Month: January 2019

Jordan Pix/Getty Images(BAGHDAD) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced stop in Iraq on Wednesday as part of a larger tour of the Middle East in which he is reassuring partners of America’s [Read More…]

STR/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The United Nations granted refugee status to a Saudi woman on Wednesday who was publicly pleading for help in Thailand. Eighteen-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun started calling for support on Monday via Twitter. [Read More…]

San Antonio Police Department(SAN ANTONIO) — A father allegedly “staged” his son’s kidnapping to cover up foul play involving the child, San Antonio police said, as the search for the baby intensifies. “Without a doubt [Read More…]

Chalabala/iStock(SAN ANTONIO) — A father allegedly staged his baby boy’s kidnapping to cover up foul play involving the child, San Antonio police said, as the search for the baby intensifies. “Without a doubt … this [Read More…]

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he and his wife of 25 years are divorcing. Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have been married since 1993 and issued an amicable joint statement announcing [Read More…]

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — A former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016 put out a call to the governments of Italy, South Korea and the United States to help [Read More…]

NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce legislation Wednesday guaranteeing two weeks of paid time off for all workers, one day after he announced a plan to provide [Read More…]

Whelan family(MOSCOW) — The Kremlin has rejected suggestions it could have seized the former United States Marine arrested in Moscow on spying charges as a political hostage. “Russia never uses people as pawns in a [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A complex set of disturbances brought snow and showers to the Northeast on Tuesday, as a dynamic system, including a tornado with winds reaching 97 mph, touched down in northeast Ohio. [Read More…]

jetcityimage/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Food stamp recipients will have access to their full benefits for February, even if the partial government shutdown continues, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials announced Tuesday night. USDA said they will work with [Read More…]

WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — A paraplegic man who relies on a wheelchair said he had difficulty traveling on several recent United flights and was forced to scoot down the aisle on his rear end. Tyler Schilhabel, a [Read More…]

blueshot/iStock(PHOENIX) — Police in Arizona served a search warrant on Tuesday to collect DNA from male staffers at a long-term care facility where a woman gave birth while in a vegetative state. The 29-year-old woman, [Read More…]

Jordan Pix/Getty Images(BAGHDAD) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stopped in Iraq during a tour of the Mideast, according to local TV reports. During his unannounced visit on Wednesday, Pompeo met with Iraqi officials, [Read More…]

martince2/iStock(NEW YORK) — The increasing number of screeners calling out sick at the Transportation Security Administration is impacting its operations at smaller U.S. airports, but the agency’s effectiveness to protect the country’s flights has not [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — The death of a man at the home of a prominent Democratic political donor is raising questions and scrutiny about an earlier death at his home. Both deaths occurred at the West [Read More…]

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for NYCWFF(NEW YORK) — Mario Batali will not face criminal charges after the celebrity chef was accused of sexual assault by two different women, according to sources familiar with the case. The [Read More…]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Officials at Joshua Tree National Park say some of the iconic trees and landscape have been damaged by visitors and motorists during the government shutdown, prompting the park to close to address [Read More…]