Month: March 2024
‘Gen V’ star Chance Perdomo dies at 27
Dave Benett/WireImage Chance Perdomo, one of the stars of Prime Video’s The Boys spinoff Gen V, died in a motorcycle accident Friday, his family and representatives announced Saturday. Perdomo was 27. “His passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was [Read More…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo surgery for hernia, office says
ABC News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery for a hernia on Sunday, his office announced, during which time he’ll be under full anesthesia. Yariv Levin, deputy prime minister and minister of justice, [Read More…]
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass, calls for cease-fires in Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts
ABC News ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis on Sunday presided over an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later used his Easter message on Christianity’s holiest day to invoke prayers for victims [Read More…]
7 juveniles, including 12-year-old, wounded as gunfire rocks Indianapolis for 3rd straight weekend: Police
ABC News/WRTV Seven juveniles, including a 12-year-old, were injured when gunfire erupted outside a mall in downtown Indianapolis late Saturday night, authorities said — the third consecutive weekend city police have responded to a mass [Read More…]
2 dead in single-engine plane crash in Truckee, California
KOLO Two people were killed as a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land in Truckee, California, on Saturday, local airport and law enforcement officials said. The Daher TBM 900 took off from Denver, Colorado, [Read More…]
Christian communities in North America lead solidarity walks for Gaza amid ongoing war
ABC News Christian communities in the U.S. and Canada are holding walks this Easter weekend to advocate for a cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas. Members of Vancouver’s Christian community made a 25-mile solidarity march [Read More…]
White House bashes ‘dishonest’ Republican criticism of Biden’s transgender proclamation on Easter
ABC News The White House is pushing back against top Republicans’ misleading criticism of President Joe Biden for issuing a proclamation in support of transgender people on the same day as Easter. A spokesman for [Read More…]
Netanyahu ‘continues to essentially give the finger’ to Biden over Gaza, Sen. Van Hollen says
ABC News Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what Van Hollen said was Netanyahu’s refusal to acquiesce to President Joe Biden’s requests for more humanitarian action [Read More…]
Former top general warns of ‘inevitable’ threats to US from Islamic State in wake of Moscow attack
ABC News The Islamic State terror group has a “strong desire” to attack the U.S. and other foreign powers, the former head of U.S. Central Command warned on Sunday, calling it a threat that is [Read More…]
Watching the 2024 solar eclipse without protection can harm your eyes. Here’s how to view it safely
ABC News “Eclipse Across America,” will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social [Read More…]
Gaza ‘feels like a coffin for children,’ some adolescents are ‘wanting to die’: UNICEF
Ahmad Hasaballah / Stringer/Getty Images (GAZA) — Some children in Gaza are going to sleep thinking they may die amid the ongoing fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, according to an official with the U.N. organization [Read More…]
Kite festival in Gaza offers children rare break from ongoing war
American Friends Service Committee (GAZA) — Hala Fayyad is proud of her handmade kite, decorated in the colors of the Palestinian flag. The four pieces of colored plastic — red, white, green and black — [Read More…]
Slain NYPD cop Jonathan Diller remembered at funeral: ‘Our hearts break’
WABC (NEW YORK) — Slain New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller was remembered as a hero who gave the ultimate sacrifice during his funeral on Saturday. Police said Diller, 31, was shot and killed [Read More…]
2 dead after shots fired at Texas birthday party
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (TEXAS) — A 21st birthday party turned deadly when two men in their 20s were fatally shot in San Jacinto City, Texas, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The party had [Read More…]
Scientists baffled over hundreds of fish ‘spinning and whirling’ dead onto South Florida shores
Dana Bethea/NOAA Fisheries (FLORIDA) — Scientists are puzzled over what’s causing hundreds of fish to wash up dead in South Florida, including an endangered species native to the region. The fish are “spinning and whirling” [Read More…]
Trump must ‘immediately desist’ from targeting judge’s daughter, prosecutors say
Michael M. Santiago / Staff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two days after former President Donald Trump targeted the daughter of the judge overseeing his New York hush money case on social media, lawyers for the [Read More…]
Marianne Williamson, still in Democratic presidential bid, says campaign isn’t about winning: ‘There’s more than the horse race’
Sean Rayford / Stringer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marianne Williamson, the author and spiritualist who has been one of President Joe Biden’s few primary challengers in the 2024 presidential race, suspended and unsuspended her campaign [Read More…]
Trump appeals ruling that allowed DA Fani Willis to stay on Georgia election interference case
Michael M. Santiago / Staff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants on Friday filed their appeal of the disqualification ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis [Read More…]
‘One of one’: Democratic leaders honor Lieberman at funeral
WABC (NEW YORK) — Several Democratic leaders who honored the life and legacy of former Sen. Joe Lieberman at his funeral Friday remembered the man who represented Connecticut for over two decades as a calming [Read More…]
$935 million Powerball jackpot drawing on Saturday
Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing is expected to be $935 million, the lottery said. If a jackpot winner chooses a one-time lump sum payment, the value is expected to [Read More…]