Month: June 2023
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: ROV begins search on sea floor
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while heading to tour the Titanic wreckage site [Read More…]
Tornado strikes tiny Texas town, killing at least four, amid cross-country storms
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a tornado tore through a tiny town in northern Texas on Wednesday night, officials said. Matador, some 80 [Read More…]
NTSB holds two-day hearing on East Palestine toxic train derailment
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The National Transportation Safety Board will start taking sworn testimony Thursday as part of its probe into the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The [Read More…]
Postal worker dies in Dallas, woman found dead in Louisiana as temperatures reach record highs
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A postal worker died on Tuesday while working his route in a Dallas neighborhood, according to the U.S. Postal Service, as Texas continues to experience record-high temperatures. “The [Read More…]
Former Rep. Will Hurd announces he’s running for the GOP presidential nomination
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd is running for president, he said Thursday, joining a field of more than a dozen candidates who are vying for the Republican primary nomination. “We [Read More…]
Biden to welcome Indian Prime Minister Modi for state visit
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will roll out the red carpet Thursday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India for the third state visit of his presidency. The visit will [Read More…]
Special counsel in documents probe hands over first discovery materials to Trump’s team
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has handed over to former President Donald Trump its first set of discovery materials supporting its case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/21/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 6, Miami 3 Houston 10, NY Mets 8 LA Dodgers 2, LA Angels 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]
Where abortion stands in each state a year since the overturning of Roe v. Wade
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Saturday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. As a result, [Read More…]
A year after Roe’s overturning, here are the states working to strengthen abortion access
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the one-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court approaches this weekend, several states are taking efforts to further strengthen abortion rights and [Read More…]
Cybersecurity expert on how to protect your family from AI scams
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the rise of artificial intelligence, more people across the country are falling victim to kidnapping and other scams. A cybersecurity expert spoke to ABC News about ways people [Read More…]
Washington passes California as most expensive state for gas: AAA
Tom Merton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Washington state has overtaken California as the state with the highest gasoline prices. The average price of regular gas in Washington is $4.93 a gallon, up 33 cents from [Read More…]
USDA approves first ever ‘cell-cultivated meat’ from UPSIDE Foods
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of research and rigorous testing, cell-cultivated chicken meat will officially be a part of the U.S. food system. Emeryville, California-based manufacturer UPSIDE Foods, which [Read More…]
Good Humor discontinues one of its iconic ice cream bars, toasted almond
Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Good Humor (NEW YORK) — First the Choco Taco, now the Good Humor Toasted Almond Ice Cream Bar?! It’s officially peak ice cream season with summer in full swing, but there [Read More…]
‘Yellowstone’ creator ‘disappointed’ by Kevin Costner’s exit
Paramount Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan has finally addressed Kevin Costner‘s sudden exit from the series and what it means for the future of the show. “I’m disappointed,” Sheridan says in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday. “It truncates [Read More…]
Russian court denies appeal of “Wall Street Journal” reporter
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on espionage charges had his appeal denied in court on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent with the paper’s Moscow bureau, was arrested [Read More…]
Paris explosion caused by suspected gas leak injures dozens, damages buildings, police say
Ibrahim Ezzat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (PARIS) — Dozens of people were injured and hundreds were sent running for safety in central Paris after an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak rocked the city Wednesday [Read More…]
Man Shot by Law Enforcement After Brandishing Gun, FBI Investigates
A man who threatened suicide-by-cop was shot by law enforcement after fleeing from officers and repeatedly brandishing a gun. The incident happened on Tuesday in Bullhead, South Dakota. Officers from the Corson County Sheriff’s Office [Read More…]
Postal worker dies while working in Dallas, as temperatures hit triple digits
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Texas continues to experience record-high temperatures, a postal worker died on Tuesday while working his route in a Dallas neighborhood, according to USPS. “The Postal Service is deeply [Read More…]
Search operations for missing Titanic sub continue
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nautical experts, the U.S. and Canadian navies and the U.S. Coast Guard are scrambling to get the necessary equipment and personnel to help locate the five people in the tour submersible [Read More…]
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