foreign minister left Pakistan after the latest round of talks.

The president canceled a trip to Islamabad for peace talks, amid a lockdown in the city. US negotiators headed to Pakistan, though it remained unclear if they would meet. The president ordered the military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian boats laying mines.

The president said Iran is having a 'hard time' figuring out who is in charge.