Month: August 2024
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF expands evacuation orders in Khan Younis
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, tensions are escalating after the assassinations of two Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week. Here’s how the news is developing: Hamas leaders decline ‘new conditions’ [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 person found dead, 1 injured after Maryland house explosion: Authorities
Harford County, Maryland, Fire and EMS (BEL AIR, Md.) — At least one person was found dead and another was injured after an explosion Sunday morning leveled a home and damaged multiple neighboring residences in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Perseid meteor shower is about to peak: Here’s how to see it
Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The next great sky show is coming late Sunday evening, and it is forecast to be one of the most awe-inspiring shooting star displays of 2024. Appearing annually [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marvel at D23: ‘Agatha All Along’, ‘Fantastic Four’ peek, ‘Daredevil: Born Again’, and more
Marvel Studios While Marvel Studios stormed San Diego Comic Con late last month, the Disney-owned property came loaded to the company’s D23 expo this weekend. Ryan Reynolds opened the presentation with a video message thanking [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New trailer debuts for Disney+-bound ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’
(L-R) Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Jude Law, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, and Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Lucasfilm/Matt Kennedy At D23, Disney’s annual fan expo, co-star Jude Law was on hand Friday to introduce the trailer for Star [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer released at D23
Disney A new trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King arrived Friday. Disney shared the new look at the highly anticipated Barry Jenkins-directed film, a prequel to The Lion King, at D23, the company’s annual fan [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan tease their sequel ‘Freakier Friday’ at D23
Walt Disney Enterprises/Andrew Eccles The title of the highly anticipated Freaky Friday sequel has been announced. At D23 in Anaheim, California, on Friday, Disney revealed that it will be called Freakier Friday. In an interview [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
D23 opens: ‘Avatar 3’ title, ‘Zootopia’ sequel news, ‘Incredibles 3’ announced, and more
‘Snow White’ – Disney Friday marked the opening of D23, the annual fan expo for The Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ABC News. From the drop, the fan fest made headlines. Here are [Read More…]
ABC Business News
HarrisWalz.com domain sells for $15,000
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This week, hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 election, the website domain “HarrisWalz.com” sold for $15,000. It [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Here’s why mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in more than a year
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mortgage rates this week dropped to their lowest level in more than a year, delivering some long-sought relief for homebuyers. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
What to know about COVID at the Olympics after track star Noah Lyles tests positive
Bronze medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States is seen wearing a mask after competing in the Men’s 200m Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Drone attack on US base in Syria, minor injuries reported
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — A United States military base in eastern Syria was attacked by a one-way drone, according to a U.S. defense official. “On Aug. 9 at about 5 p.m. ET, there was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election 2024 updates: Trump campaign claims it was hacked by ‘foreign sources’
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Amy Klobuchar: Democrats are ‘moving forward’ after Biden stepped down from 2024 race
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D, said Sunday that Democrats are “moving forward” after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and passed the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris. “This Week” [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
JD Vance says mass deportations should ‘start with 1 million,’ defends ‘thought experiment’ giving parents extra votes
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance defended his past comments on women and families without children, the Trump campaign’s proposals to deport undocumented immigrants and more in a wide-ranging interview with “This [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump campaign claims it was hacked by ‘foreign sources’
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is claiming it was hacked by “foreign sources” with the intent to interfere in the upcoming election. The Trump campaign statement cited a report published [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 person found dead in Maryland house explosion
Harford County, Maryland, Fire and EMS (BEL AIR, Md.) — At least one person was found dead and two others were injured when an explosion Sunday morning leveled a home and damaged multiple neighboring residences [Read More…]
ABC National News
As students head back to class, are schools ready to handle COVID-19?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As summer begins to wind down, most children and teenagers across the U.S. are getting ready to head back to school. Not far behind the start of the school [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bureau of Prisons employee dies after coming into contact with ‘unknown substance’
Hans Neleman/Getty Images/STOCK (ATWATER, Calif.) — A Federal Bureau of Prisons employee died after coming into contact with an unknown substance in the mail room at the U.S. penitentiary in Atwater, California, according to a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sheriff who hired ex-deputy charged in Sonya Massey killing to retire
John Lamparski/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The sheriff for Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, which employed the former deputy charged with fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 to report a [Read More…]