Year: 2018

iStock/Thinkstock(SALEM, Texas) — It’s called the sport of millionaires — and horse racing just added a new one. A Texas woman reaped $1.2 million on an $18 bet on a series of Kentucky Derby day [Read More…]

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U.S. Geological Survey(HONOLULU) — The eight vents that have been spewing lava since Kilauea erupted three days ago were quiet on Saturday, but officials warned they are bracing for the possibility of eruptions continuing for [Read More…]

Ulf Andersen/Getty Images(SYDNEY) — Junot Diaz, famed author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, for which he won a Pulitzer Price, withdrew from The Sydney Writers’ Festival in Australia after writers came forward [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SANDUSKY, Ohio) — The world record-breaking roller coaster had a bumpy maiden voyage. “Steel Vengeance,” the new heart-stopping steel and wood-framed monster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, bumped” another train as it [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) – The Jeep Wrangler is iconic for its rugged, outdoor image and historical ties to World War II. Fiat Chrysler will still produce the vehicle, but will no longer manufacture its Jeep Wrangler [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Federal data released on Friday reveals that California’s gross domestic product surpassed that of the United Kingdom, making it the world’s fifth-largest economy.The Los Angeles Times reports California’s GDP grew by $127 [Read More…]

Colorado State University(FORT COLLINS, Colo.) — Two Native American teenage brothers visiting their “dream school” were questioned and patted down by campus police — after a suspicious parent who found them “creepy” called 911, according [Read More…]

Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Attention Albert Einstein fans: The chance to own a piece of the famous physicist’s early life is coming to a close next week. Online bidding for a collection of Einstein’s [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators at opposition rallies across Russia on Saturday that are aimed at protesting Vladimir Putin, two days ahead of his inauguration as president for a fourth term. Thousands [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A five-day spate of severe weather that brought 38 reported tornadoes in six states wrapped up on Friday with more than 100 reports of severe winds across the Northeast. Hundreds of [Read More…]

Giles Clarke/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A group of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students released a music video for their song Shine on Friday. The video was filmed entirely at the high school, where a [Read More…]

Carnival Cruises(NEW ORLEANS) — Cruise ship passengers likely prefer to do their swimming once they’re off the boat. But one group of passengers got an unwelcome surprise on Thursday when a water line break on [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) — A police officer was shot and killed in a shootout with a homicide suspect in Indiana Friday evening. The suspect was also killed in the exchange, police said. The shooting occurred [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be visiting the White House later this month ahead of the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House [Read More…]

Zehbrauskas/UNICEF(WASHINGTON) — After nearly two decades, the Trump administration is ending special immigration status for around 86,000 Hondurans who live in the U.S. – status granted following Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Critics called the decision [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The Florida woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby hours after birth apologized to the child’s biological family for the first time at a sentencing hearing Friday. Gloria Williams, who faces [Read More…]

Ahmed Al Jarban /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has suspended aid to the Syrian humanitarian group known as the White Helmets, the State Department confirmed to ABC News. The money is part of a [Read More…]